[liberationtech] CivicRush: Volunteer & Serve for Community Project

[Yosem Companys]

Sorry. It was made by a Latino student in the SF Bay Area to promote
volunteerism. He asked me to share it. And I did so quickly. I should've
added the backstory.

On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 3:55 PM Jayne Cravens <jayne at coyotebroad.com> wrote:

> On 2019-10-11 17:27, Yosem Companys wrote:
> > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.civicrush
>
> The market is saturated with platforms - websites and apps - allowing
> organizations to recruit and engage volunteers. So, what makes this
> different, what market research was done to show that this is the app
> nonprofits want, and who built this?
>
> I'm so overwhelmed by all the volunteers I get via VolunteerMatch,
> Idealist and my organization's website alone - recruitment is rarely the
> problem. The time and money to create appropriate assignments and
> properly support volunteers in those assignments is the FAR greater
> issue.
>
> Also, I don't think it's cool to post a link without saying what it is.
>
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> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc
> Portland, Oregon, USA
>
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> The email - jayne at coyotebroad.com
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