The Importance of Volunteers
“The value that volunteers provide our organization is tremendous. We could not achieve our goals and provide the support we do to the community without our volunteers’ commitment to the cause,” said Mary Bachman, Director of Volunteer Resources, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis
“I don’t know how to put into words how important volunteers are to our mission! Volunteers have given us around 29,000 hours of their time in the past year helping us reach our goals and provide an important service to the community,” said Hayley Harvey, Volunteer Coordinator, Humane Society of Sarasota County
“Our volunteer program production is equivalent to 24 full-time employees…the value add is huge,” said Mary Cooper, Office Service Coordinator, St. Louis Area Food Bank
“MANNA would not be MANNA without the ongoing support of volunteers,” said JodyAnn Mcintosh, Manager of Community Engagement & Volunteer Services, Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance. “MANNA was founded by volunteers so volunteerism is one of the foundations that makes our organization what it is today.”
“Our organization would not be able to achieve our goals or make the impact we do without the help of volunteers and the roles they fill,” said Ashlie Klopper, Director of Engagement for St. Matthew’s House
“We would not be able to meet the goals of our ministry without the help, dedication, and ongoing support of volunteers in our community,” said Dave Cook, Corporate & Community Outreach Manager, LifePath Ministries
“Our volunteer program saves our organization around $230,000 a year. We wouldn’t be able to make the impact we do without the help and support of volunteerism,” said Carla Fortenberry, Volunteer Manager, Loudoun Hunger Relief
“Our organization would not be able to make an impact in the lives of the girls we serve without the support and dedication of volunteers and donors. We appreciate them and their commitment to the cause,” said Stephanie Mendoza, Volunteer Services Manager, Girls Inc. of Orange County
“Volunteers are the lifeblood of The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. Our volunteer program is equivalent to the production of 40 full-time employees. We wouldn’t able to achieve our goals without the commitment of our supporters,” said John Bode, Food Center & Volunteer Manager,” The Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank
“Our organization would not be able to achieve its impact without the support of volunteers and their commitment to the betterment of the community,” said Leslie Rimmer, Director of Organizational Development & Learning, Upper Valley Haven
“We wouldn’t be able to provide nourishment to the clients that desperately need our support without the help, dedication, and ongoing commitment of volunteers and the time they invest in our program,” said David Thoms, Volunteer Coordinator, Open Hand Atlanta
“Volunteerism is a huge component of our organization’s ability to reach its goals and provide support to the community in which the Food Bank serves,” said Jonathan James, Volunteer Program Manager, Atlanta Community Food Bank
“Volunteers are crucial to the work we do at Miriam’s Kitchen. With the support of volunteers, we are able to effectively engage with individuals experiencing homelessness in D.C. while providing them with the essentials they need,” said Andrea Scallon, Director of Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning, Miriam’s Kitchen
“Our volunteers make a difference and have the opportunity to change lives (including their own) every time they fill a role. Our organization would not be able to reach its mission without their selfless support,” said Dawn Hammer, Volunteer Manager, Habitat for Humanity Maumee Valley
“At Gateway Pet Guardians we take volunteerism seriously. Our volunteer program is saving our organization over $200,000 per year while helping us build relationships with amazing community talent” said Alisha Vianello, Program Director, Gateway Pet Guardians
“Birmingham Botanical Gardens needs the support of members, volunteers, community partners, and donors to function. We would not be able to provide this resource to the community without their commitment,” said Alice Thompson Moore, Volunteer Coordinator for Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens
“Our volunteer program plays an important role in providing the MacEwan student body with much-needed resources, services, and programs that would otherwise be unattainable without the support and commitment of volunteers,” said Tosheena Thompson, Volunteer Manager for Students Association of MacEwan University
“Our volunteers, docents, and donors are instrumental in the success of the museum and its programs,” said Madelyn Strubelt, Director of Visitor and Volunteer Services for Holocaust Museum Houston
Why Volunteer Management Software
“There was a lot of time spent sorting through Excel spreadsheets and reports for volunteer check-in before events. Also, a lot of hours went into printing paperwork before events,” said Austin Rippeto, Training Coordinator at Special Olympics Missouri
“We had no clue who or how many people would come out and volunteer on any given day. It was a challenge to make sure we had all the volunteers we needed for each opportunity,” said Derek Perry, Volunteer Services Director at Habitat for Humanity of Collier County
“We wanted to make information easily accessible for our volunteers at all times. I really believe that this is our supporter’s volunteer program and VolunteerHub is helping us to empower them to have ownership,” said Megan Maciel, Community Engagement Coordinator, Midwest Transplant Network
