The Chaffee County Community Foundation (CCCF) has launched the Volunteers In Action (VIAChaffee) program This countywide portal’s purpose is to make volunteering simple for both community members and nonprofits.
Community members can use the portal to find and sign up to participate in volunteer opportunities with organizations that align with their personal values, skills, and interests. Local nonprofits and other organizations who need volunteers can sign up with CCCF to connect with needed resources.
Logo courtesy Chaffee County Community Foundation
The impetus for Volunteers In Action originated with the Envision Chaffee County process. It is one of the forty-plus projects that could have a deep impact improving the common good of the community.
It took nearly a year to get off the ground. Obtaining input from its Food Access Cohort grantees over the summer of 2020, CCCF’s board committed to researching, identifying, and hosting the appropriate cloud-based technology solution to make VIAChaffee available to the Chaffee community.
“By elevating the importance of giving time through volunteering, as well as making the searching, signing up, and participation as easy as possible, we hope VIAChaffee will provide great value,” explained CCCF Executive Director Joseph Teipel.” Chaffee County residents are already so generous; VIAChaffee is simply a tool to help deepen and expand this.”
Community members can click here to explore the platform and peruse the opportunities already posted by organizations such as: GARNA, Colorado Farm to Table, Colorado Foodshed Alliance, Ark-Valley Humane Society, and others.
Visitors can see all public opportunities and organizations, and once they are ready, can create an account in less than three minutes. Upon signing in, community members can select one or more opportunities or simply start following specific causes or organizations to get notifications when new opportunities are posted.
Click here to learn more or contact CCCF directly at 719-204-5071.
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