Learn how to create a new volunteer opportunity in this step-by-step guide. This help guide will cover how to create a new volunteer opportunity.
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Creating a New Volunteer Opportunity
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Creating a New Volunteer Opportunity
For this example, Agloe Nature Center is having a volunteer project this summer to clean up a large, urban, greenspace. There are various volunteer roles. The volunteer project runs from July 5th through July 8th.
1. At the Mission Control Dashboard, navigate to Volunteer and select Opportunities.
2. To create a new opportunity, select Create Opportunity.
Note: You will see existing opportunities already listed on the page. These projects have a variety of items associated with them, including dates, volunteer numbers, hours, expenses, mileage, and status. The hours, expenses, and mileage comes from the volunteer time sheets.
3. Enter the Opportunity Name. You can enter a contact, category, and event If needed. This can help with reporting if a volunteer project is associated with an event or category.
4. Select the Start and End Date. Also, add a description.
5. You can add location information for this project.
6. Complete the last three sections that include linking an event, online availability, and enabling mileage and expenses. When finished, select Next.
7. Turn the toggle to the On position if you would like to create shifts for this opportunity. Enter the shift information. When finished, select Next.
8. Turn the toggle to the On position if you would like to assign volunteer roles. Complete the information. When finished, select Create Opportunity.
9. You will now see the opportunity listed as the first item on the list. Select the opportunity name to see the opportunity details.
10. From this page you can see totals for volunteers, mileage, hours, and expenses. There is also a direct link to the opportunity sign-up page that you can use in marketing and other communications.
Note: This is also the page where you can add existing constituents and system users and volunteers for the opportunity, and send emails to opportunity volunteers.