The Web site, she said, gives her office an idea of where all these students are volunteering. Linda Todd, public relations director for the bank, said she would recommend the program to any business, nonprofit agency or city government keeping track of volunteers. It's an efficient way of running a volunteer program without utilizing staff. Within seconds, an e-mail is sent from the Volunteer Center acknowledging the volunteer's interest. A second e-mail follows with the potential positions that have been found.
Volunteers can sign on each time they volunteer to keep track of their hours.
When the software recently was installed, it computed how many volunteers the center has placed since January 2001. Including individual and corporate volunteers, the number from Jan. 1 to July 31 was 2,702. Points of Lights' National Community Service Convention was the launching pad for Samaritan Software's complete On-line package. Communities now Network volunteers, Volunteer Centers and Agencies together in On-line communication as never before seen. Read more for details.