New Tool Maps Volunteer Openings

January 29, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute

VolunteerMatch has added a new feature to its Web site to make it easier for visitors to find volunteer opportunities near where they live and work.

Potential volunteers can now browse opportunities for giving their time — and find nonprofit organizations in their area that are looking for help — by using the Google Earth mapping service.

They can zoom in and see the individual buildings where the groups are located, or zoom out to see how many opportunities are available in the region.

To take advantage of the new service, visitors to the VolunteerMatch site need to install the Google Earth plug-in for their Internet browser.

To get there: Go to http://www.volunteermatch.org.

About the Author

NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.