12 California
3 Wisconsin
2 Massachusetts
2 Virginia
1 Connecticut
1 Georgia
1 Illinois
1 Maryland
1 Michigan
1 Minnesota
1 Missouri
1 New York
1 North Carolina
1 Ohio
1 Oklahoma
1 United Kingdom
1 Not specified

5 San Francisco, CA
3 Milwaukee, WI
1 Corona, CA
1 Los Angeles, CA
1 Los Gatos, CA
1 Mountain View, CA
1 San Jose, CA
1 Sunnyvale, CA
1 Vallejo, CA
1 Newburyport, MA
1 Westborough, MA
1 Alexandria, VA
1 Springfield, VA
1 Griswold, CT
1 No city specified, GA
1 Chicago, IL
1 Gaithersburg, MD
1 Livonia, MI
1 Minneapolis, MN
1 Salem, MO
1 New York, NY
1 Burlington, NC
1 Dayton, OH
1 Normon, OK
1 Seattle, WA
1 Warwick, UK
1 Springfield (no state specified)

• 6.3% / 2 respondants are 17 and under
  
• 18.8% / 6 respondants are 18 - 25
  
• 34.3% / 11 respondants are 26 - 39
  
• 40.6% / 13 respondants are 40 - 59
  
• 0% / 0 respondants are 60 and above

• 71.9% who identified as Anglo/Caucasian/of European descent/white
  
• 6.2% who identified as of African descent/black
  
• 6.2% who identified as Asian/East Indian
  
• 6.2% who identified as Latino/Chicano/Hispanic
  
• 0% who identified as American Indian/Native American
  
• 9.4% who identified as something that could not be classified above, or a person of mixed ethnicity

8 Learn or strength skills and experience
7 Give back to the community
6 Desire to help others
6 Personal fulfillment and a feeling of helping others
3 Make a difference
2 Enjoys volunteering
2 New experiences
1 Alleviate a sense of guilt
1 Obligated to do community service
1 Occupy spare time
1 Set an example for others

78.8%

15 Volunteering at various non-profit organizations
6 Tutoring
5 Food preparation and serving
4 Fund-raising
3 Mentoring
2 Community clean-ups
1 Adopt-a-highway
1 Internship in state government
1 You name it, I've done it!

8 Easier way to help
7 Enjoys working on the Internet
5 Flexible commitment
1 A change of pace from face-to-face volunteering
1 Ability to spend more time volunteering
1 Less traveling

15 Search engine: Keyword: Volunteer, Online advocacy
4 Don't remember
4 Link on a website
1 Local newsgroup
1 Someone told them about it
1 Television
1 Through an index service
1 Through the organizations

• 9 for just one organization
  
• 14 for 2-4 organizations
  
• 5 for 5 or more organizations
  

23 got at least one response

NEXT STEPS OFFERED BY THE AGENCY TO THE VOLUNTEER

: 6 Nothing available at the present time
4 Application
3 Ask about experience/more information
2 Setting up an interview
1 Began training within one week
1 Sent written material to volunteer
1 Thanks for your 'interest' e-mail

6

1 Contacting other non-profits to inform them about nonprofit (online outreach)
1 Data entry
1 Grant research
1 Ongoing, building a website
1 Reporter covering the city council elections

15 Nature of assignment
10 Agree with mission of organization
4 Opportunity matched skills and goals
3 Time commitment requirement
1 Unique opportunity
1 Want to help

7 Flexible schedule
3 Ease
1 Career goal to work fully online
1 Comfort level
1 Convenience
1 Efficiency of the Internet
1 Get a break from job
1 Immediate notice of openings
1 Less traveling
1 More exposure

1 Distance no longer an obstacle (California to United Kingdom)
1 Stay-at-home mom unable to travel to a site and work
5 The ability to take control of time
1 Convenience of looking for opportunities online at anytime
2 No mode of transportation
2 Use the computer and the Internet to help someone

37.5% said the virtual volunteering had allowed such access.

5 Lack of interpersonal contact
2 Don't see results or the impact of the work
2 Not being assigned a project yet
1 Communicating electronically is very cold
1 Inexperience of organizations to the potential of the Internet
1 Not many design opportunities
1 Too few matches

3 Thank yous
2 Certificates
1 Dinner
1 Listed in the publications
1 Occasional kudos
1 Positive feedback on my contribution
1 Verbal recognition

20.0% which equates to 2 out of 10 respondants.

2 More web, graphic and/or product design 2 Projects that children can attend or participate in 1 Children's advocacy groups 1 Crisis intervention..domestic violence 1 Environmental 1 Experience in ground level development of a nonprofit, e.g. funds development, volunteer development, etc. 1 In-depth research 1 More on environmental justice 1 More writing, publicity, events, fundraising, and such things on the web 1 Tutor or mentor younger children

• Several of the respondants seemed disappointed in the lack of response. They had not received an assignment nor had some of them heard any feedback about the status of their volunteer request.

• The Thank You was nice but it didn't give a sense that what had been done was a meaningful contribution.

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