Q&A for Nonprofits and Volunteer Hours

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2/12/15
High School
Volunteers for
Your NONPROFIT

2. + Have you considered working with
High School volunteers?
By providing community service opportunities to a New Haven
Public School Student, you will support the student to:
Meet high school graduation requirements * Explore career options *
Qualify for the New Haven Promise Scholarship * Cultivate the values of giving *
Support New Haven to be a better city
Since 2011, Prospect Scholars
completed over 90,000 hours of community
service in New Haven – worth nearly
$1 million.
Did You Know…

3. +
What type of support can a High
School Volunteer provide?
 Providing a service to your constituents
Ex. Reading to the elderly, tutoring elementary
and middle school children, coat/ food drive
distribution, support a community clean-up, etc.
 Community outreach and flyering * Support
mailings and update databases * Answer
phones *Greet constituents and other
functions
 Office Support: Update a website * Make
photo-copies * Office filing and other
functions
 Take pictures or video at an event * Support
the set-up/ clean-up for an event * Work at
the registration table at an event and other
functions

4. +
What Steps do I Take to Recruit
High School Volunteers?
 Create an account in X2Vol. ( A one time task of ten
minutes.)
 Assign a staff person to supervise the High School
Volunteer.
 Develop a page describing the volunteer role and
expectations.
 Post your volunteer opportunity online using X2Vol –
reaching as many New Haven Public High Schools that
you request to reach.
 If (a) student(s) accept(s), you can interview or have
them begin and complete the assigned task.
 Verify that the students completed the hours on-line
using X2Vol.

5. +
What if….
 I’m a small non-profit and don’t have time to
register in X2Vol or supervise High School
Volunteers?
 With a few minutes of planning, the Volunteers
can provide you with hours of much needed
support – FOR FREE.
 Registering in X2Vol takes ten minutes or less.
 We are an informal small neighborhood
community group and do not have a tax ID or
EIN number, can we register in X2Vol?
 A non-profit with a tax ID or EIN number may
“sponsor” you through their X2Vol account, and
post your volunteer opportunity on your behalf.
 We encourage all non-profits participating to
have liability insurance as a standard best
practice.

6. + What if….
 We are part of the Neighborhood Management Team or
the Parent Teacher Organization ( PTO), can we post
volunteer opportunities for high school students?
 Yes, by having a non-profit with a Tax ID or EIN number to
register with X2Vol and post on your behalf.
 The City of New Haven- Police Departments and other
Departments are considered entities that are eligible to
register in X2Vol and post volunteer opportunities.
 Schools can sponsor volunteer opportunities by contacting
your school’s counselor.
 We are a faith-based entity, do we qualify?
 Yes, if you have a Tax ID or EIN number to register with
X2Vol.
 Providing hours related to worship services does not qualify
as a community service opportunity such as participating in
the choir, ushering, tithe and offerings, etc.
 Accepted “non-worship” related activities include community
clean-up, tutoring, food bank support, office filing, etc.