Bend , Ore. – A Bend non-profit that connects volunteers with volunteering opportunities who recently closed its doors will be resurrected with a new name.
Volunteer Connect shut down earlier this month, ending 12 years of working in the region.
Betsy Warriner, the founder and unpaid executive director from the beginning, had decided to step down, and the organization found it had insufficient funds to replace her.
Now, Better Together will be hosting the core of Volunteer Connect’s volunteer-matching service.
“Supporting youth-serving organizations with volunteers and providing young people meaningful opportunities to engage in the community directly aligns with our mission of increasing successful outcomes for Central Oregon youth,” explains Better Together Executive Director, Katie Condit. “We are excited about the opportunity to keep this incredible resource alive, and to build on it in a way that directly serves our current birth-to-career initiatives across the region.”
Betsy Warriner, the founder and Executive Director of Volunteer Connect, concurs, “I am thrilled that Better Together has stepped up to continue the essential work of offering volunteers an easy and reliable way to connect with meaningful opportunities to serve our communities. We see this as an excellent fit.”
