D-11 Schools Recognized for Volunteer Commitment
Pike Elementary and Jenkins Middle schools in Colorado Springs School District 11 are being recognized for their outstanding volunteers. These schools won a districtwide competition sponsored by Relatrix Corporation for the largest number of hours worked per volunteer. Each school received a $250 award to use in support of their volunteer program. District 11 uses Relatrix' EZVolunteer system to help it manage over 5,000 volunteers and keep track of the hours spent at the district's schools.
(PRWEB) May 14, 2009 -- Pike Elementary and Jenkins Middle schools in Colorado Springs School District 11 are being recognized for their outstanding volunteers. These schools won a districtwide competition sponsored by Relatrix Corporation for the largest number of hours worked per volunteer. Each school received a $250 award to use in support of their volunteer program. District 11 uses Relatrix' EZVolunteer system to help it manage over 5,000 volunteers and keep track of the hours spent at the district's schools.
"This friendly competition between our schools helped show what we already knew," said LouAnn Dekleva, director of Volunteer Services at District 11, "which is that we have the most dedicated parents and community members volunteering at our schools and making a big difference in the success of our students. EZVolunteer makes tracking volunteer hours across the district a breeze, and that helps us continue to improve the quality of our volunteer program."
EZVolunteer is a web-based volunteer management system that works with a school or district's website. Volunteers can register through the system, choose the schools and volunteer activities they are interested in, and select specific activities with which they want to help. School volunteer coordinators can schedule volunteer activities at their school and notify volunteers of upcoming events to get them involved. Administrators can keep track of background results on volunteers and report on volunteers and activities across their entire district.
"In the current economic climate, we wanted to work with customers to help find creative ways to get people excited about using our software and, at the same time, give something back to their communities," said Mark Franke, president of Relatrix. "This competition gave District 11 the opportunity to encourage their volunteers to work a little harder and keep track of their good work with EZVolunteer. This turned out to be a win-win-win for the two schools that received the award, District 11 and Relatrix."
About District 11
Colorado Springs School District 11 is the largest and oldest school district in Colorado Springs. District 11 has enjoyed a distinguished history of providing excellent education to the greatest number of students in the region. Colorado Springs is located at the foot of Pikes Peak, 70 miles south of Denver. With a 2008 estimated population of 407,902 and a land area of 185.7 square miles, Colorado Springs is the state's largest city in terms of land and second only to Denver in population.
About Relatrix
Relatrix provides eCommunications solutions as a service to the K-12 education market. The company is headquartered in Evergreen, Colorado, with support and sales offices based in Austin, Texas and Virginia. Relatrix hosts and delivers its software services from a secure data center so that schools do not have to purchase added computing resources and IT staff are not burdened with ongoing support and maintenance.
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