---
title: "Volunteer shift confirmed email template"
description: "A shift confirmation with a date tile, the role, the place and what to bring. Send it when a volunteer signs up for a shift."
url: "https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/volunteer-shift-confirmed"
---

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# Volunteer shift confirmed email template

A shift confirmation with a date tile, the role, the place and what to bring.

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- **From**
  Northwind <hello@example.com>
- **Subject**
  Confirmed: Warehouse sorting on Saturday 14 November
- **Preview text**
  09:30 to 13:00 at Hollowbrook Food Bank warehouse. Ask for Ruth Okafor when you arrive.

![Preview of the Volunteer shift confirmed template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/volunteer-shift-confirmed-desktop.webp?v=23c32e76461d)

volunteer-shift-confirmed.txt

```
{{shiftTime}} at {{locationName}}. Ask for {{coordinatorName}} when you arrive.

{{charityName}}

Your shift is confirmed

Thank you for giving your time. Here is everything you need for the day.

{{shiftMonth}}

{{shiftDay}}

{{roleName}}

{{shiftTime}}

Where

{{locationName}}, {{locationAddress}}

Ask for

{{coordinatorName}}

Bring

{{whatToBring}}

Add to calendar [{{calendarUrl}}]

I can no longer make it [{{cancelUrl}}]

If your plans change, let us know as early as you can so another volunteer can take the shift.

You are receiving this because you signed up to volunteer with {{charityName}}.
```

Shown with sample values. The HTML and plain-text tabs keep the placeholders.

About

## When to send it

Send it when a volunteer signs up for a shift. The date sits in a calendar tile beside the role and the hours, the details give the place and who to ask for, and a link lets them pull out in good time.

13 values to fill

## What each send fills in

Required values have to come with every send. The rest fall back to the default shown here.

| Placeholder | Kind | Required | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `{{charityName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{roleName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{shiftDate}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{shiftMonth}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{shiftDay}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{shiftTime}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{locationName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{locationAddress}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{coordinatorName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{whatToBring}}` | Text | Optional | Comfortable clothes, closed-toe shoes and a water bottle |
| `{{calendarUrl}}` | Link | Required | None |
| `{{cancelUrl}}` | Link | Required | None |
| `{{unsubscribeUrl}}` | Link | Optional | None |

API

## Send it from your code

Create a template from this design once, then send it with the values for each message.

```
import { init, nextmail } from '@nextmail/sdk' init({ apiKey: process.env.NEXTMAIL_API_KEY }) await nextmail.templates.create({  name: 'Volunteer shift confirmed',  slug: 'volunteer-shift-confirmed',  starter: 'volunteer-shift-confirmed',  publish: true,}) const sent = await nextmail.templates.send('volunteer-shift-confirmed', {  from: 'Northwind <hello@example.com>',  to: 'maya@example.com',  props: {    charityName: 'Hollowbrook Food Bank',    roleName: 'Warehouse sorting',    shiftDate: 'Saturday 14 November',    shiftMonth: 'Nov',    shiftDay: '14',    shiftTime: '09:30 to 13:00',    locationName: 'Hollowbrook Food Bank warehouse',    locationAddress: 'Unit 4, Mill Road, Hollowbrook',    coordinatorName: 'Ruth Okafor',    calendarUrl: 'https://example.com/shifts/2291/calendar',    cancelUrl: 'https://example.com/shifts/2291/cancel',  },}) console.log(sent.id, sent.status)
```

Nonprofits

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