Communities are strong when people are connected to one another.
For years, United Way of Anchorage has furthered volunteer efforts in Alaska. When we rolled out BeTheChange907.org, we knew it would fuel volunteerism—and it’s served as a conduit between community members looking to help and organizations needing help. Using basic setting adjustments, our volunteer dashboard expands your access to opportunities and supports you in finding needs, scheduling shifts, and tracking impact.
Create and manage your volunteer profile on www.BeTheChange907.org.
Homepage
Anyone can visit BeTheChange907 to see, search for, sort, and filter volunteer needs, participating organizations, and upcoming events. However, you’ll maximize your volunteering impact when you create an account and maintain your secure profile.
Recent Organizations
Review all nonprofits and community groups with accounts, access their summaries, and decide whether to follow the organization to receive volunteer updates from them.
Recent Needs
Scan through listings associated with key words and requirements. Then, click on what gets your attention to read learn the details, share the opportunity, and respond to help.
Account Dashboard
After logging into your account, you can adjust your settings and preferences so that you get information about needs that matter to you and watch your impact grow. Follow the steps below to maximize the value of our volunteer dashboard.
Current Snapshot
You’ll see a summary of all the ways that you’ve helped and receive personalized suggestions for opportunities along with listings similar to that on the homepage.
Profile Management
To add or edit your basic information and specify what you’re looking to accomplish as a volunteer, click on the blue circular icon with your initials to open your profile. You have eight customizable sections, which connects your interests with relevant opportunities.
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General Details
When you've found a need that interests you, click on the View Details button. After the need description opens and you've reviewed the requirements, you can choose from three options:
- Respond: Click this button if you're responding for yourself as a volunteer without others coming with you.
- Respond as Team: Click this button if you're responding on behalf of, at least, you and one more person or a group of people who will all volunteer together during the same shift on the same day.
- Share Need: Post this need to LinkedIn, X, or Facebook or copy the link to share it another way.
You must have a BeTheChange907 account to respond to needs. The website will prompt you to log in or create an account before you can continue.
Specific Details: Individual
If you're responding for yourself (meaning that you're attending or completing the action alone), click Respond. Then, complete the following steps:
- Check the box or boxes for the days and times that you want to volunteer.
- Click the Sign Up button to register your response.
These registrations will show up in your profile under Need Responses.
Specific Details: Team
If you're responding for a group of people, whether it includes yourself or others, click Respond as Team. Then, complete the following steps:
- Name the team.
- Add volunteers, including their email addresses.
- Pick at least one "leader" for the team who serves as the point of contact and can make changes to the team registration.
- Click Continue.
The shift registration popup updates.
- Check the box or boxes for the days and times that the team wants to volunteer.
- Click the Finish button to register the team response.
These registrations will show up in your profile under My Teams.
View Profile
You can easily review and share your volunteer activities from this section.
- Volunteer Resume: Download a copy of all your volunteering efforts.
- Activity Feed: See a list of every action that you’ve taken on BeTheChange907.
You can also personalize what information you receive. Click on the + in the white boxes to display popups that allow you to manage your preferences.
- Causes: Add causes that matter most to you.
- Interests: Add interests that fit you best.
- Organizations: Become a fan to get notifications about organizations’ needs.
Click the “Update” button at the bottom of the popups before closing it to save your selections.
Edit Profile
You might want to include non-required information that can help match you with ideal volunteer shifts.
- Basic Information: Enter your contact information, birthdate, and work title.
- Availability: Select preferred days and times for volunteer shifts.
- Settings: Manage data and communication preferences or download your data.
Click the “Update” button at the bottom of the section to save your responses.
Track Hours
You're able to watch your impact in our community grow over time by entering this information.
- Hour Type: Answer the prompts.
- Plus-One Hours: Answer the prompt.
- Hour Details: Enter the days and hours worked.
- Description: Describe what you did.
Click the “Submit Hour Entry” button at the bottom of the section to save your responses.
Volunteer Schedule
You can see what displays automatically or filter by choosing from:
- Organization
- Distance
- Phrase
Need Responses
When you've found a need that you want to fill and have clicked the "Respond" button, the project information shows up in this section.
- Volunteer Responses: Here, you can see what need you're scheduled to fulfill.
- Waitlist: If a need is met but you're still interested, it will appear here. If a spot opens up, you will be notified and the need will move into Volunteer Responses.
My Teams
If you've responded to a need on behalf of a team--whether it is two of you or a group--the project information shows up in this section. Based on the information that you included for the team registration, you can filter teams in this section using the following fields:
- Team Name
- Need Title
- Shift ID
- Shift Begins
- Initiative
- Organization Name
- Team Created
- Members
- Leader
- Resume
- Options
Qualifications
In some circumstances, you may need to meet certain qualifications or sign waivers to view or respond to needs. Examples include:
- Registering in RAPTOR to volunteer at the Anchorage School District.
- Completing a background check to work with some vulnerable populations.