The National Association of Volunteer Programs in Local Government (NAVPLG) awarded the city of Santa Clarita’s Volunteer Engagement Program the prestigious “Rising to Excellence Award” on June 23. This national award was presented to the City for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the creation of the Santa Clarita Volunteer Hub.
This Volunteer Hub is a website designed to connect volunteers to nonprofit organizations offering critical services across the Santa Clarita Valley. It also offers nonprofits a new avenue to promote their volunteer needs and recruit volunteers while providing residents with a one-stop shop for volunteer opportunities. Volunteer openings ranged from delivering desks to Hart District students to help them with remote learning, to meal and grocery deliveries during the pandemic, to maintaining the City’s trails in the Open Space that residents could enjoy during the pandemic and into the future. Since the site’s launch, there have been clos