{"id":7847,"date":"2011-02-22T12:04:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T17:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/02\/gaining-experience-by-changing-the-way-you-volunteer-through-catchafireorg.html"},"modified":"2017-12-01T09:00:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T14:00:47","slug":"gaining-experience-by-changing-the-way-you-volunteer-through-catchafireorg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/02\/gaining-experience-by-changing-the-way-you-volunteer-through-catchafireorg\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaining experience by changing the way you volunteer through Catchafire.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Sometimes the best experience is gained by giving back to others. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catchafire.org\/\">Catchafire.org<\/a> gives people on both sides of the volunteer equation the ability to make it easier to give back and gain experience at the same time.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>From their website:<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Catchafire is a website that makes it easy for professionals to volunteer their on-the-job skills for nonprofits and social enterprises that need their help in areas such as marketing, PR, design, social media, strategy, and finance on a pro bono basis. You can think of us as an eHarmony for skilled volunteers and social mission organizations.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>First and foremost, we match you with an organization that has made a strong commitment to work with you on a Catchafire Project. We also connect you with an organization whose cause(s) you care about and whose mission you support. We currently only serve organizations that have a presence in NYC, though many have other offices across the country and around the world. We connect our volunteers to both nonprofits and social enterprises who represent a wide range of diverse causes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is an example of a work experience by using Catchafire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the best experience is gained by giving back to others. 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