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Volunteering in Your Town

A budding company in lower Fairfield County uses technology to match volunteers with agencies in need.

Volunteering one's time and energy should be interesting, rewarding and fun for any cause or event regardless what it is.

A new Darien-based company, VolunteerSquare, is trying to match skills and interests of volunteers with the needs of the community nonprofits. We are focused on what is happening around our community (lower Fairfield county—we have many volunteering opportunities now, for example, in Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan and Stamford) and how we can effect positive change. Asking 'What can I do for my community?' and finding opportunities on the VolunteerSquare website should be easy.

However, we do not stop there.

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First, we care about the volunteering experience so we need to somehow track it. We want to attract others to volunteer as well. So we have created communities for volunteers to express their experiences through video, pictures or words as to what is happening at these different events and programs.

In our Community section you will see a number of videos which depict volunteering opportunities at these different agencies. (Go to here to see for yourself.) Consider VolunteerSquare's community pages Facebook walls, where volunteers can encourage friends and others who share their passion to get involved. We are trying to make connections in the Greater Fairfield community between the needs and the resources. It only can happen if you register and participate.

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Register in our database and we will find you opportunities which match your skill or passion. Come  join our new venture.  

In this blog, we aim to share our success stories and experiences, and we hope you will join us.

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