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Important: Your calendar feed is not password protected, so don’t share your calendar feed URL with anyone who should not have your assignment information.

Subscribing to Have Your Volunteer Assignments in Your Personal Calendar

STEP 1: Generate a new Calendar Feed URL

Log on to MyVolunteerPage.com (if you are not logged in already)

Click on the “Contact Information” section

Click the [Update Calendar Subscription] button found in the “Subscription” section

Click the [Generate New Calendar Feed] button

1. Log on to MyVolunteerPage.com (if you are not logged in already)
2. Click on the MY PROFILE tab
3. Click on the “Contact Information” section
4. Click the [Update Calendar Subscription] button found in the “Subscription” section
5. Click the [Generate New Calendar Feed] button

STEP 2: Import the webcal into your calendar program

Note: While the calendar feed is updated every 15 minutes, certain calendar programs (most notably Google Calendar) may take up to several hours to reflect the changes in this feed.

The steps to do this will vary significantly depending on what calendar program you use. You might be able to just click on the calendar link when it has been generated and your calendar may open automatically.

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To add your assignment calendar to Google Calendar:

Copy the link by highlighting it, right clicking, and selecting “Copy”

Open up your Google Calendar in a new window or tab

On the left hand side, you should see “My calendars” with a list of your current calendars and “Other Calendars” with a list of public or friends calendars that you currently subscribe to.

Click on the small arrow in a box beside “Other Calendars” and select “Add by URL”.

Paste the URL you copied earlier into the box by right clicking in the box and selecting “Paste”.

1. Copy the link by highlighting it, right clicking, and selecting “Copy”
2. Open up your Google Calendar in a new window or tab
3. On the left hand side, you should see “My calendars” with a list of your current calendars and “Other Calendars” with a list of public or friends calendars that you currently subscribe to.
4. Click on the small arrow in a box beside “Other Calendars” and select “Add by URL”.
5. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the box by right clicking in the box and selecting “Paste”.
6. Click the [Add to Calendar] button.

Removing / Deleting Your Calendar Feed URL

If you wish to invalidate your calendar feed you can remove it by following these steps:

Click the [Update Calendar Feed] button found in the “Subscriptions” section

Click the [Remove Calendar Feed] button. This will delete your calendar feed. The next time your calendar software tries to update, it will be invalidated and your calendar will not load.

1. Log on to MyVolunteerPage.com (if you are not logged in already)
2. Click on the MY PROFILE tab
3. Click on the “Contact Information” section
4. Click the [Update Calendar Feed] button found in the “Subscriptions” section
5. Click the [Remove Calendar Feed] button. This will delete your calendar feed. The next time your calendar software tries to update, it will be invalidated and your calendar will not load.