Bright Beginnings is a child and family development center for homeless families with young children in Washington, D.C. They provide a safe and fostering atmosphere for homeless infants, toddlers and preschoolers whose families are living in crisis shelters or transitional housing.

Volunteer Management

Bright Beginnings turned to Salsa to help them grow their volunteer base and stay in contact with their supporters.

Using the Salsa platform, Bright Beginnings has been able to:

• Streamline their volunteer management and application process. See volunteer sign up form >
• Implement an easier and faster appplication process resulting in more volunteers.
• Segment and email volunteers based on interest and activity level.
• Increase number of volunteers.

"I have found Salsa has helped Bright Beginnings effectively manage its volunteers and donors. We can now accept volunteer requests online and place them into various volunteer subgroups based on their involvement with the Center. This additional context helps us customize our follow-up email messages for future events and  e-appeals."


Brett Gerstein
Consultant for Bright Beginnings and Online Strategist, www.communications-on-line.com