Reminders & requests
All VMN volunteers are asked to log on to Better Impact, our new volunteer management system, without delay!
As of 10.29.2021
2,166 VMN volunteers of 3,200 on the rosters (68%) had logged in to the system.
Only 55% of enrolled volunteers have logged hours in the system.
Only 40% had completed any other parts of their profile, such as the emergency contact information, demographic information, and/or agreements and acknowledgements.
Please take a few minutes to log on to update your profile, document your service, and see the most up-to-date information on approved activities for your chapter!
If you are unsure of your login information, please contact our chapter's membership chair or volunteer management system administrator so that they can help you.
— Your chapter thanks you!
Why is reporting volunteer hours to Better Impact important?
The VMN program currently has approximately 2,150 active volunteers who reported service in 2020. These volunteers completed more than 28,000 hours of training and continuing education in 2020. They also contributed significant volunteer time in the areas of education, citizen science, stewardship, and chapter administration, amounting to more than $4.25 million in contributions to natural resource conservation in Virginia (based on IndependentSector.org value of a volunteer hour.) Since the program’s inception in 2005, VMN volunteers have contributed nearly 1.5 million hours of service with a value of $37.9 million to the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Taken from the Virginia Master Naturalist website)