Community service and the web are made for each other. People banding together to help others is no better demonstrated internationally than by the Haitian relief effort. There's also a wealth of exceptionally worthy community service projects in your local area that don't usually show up on TV. For those projects, there's an outstanding website that has recently launched: AllForGood.org.
The AllForGood.org website was created by volunteer techies from organizations like Google, Craigslist Foundation, UCLA, YouTube, and others. The site serves as a portal for community service listings. According to AllForGood, "The activities you find on the site come from nonprofits, companies, self-organized groups, and individuals. Founding activity providers include 1-800-volunteer.org, 1 Sky, AARP, American Solutions for Winning the Future, American Red Cross, City of New York, The Corporation for National and Community Service, craigslist, Girl Scouts of the USA, Habitat for Humanity, HandsOn Network and Points of Light Institute, Idealist, MeetUp, Mentor, Network for Good, Organizing for America, ServeNet.org, Sierra Club, TechMission, The Extraordinaries, Truist, United Jewish Communities, United Way, Volunteer2, VolunteerMatch and Youth Service America."
Local community teams can post and track their own service projects, needs, and efforts easily. As each week goes by, local municipalities have increasingly jumped on board. Because the software used to create the site is open source, many projects have built in features and functions to enhance the experience. It's fun and contagiously effective.
As mobile connectively and social networking technology expand even further, old problems with communication and coordination fall by the wayside. Community service projects can be transformed and, in some cases, dramatically revitalized.
AllForGood.org is good for all. It's an incredible example of how technology can serve help the community.
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