How do volunteers sign up for shifts?
From a link: open slots show live, a volunteer taps their shift, and confirmation plus reminders send automatically — the dinner committee stops being one exhausted person's phone.
Can we track volunteer hours?
Yes. Hours log per person per event, which matters for recognition, for chesed-hour requirements, and for grant applications that ask about community engagement.
Do reminders actually reduce no-shows?
Substantially — a reminder the day before and morning of, by WhatsApp, converts good intentions into staffed shifts, and unfilled slots surface early enough to recruit replacements.
Does volunteer history connect to the donor record?
Yes. Volunteering is engagement — the parent who works every dinner is a relationship worth knowing about, and their full picture appears on the same record development uses.