Google Launches a Community Service Search Engine

by admin June 22, 2009 at 6:04 pm

We expected that President Obama might use the enormous social media influence he accumulated during his campaign to encourage community service. And earlier this year, Serve.gov was launched as part of this initiative.

Today, however, Google has gotten in on the project, launching All For Good, a website that aggregates volunteer opportunities from around the US from a number of charities and other websites. All For Good is also now being used to power the search portion of Serve.gov.

The search tool works as you might expect. Enter the type of volunteerism you’re interested in, let All For Good know where you’d like to help out, and the site returns a list of opportunities in your area. You can then filter by date – today, this weekend, this week, etc.

Read more: mashable.com