Volunteer at High Point University

All HPU students, faculty, and staff have an account with GivePulse and just need to claim it. GivePulse uses HPU’s single sign on, so start by going to our site (highpoint.givepulse.com). In the top right-hand corner select “Log-in”. In the pop-up menu select “Log-in via HPU”. Once you have logged in, select “Account” in the dropdown menu under your name. From here you should be able to fill out your personal information including the causes you care about and the skills you have. Filling out your profile information help groups find you for events that are relevant to you. To learn more information about how to get started, watch this video.

Once logged into HPU’s GivePulse site, click the Explore tab on the top right of the screen to learn more about current service opportunities.

If you are interested in a particular type of service opportunity or issue area (for example: food security, tutoring, the environment, health, etc.) you can search for those within the Explore tab. You can also browse community partners if you’re looking for a specific non-profit.

Yes! The #VolunteerHPU iOS/Android app was designed cater to Volunteers, Members and Administrators. There are currently have 2 downloadable apps in both the iTunes and Google Play store, one for individuals (volunteers or members of organizations to browse and track their engagement), and another one called GivePulse SignIn (meant for only admins or site leads to sign in individuals easily).

To download the iOS app, click here.

To download the Android app, click here.

Through the app you can search for volunteer opportunities, submit service hours, and update your personal profile. For more information about using the app, check out this video.

There are a few ways to submit your service hours (also know as your impacts on #VolunteerHPU):

• If you have already registered for an event, you will receive an email notification following the event to confirm your hours, which will then be verified by a page administrator. You can double check events or shifts you are registered for by selecting “My Activity” from the menu and clicking on “Registrations”.
• If you are adding an impact/service hours for an event you have not registered for or for service that you have done independently, select “Add Impact” at the top of the home page for the group you are doing service with. You will then be asked where you created an impact.
• Validating service hours falls under HPU’s Honor Code. Only record hours for legitimate service activities. Round to the nearest half hour (1 hours, 1.5 hours, 2 hours, etc.)

HPU considers service to be effort that cultivates the values, understanding and relationships required for deep social change in pursuit of justice and the common good. This includes direct service, indirect service or capacity-building work (like fundraising or philanthropy, grant-writing, curriculum development, etc.), and advocacy work. Service can be done individually, in groups, or as part of service learning courses. It does not include work on political campaigns, court-ordered service, work for HPU departments or offices, or paid work.

If you want your hours to also count for an organization you are serving with (like a Greek organization or service club), make sure to also select them from the share with section when adding a service impact.  If you don’t share it, it will not count towards that organization.

If all of your service will be as part of a group (like a Greek organization or service club), you can automatically share ALL your service hours.  In order to do this, follow these steps:

• Once logged into #VolunteerHPU, click the “My Groups” tab and find the group you would like to share hours with from the list.
• Look for the arrow to the right of the group you want to share hours with.  Click on the arrow next to the group and select “More Options”.
• Check the box next to “Always Share Impacts” and then from here on, when you go to verify your service hours after a volunteer experience, this group will automatically be selected.  Note: If you do not want certain hours to count for a group you pre-selected, you can deselect that group manually before verify your service impact/hours.

Click here for additional information if you have further questions about how to share your impacts/service hours.

For help with creating volunteer opportunities, this video will walk you through step by step. Click here to see expanded information about utilizing different features for events.

The group dashboard is the primary page for your group. You will use this page to update the profile for your group, as well as see your users, create and manage event, and manage impacts.

Your group roster is locked and correspond with your roster on HPU Connect. In order to be able to add members to your #VolunteerHPU GivePulse page, you will need to first add them to your HPU Connect roster, and they will be synced automatically shortly after.

On your group dashboard edit group page, you have the ability to update, add, or edit the following information:

• Basic info tab: the description of your group (we recommend having the same description that you have on your HPU Connect page for consistency)
• Logo tab: your organization logo (if you have one) and cover photo
• Causes: types of causes that work directly with or support
• Sustainable Development Goals: identify goals of your group that intersect with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals
• Social: link to other platforms you utilize (for your website, we recommend linking to your HPU Connect page)

Click here for additional support about managing groups.

The #VolunteerHPU platform is available free of cost for our community partner organizations. By having a profile, you can create volunteer opportunities that students will be able to view.  You can also utilize GivePulse as a volunteer management platform for tracking and promoting opportunities to community volunteers.

Contact Dr. Joe Blosser in the HPU Center for Community Engagement at [email protected] to create your own profile.  Once you create a profile, we will be in touch to offer some training on how to utilize the platform.