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Block out days you can't volunteer

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 7 steps written out below, in the labels you'll see on screen.

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How to block out days you can't volunteer

  1. 1Click Volunteering in the portal navigation bar
  2. 2In the "Blockout dates" card, click Add
  3. 3Enter the "First day" you're unavailable
  4. 4For a trip, add "Last day (optional)" to block the whole range
  5. 5Type a "Reason (optional)" such as "Out of town"
  6. 6Click "Add blockout" — the school is warned if they try to schedule you then
  7. 7Click Remove on a blockout once you're free again

Part of Volunteers & service hours

Post the jobs a term actually needs, let families claim a spot or answer a direct request, keep fingerprint clearances current, and hand the board an hours report at year end.

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Do it yourself in the live demo

Follow these steps in a real sandbox school — admin, teacher, family, and student views. Sample data resets daily.