Many respondents to last spring’s volunteerism survey expressed interest in opportunities for volunteering through the University Retirees Volunteer Center (URVC). Access to information about volunteer opportunities, both within the University and the Twin Cities, is now readily available online through URVC’s volunteer management system, Better Impact.  

If you have been a URVC volunteer in the past three years and know your user name and password, you can connect directly with Better Impact at MyVolunteerPage.com.  

If you have not previously volunteered with URVC, go to the Get Started page on the URVC website where you will find instructions and a link to the Application Form page. There, you will be able to enter a username and password of your own choosing. After your request is processed, you'll be able to log in to a directory of volunteer opportunities and sign up online.

As new opportunities become available, URVC will email you about projects based on the areas of interest you’ve entered into the Better Impact system under My Profile.

For additional instructions, a brief operations manual is available on the Get Started page.  

URVC encourages you to explore all the volunteer opportunities posted on our website and trusts you will find something that matches your interest—or ignites a new one!

—John Anderson and Marva Sullivan, URVC