By Basil Sadiq | Marketing Associate
VolunteerMatch helps over 110,000 nonprofits nationwide fulfill their critical recruitment and talent needs while matching millions of volunteers with causes they care about.
Since launching 18 years ago, we’ve grown to offer a free collection of resources for volunteer managers and volunteers alike through our 24 Learning Center webinars and 1,118 Engaging Volunteers blog posts. Today, our website welcomes an average of 3,700 new volunteers every day.
Here’s one example of why the work we do is so important: meet Becky.
Due to shifting life events, Becky recently found herself with time on her hands. What did she do? Turned to Google, of course! This led her to VolunteerMatch, which in turn led her to JourneyCare — a hospice and palliative care facility.
Becky can’t pinpoint exactly why she chose JourneyCare out of all the other options on VolunteerMatch. “I've lost three of my immediate family members now,” says Becky. “My sister passed away from cancer about three years ago. Maybe that played in; I don't know. But when I discovered just what JourneyCare was all about, I was immediately drawn to them.”
Becky’s story is one in seven million volunteers who used our site to find an opportunity last year. We can’t continue doing this work without your support. Donations to VolunteerMatch help keep our platform free. Learn more about our impact (updated with live stats) here: http://learn.volunteermatch.org/content/2015-impact-report.
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