An Obama-Inspired Volunteer-Recruitment Web Site Will Soon Debut
By Suzanne Perry
When Barack Obama was campaigning for the presidency, he pledged to
create a "Craigslist for service" — a comprehensive Web presence that
would help people across the country find volunteer opportunities. Now,
after months of quiet work, a coalition of nonprofit groups, technology
developers, and others is about to unveil its interpretation of the
president's vision — a new Web site called All for Good.
The site, which is currently managed by Google — will gather in one
place a wide spectrum of information about volunteer positions and
events nationwide, using open-source technology so that groups can use
the computer code to package the data in different ways.
The project has attracted support from some heavy hitters in the
new-technology world — including Craig Newmark of Craigslist and
Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post — and participation from many
nonprofit groups that have agreed to share their volunteer
opportunities.
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