Opportunity Details
Disaster Response Interest Group: Template & Instructions
NOTE: This is a template opportunity to use as a model when disaster strikes.
Follow these instructions to quickly create a disaster-specific 'recruiting' opportunity to publish as soon as you activate your Disaster CMS pages:
Volunteers will be needed most during the recovery phase of this disaster.
[Name of your organization] will be working with area nonprofits to quickly get the word out where volunteers are needed to assist.
Please be patient and wait until community-based organizations are ready to use your assistance.
To get the latest information on [Name of Disaster}, and a link to all current volunteer opportunities associated with recovery, click here. (***This should be linked to the Volunteer Event Page associated with this disaster)
By expressing interest in THIS opportunity, you will be added to our mailing list and regularly get information on volunteer opportunities as they are added to our site.
Thanks for your interest in helping us respond to [Name of Disaster]
3. Associate this opportunity with the Volunteer Event you've created for this particular disaster.
4. If there is additiional information you need from your volunteers that may be helpful in relation to this disaster - add custom questions to get answers you can report on later!
5. Publish and make active.
This opportunity will give you a current list of volunteers who wish to respond to this particular disaster.
All the connections for this opportunity can be exported and used as a mailing list for disaster response. For best results - use an external mass-mailing program and send daily updates to all the connections for this opportunity, giviing them situational updates and providing direct links to volunteer opportunities for specific disaster-response opportunities on the site.
Follow these instructions to quickly create a disaster-specific 'recruiting' opportunity to publish as soon as you activate your Disaster CMS pages:
Create a New Volunteer Opportunity for this disaster:
1. Use the volunteer opportunity wizard and populate the fields as follows:- Volunteer Opportunity Name = "[Name of Disaster] Volunteer Response Group"
- Primary Impact Area = Disaster & Emergency Services"
- Managed by = Affiliate
- Opportunity Coordinator (whoever is overseeing communicating with disaster volunteers)
- Organization Served = your organization (HOC Customer record)
- Type = Activity
- Activity Type = Other
- Disaster Opportunity Type = Disaster Response & Recovery
- Minimum Age = 18
- Minimum Age (w/adult) = 14 (or whatever suits your business practices)
- Schedule Type = Individally Scheduled
- Registration Type = Express Interest Only
- Start Date = Today's Date
- End Date = projected end for recruiting recovery volunteers (this date can be extended at a later date if desired).
Description:
Please express interest in this opportunity if you wish to be added to our daily mailing list of volunteer opportunities assisting with the recovery from Hurricane Sandy.Volunteers will be needed most during the recovery phase of this disaster.
[Name of your organization] will be working with area nonprofits to quickly get the word out where volunteers are needed to assist.
Please be patient and wait until community-based organizations are ready to use your assistance.
To get the latest information on [Name of Disaster}, and a link to all current volunteer opportunities associated with recovery, click here. (***This should be linked to the Volunteer Event Page associated with this disaster)
By expressing interest in THIS opportunity, you will be added to our mailing list and regularly get information on volunteer opportunities as they are added to our site.
Thanks for your interest in helping us respond to [Name of Disaster]
3. Associate this opportunity with the Volunteer Event you've created for this particular disaster.
4. If there is additiional information you need from your volunteers that may be helpful in relation to this disaster - add custom questions to get answers you can report on later!
5. Publish and make active.
Usage:
Use this 'express interest only' opportunity as a way to find out which volunteers are available and interested in responding to this particular disaster. (Note: volunteers who, in the past, said they wanted to respond to disaster may be out of town, may be unable to volunteer at this time, or may have moved out of the area).This opportunity will give you a current list of volunteers who wish to respond to this particular disaster.
All the connections for this opportunity can be exported and used as a mailing list for disaster response. For best results - use an external mass-mailing program and send daily updates to all the connections for this opportunity, giviing them situational updates and providing direct links to volunteer opportunities for specific disaster-response opportunities on the site.
Disaster & Emergency Services
Age Minimum (with Adult): 18+, Minimum Age:18+
Log in or Register
In order to register for this opportunity you must log in to an existing account or register to create a new account.
Sign up with a team
This link allows you to participate in this opportunity with a team. A team can be a family team, corporate team, or any kind of organized group. When you click on the link you will have the option to:
- Choose an existing team you're already a member or captain of, or
- Create a new team to sign up.
Signup Questions
Please respond to the following questions in order to signup for this opportunity:
