Take Part
- Take Part
Interactive website - This was a class partner project to go out into the Grand Rapids community and find an issue in Grand Rapids that could be solved via some interactive design. My partner and I noticed a great need in the community for volunteers for our many events and many students just not knowing who to contact to help out. So we decided to make an all inclusive site for volunteering from both sides.
Members can input information to get suggested opportunities and can join communities to join with other volunteers. This, along with the photo gallery and newsfeed updating on the success of events and updates for future events, will bring visitors back to the site regularly.
We decided on the name "Take Part" to emphasize the idea of volunteering is becoming apart of something, and apart of the Grand Rapids community. 
Description
An interactive website designed to help bring volunteers and causes together to better the community
Fields
Graphic Design, Web Design, Interaction Design
Date
2011
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