Day: 17 February 2022

Group volunteering is a central feature of most employer-supported volunteering programs, especially pre-pandemic.  Groups of 5, 10, 50, sometimes 100 or more employees are deployed in-person, usually for a day or part of a day, to address a need defined by a community organization.  Popular activities include outdoor planting, gardening, painting, clean-up; sorting and organizing food or clothing; mentoring youth or newcomers; or being crew at a big community event. While some of these activities – particularly outdoor and virtual – continue during the pandemic, the needs of community organizations have changed, and health & safety concerns and regulations are […]