At YesKidzCan, we’re all about inspiring children to get involved and give back. And, we know that involved kids often have involved parents. That’s why during this busy back-to-school time, we’d like to tell you about VolunteerSpot, a great resource that has a time-saving and sanity-saving online coordination tool for organizing all your volunteer efforts. VolunteerSpot’s free online sign-up sheets make parent participation at school, sports events, and in the community a snap!  No more passing around clipboard sign-up sheets or putting up with reply-all emails or phone tag just to help out.

With VolunteerSpot, ANYONE can launch a free sign-up calendar, and invite people to help in minutes. Parents choose their spots (when to help and what to bring) through a link in an email invitation or a button on your website or online group page. The best part is, once signed up, VolunteerSpot sends automated confirmation and reminder emails to keep everyone on track. It’s great not only for scheduling classroom volunteers, but also for parents who help with school carnivals and book fairs, parent-teacher conferences, soccer snacks, walk-a-thons, concessions stands, Scout campouts, and more!

Whether you are a room parent, coach, or committee chair in charge, one way to show our kids how much we enjoy volunteering at school is to make it as easy and fun for ourselves as possible. VolunteerSpot  helps parents do just that!  Also, for a chance to win $100 in classroom supplies for your favorite teacher from Class Wish, register before October 1, 2010 and use the promo code ‘TeachersSave.’

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