“We needed a way to capture more data, track volunteers accurately, and enhance experiences,” said Ellen Weaver, Volunteer Resources Manager, Central Texas Foodbank
“The time commitment necessary to schedule volunteers was eating up all of our manager’s time. We needed a solution to increase efficiency and better support volunteers. We also needed to improve our process and organization of volunteer data.” said Melanie McKean, Development Director, Preble Street
“We realized we needed a solution to individualize each of our sign-ups for corporate sponsors that would automatically feed volunteer information into our database to save time and allow us to invest it in other areas of growth for our program,” said Megan Silbert, director of operations for Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain
“Manual hour tracking and reporting used to take our team five or six hours to analyze a month. We knew that there had to be a better way to save and utilize these hours.” Rob Lemons, Director of Volunteer Services, Ronald McDonald Winston-Salem
“Our previous volunteer management process was not as organized and involved translating data into electronic records. We needed a system that would grow with our organization. A manual process was no longer feasible,” said Ashlie Klopper, Director of Engagement for St. Matthew’s House
“We wanted a volunteer management solution that was visibly pleasing, easy to use, and provided a manageable transition from our previous process,” said Dave Cook, Corporate & Community Outreach Manager, LifePath Ministries
“The manual process that we used to measure our program before investing in VolunteerHub was time-consuming and prone to error. We needed a more strategic way of collecting and reporting program impact,” said Stephanie Mendoza, Volunteer Services Manager, Girls Inc. of Orange County
The ROI of VolunteerHub
“Time saved is one of the primary ROI indicators that our organization looks at when selecting a solution and VolunteerHub is exceeding our expectations,” said Megan Maciel, Community Engagement Coordinator, Midwest Transplant Network
“Being able to get real-time data about events and volunteers is one of my favorite features of VolunteerHub,” said Megan Maciel, Community Engagement Coordinator, Midwest Transplant Network
“Before VolunteerHub we managed our volunteer program by hand. We had a system of spreadsheets, memory, and phone calls. The process was controlled chaos and was not allowing our team to use our time effectively and to its full potential.” said Mary Bachman, Director of Volunteer Resources, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis
“VolunteerHub has helped to eliminate some back and forth that our old management process caused. Volunteers can now easily sign up for opportunities that work for them. It’s a win-win.” “Volunteers have transitioned to using VolunteerHub well. We have received little to no push-back from our online registration process,” said Mary Bachman, Director of Volunteer Resources, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis
“VolunteerHub offers more strategic feature sets than other solutions when it comes to tracking and managing volunteers,” said Hayley Harvey, Volunteer Coordinator, Humane Society of Sarasota County
“VolunteerHub is helping us automate tracking, schedule volunteers ahead of events, enhance our communication strategy, and understand volunteer data,” said Hayley Harvey, Volunteer Coordinator, Humane Society of Sarasota County
“Before implementing VolunteerHub, we used multiple spreadsheets to manage volunteers. This method wasn’t an effective use of our time,” said Mary Cooper, Office Service Coordinator, St. Louis Area Food Bank
“The group sign-up feature in VolunteerHub is great. The feature has really improved our ability to track and analyze supporters,” said Mary Cooper, Office Service Coordinator, St. Louis Area Food Bank
“Volunteers have praised our organization for having an organized volunteer program and easy online registration process,” said Ellen Weaver, Volunteer Resources Manager, Central Texas Food Bank
“VolunteerHub is saving our organization a lot of time to focus on pushing other areas of our program forward and to new heights,” said Ellen Weaver, Volunteer Resources Manager, Central Texas Food Bank
“VolunteerHub’s Integration with Raiser’s Edge was one of the key decision-making factors when our organization was considering volunteer management solutions and which software to pursue,” said Melanie McKean, Development Director, Preble Street
“Our volunteer manager’s time has been able to significantly increase cultivation and recruitment strategies rather than spending such an enormous amount of time on scheduling volunteers,” said Melanie McKean, Development Director, Preble Street
“We love the landing page feature of VolunteerHub! We now have the ability to create and update individual pages for each of the companies we work with enhancing our corporate partnership capabilities,” said Megan Silbert, director of operations, Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain
“Our biggest gain from moving away from a manual volunteer management process to VolunteerHub has been the ability to fully take advantage of our incredible staff’s skills and capabilities without being hindered by other less impactful tasks,” said Megan Silbert, director of operations, Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain
“The VolunteerHub team did a great job of coaching us through the set-up process and creating a solution that works for our specific needs and goals.” Heather Rompel, Manager of Family Support Services, Ronald McDonald House Winston-Salem
