Tzu Chi USA
Volunteer Portal

What's new

New features in the Volunteer Portal, and where to learn how to use them.

October 2026

Version 0.12.0 · Oct 8, 2026

  • Sign up for shifts on the event page

    Volunteers

    Once you're part of an event, you can sign up for a shift on its page, without opening Bloomerang.

    How to use

  • See every shift of an event

    Volunteers

    All shifts lists an event's upcoming shifts in one place. Search them, or narrow them to one day, open roles, or your own shifts.

    How to use

  • One shift at a time

    Volunteers

    Within an event, you can't sign up for two shifts that happen at the same time. A role that overlaps your shift shows Time conflict instead of Sign up.

    Tiny House Village's 24 October shift: signed up for Tzu Shao at Henderson, and the same-time General Volunteer role at Southend marked Time conflict.
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  • Every event has its own page

    Everyone

    Event cards and the calendar now open the event's own page, which shows whether it's open for sign-up, its next shift, and who to contact.

    White Center Distribution: its tags, time, schedule and address, Opportunity is open, and a contact email.
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  • Sign in from any page

    Everyone

    Login is now at the top of every page, so you can sign in wherever you are.

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  • See who's on a private role

    Volunteers · Roster Viewers

    Roles that coordinators fill themselves show "Assigned by coordinator" and who's on them, or "Assigned to you" if it's you.

    White Center's 10 October shift marked Assigned by coordinator with three volunteers and no Sign up button.
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  • Review an event's service hours

    Admins

    The new Hours tab lists the hours recorded for an event next to who was scheduled, so you can spot missed check-outs and no-shows.

    Service hours for White Center, with states such as Not checked out, No show and Recorded.
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September 2026

Version 0.11.0 · Sep 16, 2026

  • See everyone's registration answers

    Admins

    The new Responses tab on an event's page lists everyone who registered and how they answered its form, with their waivers summed up in one column. Arrange the columns, fold follow-up answers into their question, or go full screen.

    Registration responses with names frozen on the left, then Waiver, From+Stay, Availability and Transportation.
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Version 0.10.0 · Sep 1, 2026

  • Sign in with a code from your email

    Everyone

    Sign in with the email you use for Tzu Chi events. The portal sends you a code, and you type it in; no password needed.

    The Sign in box asking for the verification code sent to the email address, with a Verify and sign in button.
    How to use

August 2026

See your service hours · Find volunteers and their hours · See your permission levels

Version 0.7.0 · Aug 13, 2026

  • See your service hours

    Volunteers

    My Hours lists the hours on your volunteer record, one row per shift, with a date range, a search and your total by mission.

    Volunteer Hours for Lena Chou, with the date range set to Last 12 months and a table of shifts at White Center and Tiny House Village; on a computer, the Hours Summary beside it shows 14.50 hours of Charity.
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  • Find volunteers and their hours

    Admins

    Manage Volunteers lists the volunteers you look after, with their location and group. Search by name, location or group, and open any volunteer's hours.

    Tzu Ching typed in the search box, 2 of 12 volunteers, and the two volunteers in the Tzu Ching group.
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  • See your permission levels

    Roster Viewers · QR Check-in · QR Admins · Admins

    Staff can see the levels they have, and where each one applies, in the profile menu.

    The profile menu for Lena Chou, with the label NW-SeattleBranch-FullAdmin highlighted.
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July 2026

Print check-in cards · Print QR code labels · Find out whose card it is

Version 0.5.0 · Jul 2, 2026

  • Print check-in cards

    QR Admins

    Choose a design before printing. The TCNY Volunteer Check-In Card is a wallet-sized card with your office's name, the volunteer's name and their code.

    Select Print Template, showing a Sample QR sticker and the TCNY Volunteer Check-In Card, with the card highlighted.
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Version 0.4.0 · Jul 1, 2026

  • Print QR code labels

    QR Admins

    Print volunteers' QR codes as stickers, with the size and spacing set to fit your sticker paper.

    Sample QR print settings, with QR Code Size and Padding highlighted, and the first sticker in the preview.
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  • Find out whose card it is

    QR Admins

    In QR Mapping, hold a card or sticker up to the camera to see whose code it is.

    QR Code Lookup with Wei-Ming Tsai's card in front of the camera, and his name and code shown below.
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June 2026

Find Tzu Chi events near you · Check volunteers in with QR codes · Link volunteers to their QR codes

Version 0.2.0 · Jun 22, 2026

  • Find Tzu Chi events near you

    Everyone

    Enter your zip code to find nearby offices, then see their upcoming events as cards or on a calendar.

    Seattle Branch events as cards, each with its next available shift and a Details & sign up link.
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  • Check volunteers in with QR codes

    QR Check-in

    Scan or type a volunteer's code at the door to check them in or out of their shift. After the first check-in, Auto mode checks each next volunteer in by itself, and Recent Check-ins lists who's arrived.

    Check-in successful for Hannah Lindqvist, and Recent Check-ins listing Hannah Lindqvist, Rosa Delgado-Herrera and Wei-Ming Tsai.
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  • Link volunteers to their QR codes

    QR Admins

    QR Mapping links each volunteer's QR code to their email, one at a time or many at once, so check-in knows whose card it is.

    Bulk Add QR Code Mappings with two lines, one email alone and one email followed by a comma and a code, and the check showing 2 rows valid.
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