Agency Introduction

As an Agency, you will use VS to recruit individuals and groups to volunteer at your organization. You can create and post descriptions of openings for volunteers to help with date-specific and ongoing tasks (opportunities), both for your organization’s specific needs as well as for community events organized by Administrators. You can then follow up on and track responses from prospective volunteers (called referrals). If an Administrator has enabled time-tracking, you can also record volunteer hours completed by individual volunteers matched to your opportunities, and/or approve volunteer hours claimed by volunteers themselves.

Two other features Administrators can enable allow you to request resources from the community: Board Connections and Product Connections, which (respectively) help you find people to serve on your board and in-kind gifts to meet your organization's material needs.

In order to use VS, you will need to register with the Volunteer Center hosting VS in your community. Registration is free, although an Administrator will need to review and approve your registration before you can begin using your Agency account. Administrators will also review any opportunities you create before they are posted in VS for viewing by volunteers.

The topics in this section will help you better understand and use VS. They should be used in conjunction with the Help icons () found within VS. You can also contact a Volunteer Center Administrator for additional help in using VS.