u/helpmeimnotcreative

Hi all, I work at a non-profit in a downtown area. We have up to 20 volunteers at any given event with around 280 events per year.

We’ve recently had some volunteers extremely upset that there’s no free parking available for them. Keep in mind, we are located just downtown with parking garages and metered street parking. Free parking simply does not exist, no local businesses will allow use of their lot, and if we were to pay for their garage parking, we’d be looking at around $20k per year with extensive admin work.

Tl;dr, do you pay for parking or travel expenses for your volunteers to the one, regular location that all volunteer shifts take place at?