Case Study: Pittsburgh Marathon achieves seamless volunteer coordination with VolunteerLocal

How VolunteerLocal can serve your sporting event

Pittsburgh Marathon needed a reliable way to manage a huge volunteer operation for its annual race, including the popular “Run for a Reason” charity program and thousands of race-day volunteer roles. The marathon used VolunteerLocal to help coordinate volunteers across the event, support charity participants, and keep everything organized for a fast-moving sporting event.

VolunteerLocal provided the volunteer scheduling, management, and communication platform that the Pittsburgh Marathon used to fill more than 2,800 volunteer positions and support 3,107 charity runners. The result was a highly successful program that helped raise over $1.8 million for 52 charities, and volunteer feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with organizers praising VolunteerLocal’s ease of use and strong customer service.

Pittsburgh Marathon

Mara Spisso

Charity Program Coordinator