Days of Caring
Volunteer Registration Guidelines

United Way is building a culture of civic engagement by helping organizations and individuals connect to hundreds of volunteer opportunities throughout our region. Now, through a partnership with VolunteerMatch, United Way has made connecting your employees to existing opportunities even easier.

Creating a Volunteer Account

Visit United Way’s website at www.LIVEUNITEDsepa.org/volunteermatch and click on the “Register Now!” link on the left hand side of the page to create a new volunteer account.

Once registration is confirmed Corporate Volunteer Coordinators will be able search thousands of active volunteer listings by ZIP code or interest area, set preferences to receive email alerts, contact organizations and register for Special Events with just a few clicks.

Finding a Volunteer Opportunity

Company Volunteer Coordinators can search for opportunities that involve specific skills or focus on particular interest areas either by selecting a category of interest or doing a keyword search. To search by category of interest, follow these instructions:

1. Go to www.LIVEUNITEDsepa.org/volunteermatch
2. Use the search box in the upper left hand corner of the page and click Advanced Search.
3. Select an Interest Area.
4. You can also enter a keyword into the Keyword field to search for a specified keyword in the 'title,' 'description' and 'required skills' fields for opportunities in your area.
5. Click Search for a list of opportunities that match your criteria.
6. Scroll through the search results for an opportunity that matches your interests. Click on the 'more info' link next to the organization title for additional details and indicate at the bottom if you would like to sign up for this project.

Selecting an Opportunity

Once you have indicated your interest in volunteering for a project:

1. You must confirm contact information on the following page and then click 'Send' to sign up for the Project.
2. You will receive an email confirming your registration and the Agency Project Host will be notified of their participation.

Invite or Sign Up a Group

Company Volunteer Coordinators can also invite a group if the Project organizer has enabled group invites. For Projects that allow group sign-ups, Company Volunteer Coordinators must follow these instructions to invite additional employee volunteers:

1. Click on the Invite or sign up a Group link under the I'd like to sign up button.
2. To invite a group, leave the “reservations” checkbox blank and then enter the email addresses of all potential invitees.
3. To reserve space for all group members, check the box indicating "reservations." The email addresses of ALL the people who you wish to reserve a spot for MUST be entered or the spots WILL NOT be held in reserve.
4. You can choose to have the site send an email when the group members confirm or decline the invitation, and if enabled, have the option to automatically reserve space for people. To take advantage of these options, you must click the checkbox next to the action they want the site to take.

Note: By reserving space, Participants don't have to reply and confirm their participation.

Once a volunteer group is created Company Volunteer Coordinators can keep track group status from the Groups You've Created link on your Personal Volunteering page.

Project Leader

Special Event Projects have Project Leaders who are responsible for being the point of contact and facilitator for the Project. The Project Leader receives all emails notifying them of sign-ups for the Project.

If the Project Leader role has been enabled for a Special Event and has not yet been filled, Company Volunteers Coordinators can sign up on the Project Detail page by clicking the I'd like to be the Project Leader button.