VolunteerMatch connects people with volunteer opportunities that match their interests and skills. This platform can help employees find meaningful volunteer activities and organizations to support, making it easier to promote opportunities within your volunteer time off (VTO) program.
Stewardship & Generosity
Time to Serve
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Cultivate growth through community engagement.
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“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”
1 Peter 4:10
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Getting Started
- Draft a Clear Policy: Define VTO guidelines, including eligibility and the approval process.
- Announce with Enthusiasm: Launch the VTO at a team meeting, emphasizing its value for personal growth and service.
- Promote Opportunities: Use digital resources to connect employees with volunteer opportunities. Encourage employees to suggest causes they're passionate about.
- Schedule Smartly: Integrate a shared digital calendar for employees to plan, coordinate, and track their VTO without disrupting workflow.
- Celebrate Service: Regularly share VTO stories in meetings or newsletters, recognizing individual and team contributions.
Tips for Success
- Keep VTO simple to encourage participation.
- Consider group volunteer events for team building.
- Incentivize by offering PTO for a certain number of hours of VTO.
Continue exploring
6 resourcesResources
Jocelyn Nelson from Points of Light highlights the transformative benefits of VTO for employees, companies, and nonprofits. VTO enhances employee engagement, well-being, and recruitment while meeting nonprofits’ year-round needs. It fosters community impact, strengthens corporate social responsibility, and creates a ripple effect of positive change for all involved.
The SHRM offers guidelines for creating and implementing VTO policies. This resource provides sample policies, best practices, and tips for encouraging employee participation in volunteer activities.
Deloitte’s Volunteer Impact Research reveals that workplace volunteerism boosts morale, leadership development, and employee engagement, especially among millennials. Skills-based volunteering enhances job marketability and provides cost-effective training for companies. However, nonprofits and corporations often underutilize skilled volunteers, missing opportunities to improve organizational practices and achieve greater social impact.
The Taproot Foundation specializes in connecting people with skills-based volunteer opportunities. This resource can help you incorporate skills-based volunteering into your VTO program, allowing employees to use their professional expertise to benefit nonprofit organizations.
Galaxy Digital provides best practices for creating and implementing a successful VTO policy. This resource includes a free VTO policy template, tips for planning and promoting your program, and strategies for managing VTO requests.
Keep the conversation going
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