More Than 20,000 Volunteer Hours Logged Via Reward Volunteers 4.0 iPhone App

Revolutionary iPhone App & Web Widget Allows Users to Win Prizes for Volunteering

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Cabot Creamery Cooperative

Dec 18, 2013, 11:38 ET

CABOT, Vt., Dec. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reward Volunteers 4.0 hit a milestone this month, as more than 20,000 volunteer hours have now officially been logged using the revolutionary iPhone App and web widget. This translates to a tremendous outpouring of kindness, benefiting hundreds of communities and non-profit organizations across the country. Cabot Creamery Cooperative, the New England and upstate New York farm-family owned dairy cooperative widely known as the maker's of "The World's Best Cheddar," is also announcing the Reward Volunteers 4.0 November winners.

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The revolutionary Reward Volunteers 4.0 iPhone App and web widget from Cabot Creamery Cooperative enables individuals and organizations to track the time they spend volunteering in their communities. At the end of each month, Cabot rewards them for their hard work, and for inspiring friends and family to do the same, with a variety of prizes. The more hours volunteers log, the more chances they have to win, both for themselves and the organizations they serve. Now in its fourth phase, the app has been updated with a number of new features and enhancements, and will honor its participating volunteers with more prizes than ever before.

Reward Volunteers 4.0 now includes All for Good integration, in collaboration with Points of Light, which manages postings of current and future volunteer opportunities, while at the same time allow volunteers to search for these opportunities by location. Other new features include updated Facebook integration, allowing participants to invite friends to the app via Facebook; 4-inch retina display support that utilizes the larger screens of the iPhone 5; and a tutorial that walks new users through their first post.

This marks the end of the fourth month of Reward Volunteers 4.0, which launched on August 14. Since then, 544 volunteers have logged more than 20,000 hours, benefitting 614 organizations across the country. Since the program's inception in February 2012, more than 20,000 acts of kindness have been registered.

One of those winners is Mary Hoffman, who serves as the volunteer program director of Henderson Harbor Water Sports. "Our organization is dedicated to to working with people of all ages to promote life skills and enjoyment in the areas of Boater Safety, Sailing, Swimming, Powerboat Operations, in Henderson Harbor, NY and the surrounding area," says Hoffman. "I have been so impressed with Reward Volunteer's dedication to recognizing and rewarding those who volunteer. I was made aware of the organization through a volunteer at a local school, and immediately registered. I love the recognition and encouragement that Reward Volunteers provides, as well as the dedication of the businesses and families that make Reward Volunteers a reality. You are doing so much good for so many others, thank you!"

Another notable non-profit organization benefitting from Reward Volunteers 4.0 is the New York-based Allied Rockaway Foundation for Animal Recreation and Fitness (ARF-ARF), a completely volunteer-run organization that is slowly expanding into more community initiatives. Zina Skachinsky, a volunteer with the program since 2008, and one of this month's prize winners says, "During Superstorm Sandy, we helped pet owners with their recovery, and provided some relief items for those still rebuilding. We are bringing a TNR (trap-neuter-release) program for the area's feral cats to humanely deal with the overpopulation problem, and we are working with our local CERT (community-emergency-response-team) on getting pet owners prepared for emergencies. I signed up with Reward Volunteers because I think it's a fun way to show what good a few concerned citizens can do."

Among the many prizes available in Phase 4 of the program are:

For a complete list of Reward Volunteers 4.0 prizes, visit rewardvolunteers.coop/prizes.php.

Reward Volunteers was conceived and created by Cabot Creamery Cooperative, and is sponsored by AARP Create the Good, All for Good, Marriott, Co+op Stronger Together, Hope for Women, Points of Light, and Volunteer Spot.

LATEST PRIZE WINNERS
$100 Dakin Farm Gift Card
Kate C., NH – Monadnock Humane Society

Authentic Patriotism by Stephen Kiernan & $25 Cabot Cheese Gift Basket
Mary Hoffman, MD – Henderson Harbor Yacht Club
Gentry P., MS – Hospice Advantage

$100 King Arthur Flour Gift Card & VT Teddy Bear
Arthur F., NC – New Hope Free Clinic

Sending Milk by Skye Chalmers & $25 Cabot Cheese Gift Basket
Zina Skachinsky, NY – Allied Rockaway Foundation for Animal Recreation and Fitness
Heather K., TN – East 52 Volunteer Fire Department
Janeen F., FL – Give Kids the World Village
Kristi F., SC – The Wellness Council for SC

Keurig Machine & Coffee
Linda J., MD – Good Knight Child Empowerment Network

Farm Families Gift Basket
Pamela C., VT – Girl Scouts of the Green & White Mountains

Dansko Shoes
Stacey M., NH – Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains
Judy R., FL – Shy Wolf Sanctuary

Corporate Sustainability Management by Mark McElroy & $25 Cabot Gift Basket
Debra E., CA – Brown Elementary PTA
Daniel H., VA – Spotsylvania Volunteer Fire Department

Hager Farm New England Gift Box & $25 Cabot Cheese Gift Basket
Mike S., - FL – Troop 498

1lb of Thorncrest Farm Milk House Chocolates
Roy P., CA – Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association

A complete list of the organizations benefiting from the Reward Volunteers can be accessed at: http://www.cabotcheese.coop/orgs.html

ABOUT CABOT CREAMERY COOPERATIVE
Cabot Creamery Cooperative has been in continuous operation in Vermont since 1919, and makes a full line of cheeses, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese and butter. Widely known as makers of "The World's Best Cheddar," Cabot is owned by the 1200 dairy farm families of Agri-Mark, the Northeast's premier dairy cooperative, with farms located throughout New England and upstate New York. For more information on Cabot, visit: http://www.cabotcheese.coop.

Cabot Creamery Cooperative is the world's first cheese maker and dairy cooperative to achieve B Corporation Certification, a validation of its attention to environmental and social impacts on stakeholders.

Contact: Bob Schiers
1.888.214.9444 or [email protected]

SOURCE Cabot Creamery Cooperative

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