Please Join Our Online Volunteer Community!
We thank you and your organization for your interest in Heart of Illinois Volunteers (volunteer.hoiunitedway.org) and Braves Volunteer (volunteer.bradley.edu).
Managed by the Heart of Illinois United Way and Bradley University, our online volunteer community is available for central Illinois nonprofit organizations and public schools in Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall, Stark and Putnam counties. This online mobile-friendly volunteer management platform is designed to increase engagement, develop long-term relationships, and track involvement.
About Get Connected Software
Heart of Illinois Volunteers (volunteer.hoiunitedway.org) and Braves Volunteer (volunteer.hoiunitedway.org) utilize the Get Connected platform produced by Galaxy Digital.
It is designed to be a nearly, completely automated process to increase community impact by easier volunteer placement and follow-up while at the same time, meeting more needs of nonprofit organizations in the community.
Core Features
- Mobile‐friendly experience designed to drive volunteer and nonprofit engagement through profile information, contact management, automated messaging, searchable opportunities, targeted messaging to volunteers, group project capacity and tools, and logging of service hours.
- Enables nonprofits to easily promote volunteer opportunities and community-based events using a familiar social environment.
- Allows members of your community to browse existing needs and then register for service opportunities that align with their passions.
- Builds a database of volunteers and provides tools to easily communicate and engage with volunteers in a targeted way that is based on their history and interests/skills.
- Generates reports on all volunteer data to capture useful information on the impact of volunteerism within your community.
- Social media integration of listed needs and volunteer responses to increase the channels of communication.
User Agreement and Approval Process
- Applications for Nonprofit Organization and Public School Accounts will be accepted year-round, and approved quarterly by a committee of staff and volunteers that support the Heart of Illinois United Way and Bradley University.
- Please note: organization profiles, needs and events posted on volunteer.hoiunitedway.org are shared with volunteer.bradley.edu.
- All account applicants and account managers will need to abide by, and submit, a completed User Agreement. We encourage your organization to review the User Agreement prior to beginning your application.
- In addition, all account managers are required to attend a basic training session to learn the Get Connected software.
Application Form and User Agreement:
Click here to submit your application for nonprofit organization or public school account.
Click here to review/submit our online volunteer community's user agreement.
Applications are accepted year-round and approved once per quarter:
Quarter 1 (January, February and March) Applications
Applications submitted by mid-March will be approved for set-up and publication starting in April. Organization/Account Manager training in late March.
Quarter 2 (April, May and June) Applications
Applications submitted by mid-June will be approved for set-up and publication starting in July. Organization/Account Manager training in late June.
Quarter 3 (July, August and September) Applications
Applications submitted by mid-September will be approved for set-up and publication starting in October. Organization/Account Manager training in late September.
Quarter 4 (October, November and December) Applications
Applications submitted by mid-December will be approved for set-up and publication starting in January. Organization/Account Manager training in early January.
Register for a Training Session:
Click here for a list of upcoming training sessions.
If you have any questions about our online volunteer community, please contact:
Gina Edwards, Vice President of Marketing
Heart of Illinois United Way
309-674-5181, ext. 1234
gina.edwards@local.unitedway.org
Student Engagement
Bradley University
309-677-3050
studentactivities@bradley.edu
