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Volunteers and community groups: find the help that's needed.

Residents ask for a hand, approved volunteers nearby claim it, and the city recognizes the help through Civic Rewards, in the app everyone already has.

City of Fort Meade
NeighborLift
Ask a neighbor for a hand
Yard workErrandsHome repairRideCompanionship
What do you need?
Rake leaves in the back yard
When
Sat, Oct 18, morning
Details
About an hour of work. Rake is in the shed.
Only approved volunteers can see your request. Your street address is shared after someone claims it.
Post request

A neighbor asks for a hand with a task.

Step 1 of 5: Post a request
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The challenge

Good volunteers and real needs rarely find each other.

A senior needs a lawn mowed, a food drive needs hands, and a coordinator is working from a group text.

Requests for help spread by word of mouth, so the same few volunteers get asked every time.

Who asked, who claimed and what is still open lives in a group text, so nobody can tell what has been done.

A resident asking for help wants to know who is showing up at the door.

Event sign-ups sit in a different tool from the city calendar.

A day in the role

A day as a volunteer.

8:00
A request arrives

A neighbor asks for help with a lawn on Saturday. Volunteers nearby see it.

10:00
Someone claims it

An approved volunteer takes the request, and it's no longer open to others.

Sat 9:00
The job is done

The volunteer marks it done and the requester confirms. Points follow the requester's confirmation.

1:00
A coordinator reviews applications

People who want to ask for or give help apply, and a coordinator approves them. A background check is a setting that is on by default.

4:00
Redeem points

Points the city awards can be redeemed at local businesses.

The Bloomz difference

Helping is easier when the city gives it a home.

NeighborLift runs inside the app residents already use for alerts and reports, so there is nothing new to download. A coordinator approves volunteers before they can claim requests, and a background check is on by default, so the resident knows who is coming.

Approved
volunteers claim requests, after a coordinator approves them
Questions we hear

What volunteers and community groups ask first.

Is NeighborLift on by default?

No. A city turns it on. It's a version 1 release: residents ask, approved volunteers claim, points are paid through Civic Rewards once the requester confirms, and coordinators have a console.

What is coming next?

A dedicated coordinator role, in-app messaging, an impact report and recurring requests are coming soon. They are not part of today's version.

Who approves volunteers?

A coordinator approves both the residents who ask for help and the volunteers who claim requests. A background check is a setting that is on by default, and a city can change it.

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