Welcome to Single Volunteers of Cape Cod!
Where A Single Person Can Make A Difference
Request Volunteers
Single Volunteers Volunteer Request Form Please use this form to submit your event in need of volunteers. You need to fill out ALL of the information requested in order for us to send volunteers to your event. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST BY MAIL (see address at right) OR SCAN THE REQUEST FORM AND EMAIL to volunteer@svcapecod.net A MINIMUM OF 4 WEEKS (PREFERABLY 6) IN ADVANCE OF YOUR EVENT.
Below, SVCC working the putting contest at the Yarmouth Chamber Patriot's Day Golf Tournament.
Below, SVCC working the putting contest at the Yarmouth Chamber Patriot's Day Golf Tournament.
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Appreciation from Cape and Islands United Way
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VOLUNTEER REQUEST GUIDELINES PO Box 638 |
Single Volunteers isn't your ordinary volunteer group. In addition to our goal of providing you with high-quality, hard-working volunteers we also wish to provide our volunteers with fun experiences where they will get to work closely with other Single Volunteers. As such, we do have some very specific guidelines that have to be met in order for us to accept your project request. You must need a minimum of 6 volunteers at one time. We cannot send fewer then 6 volunteers per shift. You must be in need of volunteers for group work, meaning that our volunteers will work together in groups of at least 3-4 people. We cannot, for example, do things like mentoring, shelving library books, being course marshalls at walking or running races, working in a "coat check" for a fund raiser, or doing work such as parking duty because these jobs need just one or two volunteers per station. We can do things like working at race water stations where there may be 6 plus people per station, all working in the same area to pass out water. We can also do things like painting projects, overseeing a silent auction, festival setup & tear down and other events where there will be multiple volunteers working in each area. If your work is not group work please do not submit a request. We cannot provide you repeat volunteers, or the same set of volunteers on different days. Our organization provides "one time" volunteers only. If you are in need of multiple volunteers on multiple days we will work to get you volunteers each day that you need them, but we will not provide you with the same volunteers on an ongoing basis. We can send our volunteers to an orientation session if that orientation immediately precedes the event. If you need the volunteers to arrive a half-hour early for training please indicate the start time on the form below to include that earlier time. We cannot send volunteers to an orientation session that occurs days or weeks before the event. Please do your best to estimate your volunteer needs accurately. Volunteers who are bored and have too little work to do and are not likely to volunteer again. Our volunteers work very hard and we typically have a very low rate of volunteer.
We prefer volunteer projects that last no more then 5 hours. If you have a longer or even all-day event we may ask you to accept a few shifts of volunteers instead of using one group all day long. Please fill out the form with the event start and end times for all-day and we will contact you via email to setup shorter shifts and groups of volunteers. If you will be offering food, beverages, t-shirts or any other "perks" to the volunteers please include this on the request form. It is fine if you aren't (most events do not), but signups tend to be better if we announce such things when they are available. We try to accept all events, however, our schedule sometimes does not allow for us to do this. If we cannot assist we'll let you know via email and, when possible, try to setup an alternate date. In order to accommodate your request, a minimum of four - six weeks notification is requested prior your event. To request volunteers, download svccrequestform_2007_0720.pdf and email the information back to volunteer@svcapecod.net or you may send it via snail mail to SVCC, PO Box 638, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675. Thank you for reading this information! If you have questions about our policy feel free to contact us.
