Project #17069

Project:
Volunteer Calendar

Project description:

A local charity need a simple volunteer hour manager with these specifications:

1. All volunteers active in the system can create, edit and delete shifts
2. Volunteers would 'clock in' by editing their shift on the calendar
3. The app would not require a Wordpress login (it uses a 4 digit pin that defaults to their phone last 4)
4. The organization would not utilize a third party (thereby keeping emails private)
5. The app would compute volunteer hours automatically and
6. Generate a spreadsheet report of hours per volunteer
7. Email volunteers reminders about their shifts

We created the Easy Volunteer Hours plugin that is essentially a bottom up system. No one needs to input available shifts. Volunteers enter their shift hours. All shifts are visible on the page. The page can be protected with a password.

All third party systems we reviewed were top down systems without a 'clock in' feature. Someone had to enter available shifts and volunteers had to sign up for those shifts exactly. They also require volunteers to enter an email. There were free options for many features but they all had paid tiers to get desired features.