How do I create a volunteer team for my friends or family so we can volunteer together as a group?
If you have a group of people who want to volunteer together for projects, then you should create a team.  A team can be as small as two people (i.e., parent and child) or can be larger for corporations, civic groups, places of worship or Girl Scout/Boy Scout troops.  All teams have a designated team leader who "invites" team members to become part of the team, and takes the responsibility for signing interested team members up for different project.
To create a team, click on Member Center on the left menu, and log-in using your email address and password. (If you're not already registered, you will need to go through the registration process to sign yourself up on the website.) Once logged in, click on the "Create a Volunteering Team" button on the member center page.
You will be prompted to give your team a name, a brief description, and decide whether the team is open for the general public to join. If you want to make it easy for others to join your team, keep it open. Alternatively, you can choose to only allow team members you invite.
When you create a team, you will need to provide the full names and either an email address or phone number of every person you would like to invite to be on your team.  (The system does not allow the use of duplicate email addresses, so if you are a family team and share the same email address, just put your family phone number for each member of your family team). After you create a team, the system will automatically send an invitation to join your team via e-mail to all the people you have invited. To join the team, individual team members simply need to click the link provided in the e-mail to confirm their team membership. Be sure to go through the entire process and click the FINISH button at the end. If you do not click FINISH, your invitations will not be sent and all the information will be lost.

How do I sign my team up for a project? 
After you login and locate the project you are interested in, click "Sign My Team Up."  When you sign up your team for a project, you will be able to select which individual team members will be participating on that project.  All team members you select that have confirmed their participation on your team will receive a confirmation e-mail with details about the project including directions.  The e-mail will also give a link to cancel if team members are unable to participate. If team members are invited, but not yet confirmed, they will not be able to receive email from the system yet. Therefore, you must take the responsibility that any invited, but not yet confirmed, team members know you've signed them up for the project. Be sure to call or email them personally, and if they are unable to attend, you must take the responsibility of removing them from the project you signed them up for.

How do I update which team members will participate on individual projects my team is signed up for?
Click "My Projects" in the Member Center and then click "Manage Team."  Make your updates (marking who will and will not participate in the project) and then click "Update Team Signup" at the bottom of the page. 

How do I update my team information and invite new team members?
Go to the "My Teams" section in the Member Center and click on your team name to modify the team information and invite new members.  When you are done, click "Finish" to save your changes. 

Is there an easy way to just bring along a friend or a child without forming a team?
Yes, if you don't want to form a team and this is a one-shot thing, you can just contact the Volunteer Leader and let them know you're bringing a friend or child along. Just click on the link next to a Volunteer Leader's name to send them an email and tell them you are bringing a friend or a child. They will reserve an "anonymous" slot for you to ensure there is room for your guest/s.