VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Grow satisfied volunteers who expand your rescue capacity

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Clunky volunteer management tools make your mission harder. Volunteers drop off before their first rescue, staff waste time troubleshooting instead of building relationships, and consistent community engagement becomes challenging.

Food Rescue Hero eliminates these barriers with an intuitive platform that delivers a seamless volunteer experience. Your organization achieves sustainable growth and fosters natural community building, turning satisfied volunteers into ambassadors who recruit friends and family, boosting participation and retention.

Effortless onboarding for all skill levels

From download to first rescue in under 5 minutes, volunteers of all ages can start making an impact immediately without complicated training or lengthy sign-up processes.

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Image - Food Rescue Hero desktop screen with color-coded alerts and mobile rescue notification

Streamline and automate operations that build trust

User-friendly dashboards with color-coded alerts help your staff prioritize effectively, while fast rescue creation (including multi-stop and last-minute pickups) ensures reliable service that partners can count on.

Expand your rescue capacity

Anyone with a car or bike and a mobile phone can join your mission. This allows you to rescue food that doesn’t meet the minimum thresholds for truck operations, capturing smaller donations that would otherwise go to waste and maximizing your community impact.

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Image - Selfie of a happy volunteer after delivering food.

Turn volunteers into your biggest recruiters

Built-in sharing tools and visible impact naturally turn satisfied volunteers into community ambassadors who attract friends and family to your mission.

Inspire volunteers with real-time impact

Volunteers see the immediate impact of their contributions and the collective network’s effect, creating intrinsic motivation and pride that keep them engaged in the long term.

Image - Food Rescue Hero volunteer impact mobile dashboard

Image - Two rescue volunteers holding boxes of food.

Collect impactful volunteer data

Real-time data entry during rescues gives your staff accurate, live operational visibility. This eliminates the need to chase volunteers for information and creates a fulfilling experience that builds confidence in your organization.

Increase funding potential

A growing volunteer network not only means more potential individual donors, but it also attracts more funders and corporate donors, opening doors to new resources and support for your mission.

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Volunteer management & community engagement capabilities

Volunteer analytics

Track and report on volunteer contributions and rescue performance metrics.

FRO volunteer impact reporting

Volunteer scheduling

Simplify volunteer coordination with flexible scheduling and timely reminders.

Request a sub
Calendar subscription
Custom push notifications to tell volunteers “they’re up”

User-friendly mobile app

Empower volunteers with an intuitive app designed for quick onboarding and seamless rescues.

Download and rescue food within 5 minutes
Simplified step-by-step instructions for context
Donation photos and selfies

Sharing tools

Enable volunteers to share their impact and document their food rescue contributions.

Volunteer ability to share individualized impact (CE)
Donation photos and selfies
Rescue ratings and comments

What our partners are saying

mage - Volunteer Management Testimonial - Lori Martin, Haven's Harvest

“The platform has been fantastic! Volunteers love it! Even those who are less tech-savvy can easily navigate the app. It’s an easy-to-use tool for our volunteers to access food rescue runs and for our staff to manage the schedule. It streamlines onboarding and scheduling, making the process seamless.”
Lori MartinHaven's Harvest

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Grow satisfied volunteers who expand your rescue capacity

Effortless onboarding for all skill levels

Streamline and automate operations that build trust

Expand your rescue capacity

Turn volunteers into your biggest recruiters

Inspire volunteers with real-time impact

Collect impactful volunteer data

Increase funding potential

Volunteer management & community engagement capabilities

Volunteer analytics

Volunteer scheduling

User-friendly mobile app

Sharing tools

What our partners are saying

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Food Rescue Hero engage volunteers?

How does the platform keep volunteers coming back?

What if we have a small volunteer base?

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