Usage

Set up organizations, activity types, and locations

Reusable records keep logging fast and keep reports clean. You can add them before logging, or create many of them from the Log Activity flow when you first need them.

Create organizations

Use Organizations for the places or groups you volunteer with. Add a website or notes if they help you recognize the organization later.

Volunteer Buddy New Organization form over the Organizations list, with Name, Website, and Notes fields — The New Organization form, with Name, Website, and Notes.

Use activity types for categories of work

Activity types describe what you did: tutoring, food sorting, trail maintenance, transport, and similar categories. The built-in General type is always available and cannot be deleted.

Volunteer Buddy Activity Types list on iPad showing General as system default plus several user-created types — Activity Types, with General always available.

Limit an activity type to one organization when appropriate

An activity type can apply to any organization, or it can be associated with a specific organization. Organization-specific types appear first when you log work for that organization.

Volunteer Buddy Edit Activity Type form with the Organization chooser expanded, showing Any Organization and named organizations — Edit Activity Type, with the Organization chooser expanded.

Add reusable locations

Locations are optional, but they help when the same work usually happens in the same place. A location can be available to any organization or tied to one organization.

Volunteer Buddy Locations list on iPad showing global and organization-specific locations — Locations, mixing global and organization-specific entries.

Archive records you no longer use

Archive organizations, activity types, or locations when you want to hide them from normal new-entry choices but keep historical activities and reports intact.