the groupery helps your volunteers and participants get more done with less work:

  • Online sign ups to cut the endless emails that come with enlisting volunteers or coordinating participation. For example, imagine coordinating dishes for a potluck dinner:

    • The usual way: 75 email responses. 2 1/2 hours of coordination.
    • the groupery way: 1 sign up form, people sign up, and you're done. 10 minutes of coordination.
  • Logistics coordination made easy. We cover all the bases in case your kids sometimes lose stuff.
  • Payment collection and accounting, reduce your group treasurer's workload by over 75%.
  • Fund-raising, with a big return for minimal effort. Give new and existing sponsors a way to promote their business online, offer coupons and special promotions to your group and other community groups.
Printable brochure for schools
Printable brochure for groups

Online sign ups for efficient volunteer management

Make leaders and their volunteers more happy. the groupery makes it easier for volunteers to register, reduces the need to bother them with calls and emails, and tracks their investment of time. It’s a complete volunteer recruitment and management system.
  • Use online forms to announce volunteer needs. Volunteers can sign up online and see which positions are available. the groupery collects RSVPs to avoid you reading lots of emails.
  • Send reminders automatically to encourage volunteering. the groupery lets the coordinator know where there are spaces left unfilled.
  • Track volunteer hours so you can see who’s contributing, who might burnout. Volunteers see their contribution documented and recognized.
  • No tedious calendar updates. the groupery ties it all into family and committee calendars.

Powerful tools for group management

Divide and conquer with subgroups

  • Subgroups allow committee leaders, coaches or room parents to manage groups–within–the–group.
  • All groups and subgroups can have their own member directories and email lists.
  • Subgroups can be marked as private for more sensitive information.

Online flyers tell them what they need to know—and they can’t lose it

  • Announce activities. Provide all the details, ask for the activity's fees, ask for volunteers. All in one communication.
  • Recruit volunteers. Explain in detail what you need for any role from Scoopers needed at the Ice Cream Social to Room parents.
  • Re-use flyers. Flyers stay online so people can refer back to it. Don't reinvent the wheel, re-use your flyers next year .

Say hello to online payments

  • Collect payments from group members via cash, check or PayPal.
  • Individual payment records for each group member to see any time.
  • Automatic tally for the activity coordinator.
  • Accounting and report creation for the treasurer.
  • Automatically sends payment reminders.

Treasurers click here to learn how to reduce your workload by 75%.

Little effort. Big return.

the groupery benefits your fundraising in two important ways. First, you can now offer more value to your local sponsors. A sponsorship on your groupsite represents a highly targeted venue for sponsors to get their message to families. Your group’s offer becomes more valuable compared to other groups seeking funds. Second, you raise money for your group. Groups find that they earn greater sponsorship dollars with an online way to communicate to your members.