For volunteer organizers
Tell volunteers where they're needed
Volunteers want to help and need to know where and when. A follo tells every volunteer at once, so shifts fill and nobody shows up to a cancelled one.
How it works for you
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Create a Group follo for your volunteers
Name it for the program, such as Eastside Food Pantry volunteers.
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Sign people up with the code
On the sign-up sheet and the shift board.
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Send needs and changes
Reminders, shift changes and urgent requests for help.
Example messages
Eastside Food Pantry volunteers: reminder
Saturday sort starts at 8. Closed-toe shoes, please.
Eastside Food Pantry volunteers: meeting change
Thursday's orientation moves to the church basement.
Eastside Food Pantry volunteers: urgent announcement
A truck arrives at 3 today; we need six people to unload.
Where the QR code goes
The paper sign-up sheet at every event and the shift board by the door.
Add the link to your volunteer sign-up page.
Why one-way fits
A shift call should reach everyone and get a quick yes from whoever can come. One-way updates do the reaching; people sign up the way they already do.
What follo is
follo is a one-way notification service that lets people follow a person, business, product, event, group, property, waitlist, or other subject through a link or QR code and receive updates from its owner.
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Questions
Can volunteers reply to say they're coming?
Not through follo. Point them to your sign-up sheet or phone in the update.
Can I send an urgent call for help?
Yes. A Group follo has an Urgent announcement template for exactly that.
Will volunteers get spammed?
No. Each follo can send at most three updates in any 24 hours.