Once you setup your newsgroups you can either assign volunteers to those groups, if you know who they are, or you can let volunteers sign-up for a newsgroup from within their EZVolunteer account.


To assign a volunteer to a newsgroup follow these steps -

  1. Go to your Volunteer List page

  2. Check the box for any volunteer you want to assign to a newsgroup

  3. Use the Action dropdown menu and choose ADD TO GROUP, and press GO

  4. This will display a list of available Newsgroups from which you need to select your newsgroup

  5. Press ASSIGN


To let volunteers know how to subscribe follow these steps -

  1. Create a notice in the Notices Module (See Working With Notices)

  2. Include in the content of your notice instructions to volunteers to

    1. Sign-in to their volunteer account with username & password

    2. Under the USER PROFILE tab choose SUBSCRIPTION

    3. Click the School District’s Name to view subscriptions

    4. Choose the Newsgroups for your school they want to subscribe

    5. SAVE their updates

  3. From your volunteer list page, use the SELECT ALL link to choose all volunteers

  4. From the Action dropdown choose SEND NOTICE and choose GO, then select the notice you created in the Notices Module and press SEND.


*Continue to Using Newsgroups to Target Volunteer Emails