An App to Facilitate Volunteer Work
Customer Case Study: Reading Buddies
A Program by The United Way of the Piedmont
United Way’s Reading Buddies program is a volunteer based program aimed to develop student’s literacy and language skills, opening them to new ideas and building a path to encourage lifelong readers. Reading Buddies provides one on one support for students who need extra attention or who may not have someone read to them at home.
MilkCrate and United Way
MilkCrate built The United Way of the Piedmont an app for volunteers, and parents. This app helps track student progress, volunteer hours and has a chatting activity feature to make the volunteer experience more efficient.
How the app helps Reading Buddies Volunteers:
Activity Feed: Where volunteers share their student’s reading progress
Checking in and out: Users can check in and out at tutoring locations through the GPS on their phone
Communicate via Chat: Users can converse with other volunteers or staff members
Outside Resources: Articles for parents and volunteers to help their student with their reading
Click on the phone above
to see the activity feed of the volunteers
How the app’s admin dashboard helps the United Way staff
Reach Volunteers with push notifications: To alert the users they have an upcoming tutoring session
Engage users with Polls Questions: To gain feedback and reflections from the volunteers
Monitor and Track Users: See where volunteers are through check ins & outs, verified through GPS
User Data Charts: Track how many volunteer hours have been complete through charts
The admin graph tracking the volunteer’s hours at each school
The apps home screen makes it easier to navigate the app features
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The United Way Reading Buddies app is available in the app store for iOs and Android phones, along with other MilkCrate apps that help organizations better reach the communities they serve. If you are involved in a program or an organization that would like to engage and support your community - let us know! We would be thrilled to arrange a free demo of how our platform works and see how we can be of help building your organization’s app.