Volunteer Benefit
How many hours per year are full time employees eligible to receive paid time for volunteering?
Full Time employees are eligible for up to 16 paid VOL hours per year.
For volunteer time during a regularly scheduled shift where would employees enter VOL requests for approval?
VOL hours are entered in Ultipro.
What are the two off site organizations that the Detroit Metro Helping Hands HUB partnered with in 2019?
Gleaners Food Bank
and
Oakland Avenue Urban Gardens
What are some other ways to find organizations to volunteer with?
Visit www.volunteermatch.com and register a profile w/ your zip code to receive periodic updates on volunteer opportunities near you.
Ask a friend, co-worker, or one of your Helping Hands leaders or committee members.
What is PLARN?
PLARN is plastic yarn made from upcycled plastic bags.
PLARN is used by the DRAW team to crochet totes that are used in disaster relief efforts throughout the United States.
How many hours per year are part time employees eligible to receive paid time for volunteering?
Part time employees are eligible for up to 8 hours of paid VOL time per year.
Where else should volunteer time (both during and outside of scheduled work hours) be tracked?
On the FORUM> Helping Hands Link> Track Volunteer Hours Here Form. (Note for large group events the event organizer may be entering the total hours for the group, but individual hours-particularly those outside of work hours should be entered by each employee)
What are the two on-site organizations that the Detroit Metro Helping Hands Hub partnered with in 2019?
Operation Gratitude
and
DRAW (Disaster Relief at Work)
Where can I find more information and contacts for R1 Helping Hands?
Visit the Helping Hands Link on the R1 Forum web page.
Soon there will be enhancement to the site to provide more local volunteer opportunities to explore!
What is one thing that we can continue to do during the month of August (and beyond) to let our military personnel know we appreciate them?
Write thank you letters to military personnel which Operation Gratitude will include in packages that are mailed to active military throughout the world.