“VolunteerHub has saved our organization hundreds of hours a year by streamlining our volunteer management process.” Rob Lemons, Director of Volunteer Services, Ronald McDonald Winston-Salem
“Having VolunteerHub has freed up time allowing our Volunteer Coordinators to focus on building relationships both internally and externally.” Kristen Hopkins, Volunteer Coordinator, City Rescue Mission
“Implementing VolunteerHub has greatly improved our communication process with our volunteers and has led to many new opportunities for volunteers to support our organization.” Kristen Hopkins, Volunteer Coordinator, City Rescue Mission
“We have seen a substantial decrease in “no shows” after implementing VolunteerHub.” Christina Mitchell, Director of Volunteers & Events, Metropolitan Ministries
“The ability to create groups has helped our organization put the right volunteer in the right role.” Christina Mitchell, Director of Volunteers & Events, Metropolitan Ministries
“VolunteerHub allowed us to streamline communication by emails with volunteers. It also allowed us a central location to communicate with volunteers and endless flexibility,” said Austin Rippeto, Training Coordinator at Special Olympics Missouri
“I went from keeping track of volunteers in an Excel spreadsheet and manually emailing volunteers, to VolunteerHub which has allowed us to automate the process of volunteer signup,” said Arden Ellis, Volunteer Coordinator at The Birthday Party Project
“VolunteerHub has the ability to give limited access to party coordinators and ambassadors, in order to see the appropriate birthday party details, they were assigned to,” said Arden Ellis, Volunteer Coordinator at The Birthday Party Project
“VolunteerHub has simplified every aspect of our volunteer management. Now, when people want to volunteer, they just go to our website. With one click, a volunteer can see all of the upcoming opportunities, register for an appealing event…and own it.” ~Barbara Massar, Executive Director of Pro Portsmouth, Inc
“The functionality of our previous solution, for volunteer management, does not even compare to the features VolunteerHub provides and its ability we now have to interact with volunteers,” said JodyAnn Mcintosh, Manager of Community Engagement & Volunteer Services, Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance
“VolunteerHub literally paid for itself after 3 months because we saw an increase in volunteer donations after implementing the software,” said JodyAnn Mcintosh, Manager of Community Engagement & Volunteer Services, Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance
“Implementing VolunteerHub has helped our organization increase our volunteer hours by almost 10,000 per year,” said Ashlie Klopper, Director of Engagement for St. Matthew’s House
“VolunteerHub has literally changed community service for our organization. It has provided a tool that the courts actually trust and one that we know provides an accurate depiction for service hour completion,” said Dave Cook, Corporate & Community Outreach Manager, LifePath Ministries
“Before we deployed VolunteerHub, I spent around 70% of my day sending emails, recruiting volunteers, and entering data into our Access database. VolunteerHub has eliminated that burden and allowed me to spend my time on engagement and revolutionizing our program,” said Carla Fortenberry, Volunteer Manager, Loudoun Hunger Relief
“Our organization loves VolunteerHub and the new version has made the tool even better. I highly recommend and have recommended VolunteerHub to other nonprofits that want to streamline their management process,” said Carla Fortenberry, Volunteer Manager, Loudoun Hunger Relief
“The tracking, communication, and reporting features of VolunteerHub have saved our organization a substantial amount of time and resources. We are very pleased with the solution and the support that we receive from the VolunteerHub team,” said Stephanie Mendoza, Volunteer Services Manager, Girls Inc. of Orange County
“Our volunteer program has grown from relying on 50,000 volunteer hours per year to 80,000. We have been able to achieve this 60% increase in our program hours by providing volunteers with more opportunities to give. Growth in our volunteer program has allowed us to increase our food distribution by 500% over the last decade,” said John Bode, Food Center & Volunteer Manager,” The Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank
“VolunteerHub saves our organization hundreds of hours per year and allows our volunteer program to adapt quickly to change and need within the community,” said Kerri Weeks, Volunteer Coordinator, Upper Valley Haven
“Implementing VolunteerHub has allowed our team to spend more time connecting with volunteers and less time on administrative tasks. We are big supporters of VolunteerHub and the efficiency that the solution provides,” said Kari Baudoux, Director of Volunteer Services, Open Hand Atlanta
“I was blown away by how fast VolunteerHub was adopted by the DSC organization and how quickly the solution made an impact towards our mission,” said Myra Khalife, General Secretary, Donner Sang Compter
“The flexibility and ease of adoption are two very beautiful aspects of VolunteerHub,” said Myra Khalife, General Secretary, Donner Sang Compter
“Prior to investing in VolunteerHub, we used another volunteer management solution but the software did not meet the needs of our unique program. The features that VolunteerHub provides is a game-changer,” said Jonathan James, Volunteer Program Manager, Atlanta Community Food Bank
