![Women from the Pensacola Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints volunteered to make feminine hygiene kits for women and girls in need through www.DaysForGirls.org. Organizers scheduled work sessions on social media as well as the volunteer service website www.justserve.org. [Photo by Billie Nicholson]](http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ghows-DA-4d4b77d6-3b77-2e35-e053-0100007fe439-fb2c57ed.jpeg)
Editor’s Note: This continues our Celebrate Community series on nonprofit organizations that improve Santa Rosa County residents’ quality of life.
MILTON — The website www.justserve.org provides a means to connect nonprofit organizations needing help and those who want to volunteer. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides the service, but JustServe is not for the purpose of creating converts, according to Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties JustServe Coordinator Frank Wilson.
“Any not-for-profit organization that needs volunteers for a one-time event or continuously can post on there,” Wilson said.
Organizations seeking volunteers can also specify who they’ll take, like whether or not they’ll allow children to volunteer, according to Wilson.
As the local coordinator, Wilson approves organizations’ requests for volunteers. There are two conditions to qualify, he said.
“They have to agree they’re not trying to sell a product…or they’re not political.”
Nonprofits seeking help should be specific in what they’ll ask volunteers to do.
“Some people prefer to work indoors and some prefer to work outdoors. They may have health limitations and can only stuff envelopes,” Wilson said.
The nationwide organization began almost four years ago, testing first in California and Arizona, and has become international since moving into Canada. Since its start in Santa Rosa County a year ago, 15 projects have come through the website, according to Wilson.
Volunteers using the website first enter the ZIP code in which they plan to find opportunities to help. Currently, within the default 25 miles of 32570, which includes Milton, Allentown and Munson, there are seven listings: Feeding the Gulf Coast, Manna Food Bank packers and sorters, two for Guardian ad Litem, Covenant Care Quality of Life, Santa Rosa County Annual Day of Service, and Habitat for Humanity, all listed as ongoing events.
Annual Day of Service coordinator Daniel Hahn is trying to use any means he can to find more volunteers for the May 6 event. He is using JustServe for the first time to seek help.
“I’m just trying to get the word out so people will go out and do something,” he said.
Contact Wilson at 723-4194 for more information on JustServe.
Volunteer for the second annual Santa Rosa County Day of Service through www.justserve.org or contact Hahn at 983-4606 or danielh@santarosa.fl.gov.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: JustServe website connects volunteers, service organizations