Parks and Conservation

Parks and Conservation

VSys supports multiple state and local park and conservation programs for recruiting, onboarding, scheduling, tracking, and managing volunteers across hundreds of locations These include the statewide systems for Florida State Parks and the Missouri Department of Conservation, both of which selected VSys through a competitive procurement process.

Additionally, the VSys team works with conservation groups including state & local Extension Services, 4-H, and disaster response.

VSys is the gold standard for management

Meets or exceeds government data security standards.

  • Volunteers are shared across multiple locations, programs, and partners (when applicable)
  • Volunteers can send/receive messages, print their own name badges, parking permits, meal passes and service reports
  • Great for Hunter Education programs, corporate partner campaigns, groups and events
  • Unlimited customizable applications and onboarding 'tracks' that support your ability to get the right volunteers in the right positions easily.
  • Supports day-of-event on-site individual and group registration, sign-in and outreach
  • Calendars, news, and suggested volunteer opportunities can be 'pushed' to volunteers
  • Automatic built-in reference checking and optional criminal background checks
  • Hours submitted by volunteers can be audited or approved by supervisors
  • Reimbursement reporting for Pittman - Robertson Act and FEMA
  • 200+ built-in reports and a custom report generator
  • Mobile friendly across all devices so it's easily accessible in the field
  • Additional tools include:
    • VSys Live (a volunteer portal for volunteer self-management),
    • Volunteer Request Tool (for partner collaborations)
    • Schedule Lookup Tool (for non-administrator schedule monitoring)
    • Tour Booking Tool (VSys handles requests and tracks volunteer fulfillments)
    • Group Scheduling Module
  • Volunteers browse opportunities and apply, complete required trainings and paperwork automatically through the system.
Volunteers browse opportunities and apply, creating their own profiles, then self-administer required training and acknowledgements, and self-enter service hours. This saves significant staff time! Christine Small Florida State Parks Program Manager

VSys Live lets your volunteers self-manage

  • Great Support! Phone, e-mail and web support - freeing up valuable internal IT helpdesk resources.
  • Support for accreditation and audits
  • Simple-to-use interface for volunteers (no training or support required)
  • You retain control over your data even when collaborating with partners (optional)
  • Use kiosks, smartphones or text-to-code for volunteer sign in / out.
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