Find more ways to serve that fit your life in a platform that helps you track your impact!
APO is thrilled to announce the launch of a new member benefit that helps you find and track service opportunities!
Every day, APO members are out in their communities seeking ways to make the world more peaceful through the service they provide. That said, sometimes the nuts and bolts of managing volunteerism is harder than it needs to be – from finding the right opportunity to fit your schedule, to managing the service you are providing with calendars, lists and more. Our platform makes it easier for our community leaders – both students and alumni – to find service opportunities that fit their availability, location, interests, friends and preferences, as well as help them realize the impact of their service through tracking.
Alpha Phi Omega has partnered with Golden Volunteer, the world’s most awarded volunteer management software, to simplify the lives of our members through the APO Volunteer Opportunity Portal in Golden Volunteer! Finding new opportunities for individual members, chapters and alumni associations is EASY! There are opportunities both within APO as well as in your surrounding community that you can connect with through the app, invite others to join you, track your completed projects and share the service hours you’ve completed all in the Golden Volunteer App!
WHAT PROBLEM DOES THE VOLUNTEER PORTAL SOLVE FOR MEMBERS?
Balancing finding ways to serve that meet the needs of the local community and that fit into daily life and work/school can be hard. The use of this platform makes this EASIER!
Alpha Phi Omega is using Golden to connect our chapters, alumni members and friends in service with opportunities across the country where they can help improve the community and make the world more peaceful AS WELL AS keep track of what they’ve done for whom, where and how long. This is useful for reporting back to chapters, alumni associations, other organizations, or work.
The best part… This platform showcases volunteer opportunities identified by APO as well as by other organizations in communities across the country looking for support such as the March of Dimes, Midwest Food Bank, Youthcare, United Way, Ronald McDonald House and more! Each listed opportunity in the portal is one in need of support by community members like the brothers of Alpha Phi Omega who make giving back and creating positive change a priority in their lives.
When a member creates a Golden Account, they will immediately have access to any public volunteer opportunities in the platform which they can sort and filter by location, time slots, cause, etc. This will help them identify individual and chapter service opportunities. From there, they will want to visit the APO Volunteer Opportunity Portal so they can connect to the Fraternity and see events specific to APO members such as events hosted by groups in their region or section, as well as national opportunities!
Check out the take below titled “How to Get Started” for specifics on downloading the app and connecting with APO!
HOW DO I GET STARTED?
- Download the app
or go to volunteer.apo.org. - Create your account with Golden.
- Once logged in, go to “My Account”, select “Add Affiliations”.
- Search “Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity” and tap the name of the organization when it populates – Poof! Now you are affiliated!
- After you’ve affiliated with APO, you can go back to the main area of the app to explore opportunities in need of volunteers!
- Don’t forget to visit volunteer.apo.org to look for opportunities created for and recommended by APO!
- As an affiliate of the Fraternity, opportunities in the APO Volunteer Portal will automatically be sent to you in the app!
WHAT IS THE APO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY PORTAL IN GOLDEN?
Inside Golden, there is an area exclusively for APO members (also known as affiliates) where you can:
- Connect directly with APO service, fellowship, education and leadership opportunities as well as opportunities with friends of APO who need volunteers.
- Find external volunteer opportunities that fit your life!
- Track and share your individual impact on your community.
- Rate projects and choose organizations that matter to YOU!
HOW DO I CONNECT WITH MY REGION?
This feature is COMING SOON! We promise we are hard at work to bring regional and sectional opportunities to the app as well. Check back soon and chapter officers should watch their email for details once this feature is available.
HOW TO SUBMIT PROJECTS FOR VOLUNTEER SUPPORT
Is your chapter, community or organization looking for amazing volunteers to help support a cause? YOU’VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE! Every day, alumni and chapter members of APO are out in their community providing service and leadership to benefit myriad causes. Simply submit the project detail form below and a member of the APO National Office Team will reach out to help get the opportunity posted so our members can help fill your volunteer need.
