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Launching a Movement

Join us to launch a bold, national movement to reconnect our communities through service. It’s time to make volunteering relational, restorative, and ready for this moment.

October 15, SF Bay Area

Who It’s For

This invite-only summit brings together visionary leaders shaping the future of connection through service, including:

Social Impact & CSR Leaders

Employee Engagement & HR Leaders

Nonprofit & Volunteer Program Directors

Government & Academic Leaders

If you lead people, programs, or policies that use service as a lever for connection, this gathering is designed for you.

“The decline in connection and trust is the greatest challenge of our time. ”

- Aaron Hurst,

Founder & CEO, US Chamber of Connection

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  • Lonely employees are 4.5x more likely to report productivity issues

  • Only 39% of Americans are strongly connected

  • 18% of the formal volunteers participated in online volunteering

  • Lonelier employees also tend to work less hard (63% vs. 74%)

  • Engaged workers are 64% less likely to report loneliness

  • 1 in 4 Americans say they have no close friends.

  • Only 32% of Americans say “most people can be trusted."

  • 1 in 5 employees feel lonely at work daily

  • Strong relationships are the #1 predictor of happiness and longevity

  • Connection makes us more resilient to disasters and lowers crime.

Volunteering Reconnected

Co-designing service to optimize for connection.

October 15th, 2025

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9 am to 2:30 pm

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SF Bay Area

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A Peek Inside Volunteering Reconnected

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Personal Reflection

Facilitated breakfast table conversations about our experience with connection in our lives.

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State of Connection and Service

Briefing by Aaron Hurst on the state of connection and service in America, along with Goodera’s data-driven perspective on how volunteering is shaping human connection.

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Design Studios

Small group design work to reimagine volunteering to optimize for connection and reduce division.

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Our Path Forward

Developing our shared charter to launch this movement and move the work forward.

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Our founder, Aaron Hurst, redefined corporate volunteering 25 years ago by launching the Taproot Foundation and catalyzing the $15B pro bono service movement. Now, we’re doing it again—this time focused on redefining volunteering to prioritize human connection.

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Goodera helps 500+ companies run engaging volunteering programs that build real connections and drive impact. With a network of 50K+ nonprofits and an all-in-one platform, we make it easy to bring people together through service.

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Partners

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Request an Invite

Volunteering Reconnected is an invite-only summit of national leaders in volunteering — from companies to nonprofits to government to academia.

If you would like to join us, please request an invite and let us know why you want to be a leader in this movement.

There is no registration fee, and a limited number of travel stipends are available.

Not available on October 15, but don’t want to miss out?
Let us know and we’ll keep you in the loop for future gatherings.