PTO Today

PTO Today actually has web-based software that could act as a sign-up feature as well. It's called Volunteer Builder and each parent group has their own URL and you can direct volunteers to the link and they sign themselves into the database. You can collect data such as their contact info, their child's info (teacher, grade, etc) and then compile reports based on any information (teacher reports, entire school directory, events they're assigned to, etc.).

A free trial of Volunteer Builder and more information can be found at Software for Your PTO/PTA Group - Organize Your Group´s Volunteers and Finances | PTO Today.

Best of luck!

I use Volunteer Builder and PTO Manager and love it, although there are some limitations. I would LOVE to see a calendar that would show the event and open time slots, like some of the other sites mentioned here. Maybe PTO Today can tackle that with the next enhancements to the software? It keeps getting better and better.....

Our school uses this company called www.e-pto.org. It is a content management website and our PTO enters all the information. We can send out emails to all our parents, post documents, show all our events. It has been really helpful.

JHB-

I'm checking out post mysignup.com and volunteerspot to handle scheduling of concessions volunteers for the next school year. I want a site that will send a reminder email. It appears that VolunteerSpot does, but MySignUp doesn't (after an initial confirmation).

Also, as organizer, I want to be able to clearly see who has signed up for a slot. I can't tell if VolunteerSpot gives me that info.

Do you have info in these areas?

Thanks!

I just checked out the e-pto.org website. While my school isn't interested in an online volunteer signup at the moment, I did notice a blurb there are PayPal. Does anyone out there have a paypal linked to their PTO account? Has this worked for you? I don't know much about about PayPal; are there any fees associated with using it to accept payment for fundraisers, etc.? Just thinking that if there are no fees to accept funds this way, it may boost fundraising if parents are able to pay by credit card as opposed to writing a check.

Thanks!

There are fees for using papypal, similar to having a credit card processing account.

Tim

Another site to consider is MemberHub.com. This is designed to help you organize groups within your organization. Some of the features include a calendar and announcements which can go out via email and text message. It is a good overall organization tool for a volunteer organization.

One great benefit is that you can organize your different events into separate hubs and add volunteers to each specific hub. You can then communicate and organize that event with just those volunteers.