Nonprofit Community Center Organizes Volunteers Online
Posted by Kate White
Tamara Roach is the Operations Director at The Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson, NC. With responsibilities in every area from accounting to information technology and volunteer coordination, Roach needs all the help she can get to be part of a community center that houses 21 health and human services programs under one roof. Coordinating large events that can require over 100 volunteers a day was an overwhelming task until Roach discovered SignUpGenius.
"I had heard about it from a friend whose child's school uses SignUpGenius, but I thought, "too expensive for us," so I didn't pursue it. About a week later one of our board member's told me about it again and that it was FREE," says Roach. "I went home after our board meeting, looked up SignUpGenius, began playing around with it and was instantly hooked."
SignUpGenius has continued to be the go-to online program for the group, as they use the system to schedule volunteer needs for impromptu fundraisers and other benefit events like the annual Ada Jenkins Gala and the Fire BBQ and 5k Race throughout the year. Roach is thrilled that she can actually send out emails via the SignUpGenius system. "We have a database of almost 1200 in SignUpGenius, and we encourage people to share our SignUpGenius with others looking to get involved with the Center through volunteering or students looking to fulfill community service hours." The system saves valuable time for a busy Director like Roach, who notes, "It takes 95% of the back & forth e-mail leg work out of planning/scheduling volunteers for an event."
