New Web Site for Volunteerism

Posted by: Steve Hamm on June 17

Sometimes the most powerful tools are the simplest, and that may turn out to be true for a new Web site that links people up with volunteer opportunities near where they live or work. All for Good eliminates some of the excuses people come up with for not volunteering. On the welcome page, you type in your location in a search bar and immediately get a list of volunteer opportunities in your vicinity. Search again by the type of thing you’re interested and your choices are narrowed. You can select by time-frame as well. A map on the left of the page pinpoints locations. You can easily link your activities on the site to your Facebook account and other social networking hot spots. There’s a Digg-like approval feature, and a page for keeping track of your interests.

Even though the Web site is still in alpha mode, it’s already serving an important purpose—as the back end for the United We Serve public service initiative launched today by President Obama.

One last good thing: It’s built with open-source software.

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