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Establishing: Developing a Volunteer Database

In its simplest form, a database is a table of information called records. Your MRC unit will require a database to store volunteer contact information. There are many options for developing databases, including using a simple, computer-based spreadsheet to purchasing software specifically for volunteer management. The format you choose depends partly on your needs, available technology, and your resources.

For MRC units, tracking volunteer-related information may allow easy access to current credentialing and qualifications information, rosters of active volunteers, and records of volunteer activity that may help with soliciting operating funds and with communicating success to the larger community.

Tracking volunteer-related information is fundamental to the MRC—your MRC unit may require various databases. If so, the principles we describe here are applicable to those other data storage and retrieval needs.

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Last Updated on 8/23/2006