March 25, 2008 - Voters at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference have chosen VolunteerMatch.org, the Web service dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer, as "Best.org Web Site" in its annual People's Choice Awards.

Hosted by the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), the Nonprofit Technology Conference is one of the largest venues where mission-driven charities can learn about technologies to advance their mission. This year, representatives from thousands of organizations attended the conference in New Orleans, La.

Launched in 1998, VolunteerMatch.org was the original Web destination for volunteer recruitment. Since that time, the San Francisco, Ca.-based service has facilitated over 3.4 million volunteer referrals, and today has over 56,000 nonprofits and 1.6 million volunteers in its network, including a growing number of older adult, teen, and "virtual" volunteers.

"Hundreds of nonprofits go out of business each day "“ but it's not because the social needs are vanishing," said Robert J. Rosenthal, director of communications at VolunteerMatch. "Our Web site is an effective resource for increasing the ability of nonprofits to succeed, and any award that helps raise awareness of this can only help."

The award comes on the heels of TIME magazine's inclusion of VolunteerMatch.org in its year-end "Top 10 Web Sites for 2007" list.

On the Web:

VolunteerMatch: www.volunteermatch.org
Nonprofit Technology Conference: www.nten.org/ntc

About VolunteerMatch

VolunteerMatch is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. Its award-winning online service makes it easy to find local volunteer opportunities or recruit qualified volunteers. The VolunteerMatch network regularly welcomes more than 125,000 visitors each week and has become the preferred volunteer recruiting service for tens of thousands of participating nonprofits across the country and #1 search result for "volunteer" on Yahoo! and Google. The organization is committed to building world-class Internet applications that bring our communities closer together, expand the capacity of civil society, and encourage a culture of individual empowerment and participation.

VolunteerMatch

VolunteerMatch

VolunteerMatch believes everyone should have the chance to make a difference. As the Web's largest volunteer engagement network, serving over 122,000 participating nonprofits, 100 network partners, and 13 million annual visitors, VolunteerMatch offers unique, award-winning solutions for individuals, nonprofits and companies to make this vision a reality. Since its launch in 1998, VolunteerMatch has helped the social sector attract more than $13 billion worth of volunteer services. Learn more about VolunteerMatch at VolunteerMatch.org, and follow @VolunteerMatch.

 

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