Volunteer shifts and sign-ups
Post shifts people can sign up for — Purim packaging, the dinner, Chanukah deliveries, bikur cholim — on a public page, with a reminder text the day before.
Before you start
- Your login can edit people.
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Open Volunteers
Click "Programs", then "Volunteers". The boxes show "Shifts coming up", "Spots still open" and "Signed up".
Add a shift at the bottom. - 2
Add a shift
Under "Add a shift" type the job (e.g. "Purim packaging"), the date, from–to times, "How many people", "Where", and "What to bring / what they'll do". Click "Add shift".
Job, date, time and how many. - 3
Share the sign-up page
Click "Public sign-up page" and share the link. People pick a shift and leave their name and cell ("Sign me up").
What volunteers see. - 4
Sign someone up yourself
On the shift, pick a person — or type a "Name" and "Cell" — and click "Sign up".
Each shift has its own sign-up row. - 5
Watch it fill
Each shift shows "5/12" — green when full.
Tips
- A shift that already happened can't take new sign-ups.
- "Remove this shift" shows only when no one is signed up.
If something isn't working
"Sorry — that shift is full"
All spots are taken. Raise "How many people" by adding a second shift.
"What's the job and when?"
Fill in the job and the date.
"That shift already happened"
You can't sign up for a past shift.