{"id":210,"date":"2005-09-15T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-15T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/?p=210"},"modified":"2006-02-03T21:35:48","modified_gmt":"2006-02-04T03:35:48","slug":"volunteermatch-connects-volunteers-with-hurricane-relief-volunteer-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/15\/volunteermatch-connects-volunteers-with-hurricane-relief-volunteer-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"VolunteerMatch Connects Volunteers With Hurricane Relief Volunteer Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Who:<\/h2>\n<p>VolunteerMatch joins the world in mourning the catastrophic events of Hurricane Katrina, and is committed to helping channel desperately needed resources to the disaster areas. The volunteer response to Hurricane Katrina is unprecedented, and during this time of national crisis more people than ever are turning to VolunteerMatch to find ways to help.<\/p>\n<h2>What:<\/h2>\n<p>VolunteerMatch is the national, nonprofit service offering the most relevant and up-to-date volunteer resource available, and connecting volunteers with the nonprofits that need them.<\/p>\n<h2>When:<\/h2>\n<p>Now more than ever, there is an ongoing need for volunteers to assist with the hurricane relief efforts. Many volunteers that cannot travel to the Gulf Coast to volunteer are choosing to channel their desire to help out into their local communities.<\/p>\n<h2>Where:<\/h2>\n<p>The VolunteerMatch web site is accessible at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volunteermatch.org\/\">http:\/\/www.volunteermatch.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Why:<\/h2>\n<p>People want to help, and VolunteerMatch offers a 35,000-strong, nationwide network of current volunteer opportunities. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, VolunteerMatch&#8217;s free, nonprofit service has channeled tens of thousands of interested volunteers directly to nonprofit agencies involved with rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts.<\/p>\n<h2>How:<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone interested in volunteering can enter their ZIP code at VolunteerMatch to find both local and national ways to get involved, give back and make a difference. Any charitable organization in need of volunteers can also list volunteer opportunities on VolunteerMatch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who: VolunteerMatch joins the world in mourning the catastrophic events of Hurricane Katrina, and is committed to helping channel desperately needed resources to the disaster areas. The volunteer response to Hurricane Katrina is unprecedented,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}