“I recently went to a Habitat for Humanity conference and was asked what the best volunteer management solution was. Without hesitation, I said VolunteerHub. VolunteerHub is user-friendly, support is outstanding, and the features are industry-leading. I would encourage any organization that is not using volunteer management software to do their research and consider VolunteerHub,” said Mimi Mitchell, Director of Community/Volunteer Engagement, Habitat for Humanity of Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg
“Being able to connect VolunteerHub with Salesforce is a huge benefit. The integration provides us with a holistic view of our supporters and makes converting volunteers to donors a streamlined process, focused on engagement,” said Liz Salter, Director of Community and Donor Engagement, Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia
“The integration between VolunteerHub and Salesforce provides our organization with an outlet to communicate the value of financial gifts with our volunteer constituents and create engagement that impacts our bottom-line,” said Liz Salter, Director of Community and Donor Engagement, Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia
“The integration between VolunteerHub and Salesforce allows us to see when donors are scheduled to come in and volunteer. This information gives us the ability to welcome them effectively and nurture the relationship strategically,” said Andrea Scallon, Director of Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning, Miriam’s Kitchen
“VolunteerHub provides our organization with the features that we need to have a successful volunteer program and make the biggest impact that we possibly can. The support received from VolunteerHub is second to none and I truly appreciate the personal emails when I have questions or need a simple how-to answer. The monthly updates are also essential to learning new “tricks of the system”. We are excited for the future and continuing our strategic partnership with VolunteerHub,” said Dawn Hammer, Volunteer Manager, Habitat for Humanity Maumee Valley
“The ability to create landing pages in VolunteerHub has been very valuable to our volunteer program and goal to increase volunteer recruitment efforts. We use landing pages for almost every step in our recruitment and training process,” said Madelyn Strubelt, Director of Visitor and Volunteer Services for Holocaust Museum Houston
“The point-based reward and recognition program we have created in VolunteerHub is awesome! Volunteers receive one point for every hour they give, and three points are equivalent to a dollar. These points can be exchanged for products and services to support their own pet or others in need,” said Alisha Vianello, Program Director, Gateway Pet Guardians
“VolunteerHub provides us with the tools needed to manage our program, increase engagement, and incentivize volunteers,” said Alisha Vianello, Program Director, Gateway Pet Guardians
“The integration between VolunteerHub and Blackbaud’s Altru has saved our organization hundreds of hours per year. The marriage between the two platforms eliminates hours upon hours of data entry that was required prior to investing in software,” said Alice Thompson Moore, Volunteer Coordinator for Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens
“Implementing VolunteerHub has allowed our organization to identify a strong relationship between members, donors, and volunteers without having to invest hundreds of hours in data entry and analysis,” said Alice Thompson Moore, Volunteer Coordinator for Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens
“VolunteerHub’s Kiosk and OnSite features alone have made the investment in the software worth it for our association. These features were not offered by our previous volunteer management solution, and they are game-changers for our program,” said Tosheena Thompson, Volunteer Manager for Students Association of MacEwan University
“Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we never stopped recruiting, onboarding, and training. VolunteerHub helped us quickly go from 14 active volunteers to 81 active volunteers and over 70 docents, support that was drastically needed to assist with daily operations,” said Madelyn Strubelt, Director of Visitor and Volunteer Services for Holocaust Museum Houston
“One of the most valuable features of VolunteerHub is its Single-Sign-On (SSO) integration with Xcelerate Media. This integration has been a game-changer for the festival and our ability to provide online beverage server training,” said Trish Lackey, Event Administrator for The City of Dublin
“I love that VolunteerHub stands behind its software and provides the support, training, and functionality to get the most value possible,” said Trish Lackey, Event Administrator for The City of Dublin
“VolunteerHub has provided us with a fast automated system for managing volunteers. The ability to create landing pages that can be customized by organization has been huge for us, and our ability to engage corporate partners,” said Matthew Herrera, Volunteer Experience Manager for West Houston Assistance Ministries
“VolunteerHub has been a breath of fresh air for our organization, it really has. It is amazing knowing that I can just log into VolunteerHub, go to our admin page, and access all of our volunteer data,” said Molly MacDonald, Lead Volunteer Coordinator for Mercy Chefs
“VolunteerHub has freed up my time and has made it easier for our staff to submit the information that we need. The software also makes event management incredibly streamlined,” said Donna Martin, Volunteer Services Manager for Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley
