AccordingtotheintroductionofDigitalCheetahSolutions,Inc.,VolunteerConnectionisaProductivityappontheAndroidplatform.Thereiscurrentlya5.8.1versionreleasedonMar07,2020,youcanseethedetailsbelow.
AmericanRedCrossvolunteers,theVolunteerConnectionappisnowavailable!Themobileappisforexistingvolunteersonly.ManageyouractivitywiththeAmericanRedCrossconvenientlyviathenewapp!HoldthepowerofVolunteerConnectioninthepalmofyourhand!Volunteerscanusetheapptoregisterforshifts,updatecontactinformation,submithours,andothertaskstypicallymanagedinVolunteerConnection,theorganization'svolunteermanagementsystem.Now,allofwhichcanbedonewiththetipandswipeofafinger!
Over200,000AmericanRedCrossvolunteershelpensuretheorganizationpreventsandalleviateshumansufferingeveryday.Manyrespondtodisasters,teachlife-savingskillstotheircommunities,orsupportongoingactivitieswiththeirskillsandtalents.
ThenewmobileappwillallowexistingAmericanRedCrossvolunteerstobecomemoreengagedwiththeorganization,helpingenhancetheoverallvolunteerexperiencewiththeorganization.Note:ThisappisforGeneralVolunteersonlyatthistime.YouthandProspectiveVolunteerswillnothaveaccesstotheapp,untilfurthernoticeoruntiltheirintakeprocesswiththeirrespectiveregioniscomplete.
IfyouarenotaregisteredvolunteerandinterestedinbecominginvolvedwiththeAmericanRedCross,pleasevisitwww.redcross.orgtoday!
Ifyouarehavingproblems,pleaseusethelinkaboveforassistance.
Thefollowingpermissionsarerequested:
1)InternetAccessPermission:AllowstheapptoconnecttotheVolunteerConnectionwebservers
2)Storage:Alldownloadedimagesfortheactivityfeed,contactsandcalendarviewsarestoredonSDcardmemoryifavailable.Thisoverallprovidesbetterperformancefortheapp
3)SMSAccess:AllowsamessagetobesentwhenyouclickaphonenumberintheContactView.Requiredbysomedevices
4)PhoneAccess:AllowsaphonecalltobeinitiatedwhenyouclickaphonenumberintheContactView.Requiredbysomedevices
5)IdentityAccess:Requiredforpushnotifications(featuretobemadeavailablelaterthisyear)
