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Get Connected Tech Tip: View YOUR Volunteer Impact, plus April Volunteer Open Houses!

Our Volunteer Impact Report is available now showcasing the dedicated service of our many volunteers across the agency and across our volunteer positions in 2024. This report features volunteer data, stories, and the names of those volunteers who contributed to our mission and made a difference in 2024. Look for yours inside this year's report! You also can also view your individual volunteer impact and your volunteer group impact through your volunteer resumes on Get Connected.

Get Connected Tech Tip: Spring Volunteer Training

NOW is a great time to start your volunteer training in preparation for Spring and Summer volunteer opportunities!  Visit our Volunteer Training Library to view convenient online volunteer trainings available to you NOW. Then, visit our Training and Events page to find in-person volunteer training options and season openers.

Get Connected Tech Tip: Update & Enhance your Profile, Qualifications, and More!

he beginning of the year is a great time to update your volunteer profile and renew or complete new volunteer qualifications for volunteer opportunities in 2025!

Get Connected Tech Tip: Checking in to Your Shifts & Adding Volunteer Hours

Documenting your volunteer hours is important, and the check-in process makes it easy. Here are a few ways you can check-in to your volunteer shifts:

Get Connected Tech Tip: Time to Update Your Volunteer Information

As we close out this year, we want to share a few important tips to help you stay engaged, prepare for next season, and grow more comfortable with Get Connected.

Get Connected Tech Tip: Are You Receiving Our Emails?

Get Connected Tech Tip: New Get Connected Site Training for Volunteers Available NOW!

Are you new to volunteering with us? Not quite comfortable with using our Get Connected site or just want to learn more? Check out our brand new Get Connected Site Training for Volunteers! We'll show you how to create an account, how to submit qualifications, how to respond to volunteer opportunities and check in to shifts all in one short 11 minutes training video. Check it out below and available in the Volunteer Training Library.

Get Connected Tech Tip: Qualifications! Why are they Important?

If you have responded to one of our long-term volunteer opportunities, you have completed a series of qualifications. Qualifications are requirements set up to be completed in the Get Connected site before you can complete a response to a volunteer opportunity and sign up.

Get Connected Tech Tip: The Get Connected User Dashboard

Good things start from your Get Connected Dashboard when you first log in! From your Dashboard you can easily view your volunteer hours, opportunity responses, training & events rsvps and more! Click the boxes for additional information.

Get Connected Tech Tip: Adding Volunteer Shifts to Your Calendar

Volunteers have told us that in addition to the reminder emails, it would helpful to be able to add their scheduled volunteer shifts to their preferred electronic calendar. Are you using this feature? When you respond to a volunteer opportunity you will be given the option to create a calendar event for your Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Office 365, or Apple Calendar.  Try it out and keep your calendar up to date with all your important activities. Don't forget to share your opportunity on social media and invite others to get outside and give back this Spring with Five Rivers MetroParks!

Get Connected Tech Tip: Engage MORE with Volunteer Training!

Summer is here, and more opportunities are becoming available!  Some of our opportunities may include some training needs before you participate. There are two kinds of training (virtual and in-person) and two locations to find these trainings.  The Volunteer Training library can give you additional information as you get more familiar with Get Connected.

Get Connected Tech Tip: FAQs

Your most frequently asked questions, answered by your Volunteer Services Team, is available on Get Connected! Here are just a few examples: