Volunteer Tools for Senior Centers
Plan the rides and visits. Fill the shifts. Know who showed up.
Set out rides, visits, yard help and classes, let volunteers take a shift in seconds, and keep the record.
A senior center is a place where people give as much as they get. Members teach classes, drive, visit and lead. This page is for the staff and volunteers who keep those offerings going and want to share the load.
What you run, and how the site helps
Rides to appointments and events
Matching a driver to a time is a shift. Write it down and fill it.
How the site helps: Offer each ride time as a shift, and volunteer drivers sign up for the one that works for them, with reminders.
Friendly visits and phone calls
Regular visits work best when a few people share them.
How the site helps: Spread visits and calls across several people by giving each one a shift on a shared schedule.
Yard help and seasonal jobs
Raking, snow and small repairs go faster with a crew and a plan.
How the site helps: Post a yard job as a need so a neighbor or an organization can pick it up, or plan a seasonal crew into shifts.
Classes and groups
Keep track of who helps teach, host and set up each class.
How the site helps: Keep a roster of who helps with each class, along with attendance.
What it costs
Connected Organization
- Founding offer: $20/month (50% off for the first 5 years, $200/year), then $40/month or $400/year.
- Plus $99 one-time activation and verification.
- No per-volunteer charges.
Standalone Project: $149 per project. It covers one approved project, start to closeout, without a subscription.
Neighbors and neighborhoods: free.
Founding pilot serving Hartland, Michigan and the surrounding communities; Michigan first.
Free templates and guides
Questions
Do volunteers need an account?
No. Volunteers pick a shift and sign up in seconds, without creating an account.
Do we need a new website?
No. Your organization gets its own page on neighborpowered.com the day you connect, and you can add a link, button, WordPress block or embed to the website you already have.
Who can use the site?
Neighbors are always free. Members of the community are 18 and over.
What does it cost?
A Connected Organization pays the founding offer of $20/month (50% off for the first 5 years, $200/year), then $40/month or $400/year, plus $99 one-time for activation and verification. There are no per-volunteer charges, and neighbors are free.