Pick your spots
16of 16 open
Tap I'm In! next to what you'll do. You can add more in the form.
Setup crew
4 of 4 open
Morning shift
6 of 6 open
Afternoon shift
6 of 6 open
For volunteer coordinators
Free volunteer signup for coordinators who are done chasing shifts
Every shift gets its own spots, reminders go out on their own, and a full shift gets a waitlist. Free for unlimited volunteers and events.
Volunteer Shift
Be the first one in
No account needed
Where the hours go
Most volunteer coordinators spend more time chasing people than running the event. A shared spreadsheet, a group text, a round of reminder emails, and the 7 a.m. setup shift is still two people short. I'm In! takes the chasing off your plate.
What you get
Shifts with their own spots
Give each shift a start time, an end time, and a number of spots. Volunteers see what's still open and grab the one that fits.
Reminders that send themselves
Everyone signed up gets an email 24 hours and 1 hour before by default, or pick 1 week, 3 days or 1 day before. You can send an extra one from the dashboard any time.
One link, or a QR on the flyer
Drop the link in the newsletter, the group chat, or Slack. The QR on the flyer opens the same page.
A waitlist when a shift fills
Extra volunteers join the waitlist. When someone drops, the next person moves up on their own.
Volunteer hours, counted for you
Tick each volunteer in on the day, and their hours add up from the shift times, per person per school year.
Free for unlimited volunteers
No cap on volunteers or events. Paid plans start at $1.67 a month, billed yearly.
From blank sheet to full list
- 1Paste the email or notes you'd send into im-in.events (im-in.events/#sheet). It builds the sheet: dates, shifts or items with counts, reminders and a cover.
- 2Or build it by hand at im-in.events/create. A title and a date are enough to start.
- 3Add the shifts. Each one gets a time and a number of spots, like 5 volunteers from 8 to 10.
- 4Keep reminders on: 24 hours and 1 hour before by default, or pick 1 week, 3 days or 1 day before. You can still send your own from the dashboard.
- 5Share the link in the newsletter, the group chat, or Slack.
- 6Watch the shifts fill in. The bar on each one shows what's still open.
- 7On the day, open Who's coming, then Day of, and tick each volunteer in on your phone.
- 8Need it on paper? Pro downloads the list as a spreadsheet.
Who it fits
Coordinators at schools, animal shelters, food banks, community gardens, and churches use I'm In! for everything from a one-time fundraiser to a season of Saturday shifts.
What else people use
SignUpGenius
The one most coordinators already know. Free shows ads; a waitlist takes Gold at $22.49 a month, and ads off every sign-up takes Platinum at $44.99 a month.
Google Forms + Sheets
Fine for a tiny one-off. Once you need reminders, spot limits, or a waitlist, it turns into a part-time job.
VolunteerMatch
Good for finding new volunteers from the public. Not built for running shifts with the volunteers you already have.
Questions volunteer coordinators ask
Can I paste my email or flyer instead of typing the sheet?
Yes. Paste the volunteer email you'd send, your notes, a flyer or a screenshot into the box on the homepage, and I'm In! builds the sheet in about 10 seconds: each shift with its time and spots, the waitlist, reminders and a cover picture. Change anything in plain words. Nothing publishes until you press Publish.
Is there a volunteer limit?
No. Free covers unlimited volunteers and unlimited events.
Can volunteers sign up without creating an account?
Yes. A name and an email, and they're in. No account, no app.
Can I require certain shifts to have a minimum number of volunteers?
Set the number of spots on each shift. The sheet shows how many are still open, so you know where to recruit before the day.
Can volunteers change shifts?
Yes. The Change or cancel link in their confirmation email moves them to any open shift on the same sheet, changes how many spots they hold, or cancels. No account needed.
How do reminders work?
With automatic reminders on, everyone signed up gets an email 24 hours and 1 hour before by default, or pick 1 week, 3 days or 1 day before. You can also send one yourself from the dashboard.
Can I collect donations or fees alongside volunteer signups?
Not yet. Signups don't collect payments of any kind.
What does the QR code do?
It opens the public signup page, so a flyer on the fridge works as well as the link. It isn't a check-in ticket.
Can I'm In! handle a one-time 200-volunteer event?
Yes. Set the spots, share the link, and let it fill. Free handles 200 volunteers, or 2,000, with no upgrade.
Not for you if
- ·You need to recruit new volunteers from the public. VolunteerMatch or Idealist do that part.
- ·You need an admin hierarchy across many separate teams and campuses.
- ·Every session is 1:1 mentoring. Calendly is built for 1:1 booking.
Running something else?
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Google Forms is great for collecting answers. It doesn't cap an item, send a reminder, or run a waitlist. With Describe it, I'm In! builds the sheet from a pasted email or notes instead.
Paste the email. Get the sheet.
I'm In! builds the whole sign-up sheet from your email or notes in about 10 seconds: dates, roles, counts, reminders and a cover. Free for unlimited events and people.