A Shared Calendar for Disaster Relief
Supply drops, volunteer shifts, distribution days, community briefings — synced to every responder's phone. No app to download. No accounts. Works even with spotty service.
Create Your Relief Calendar — FreeSound familiar?
It's 6 AM after a major storm. Volunteers are showing up at the staging area, but nobody knows which shift they're on. The coordinator sent a schedule by email last night at midnight, but half the volunteers didn't see it — cell service was spotty and inboxes are overflowing with storm alerts.
A local church donated 200 meals, but the delivery driver is heading to yesterday's distribution point. The location moved two miles east because of road closures. That update was in a group text that came through at 2 AM — buried under 47 other messages.
Three different volunteer teams are doing the same thing in the same neighborhood because nobody has a single shared schedule. Meanwhile, the neighborhood two blocks over hasn't seen any help. Everyone's working hard, but without coordination, effort is being wasted.
How it works for disaster relief
Add your relief schedule
Enter volunteer shifts, supply drops, distribution times, and briefings. Add the time, location, and any instructions. Quick and simple.
Share with responders
Text the link to volunteers, post it at staging areas, share it in coordination calls. Responders tap once to subscribe.
Schedule reaches every phone
Shifts and events appear in their calendar app. Once subscribed, updates sync automatically — even if the responder subscribed days ago.
When every hour matters, clear scheduling saves lives. Start your relief calendar for free.
Get Started FreeBuilt for the chaos of disaster response
Here's what relief organizations typically coordinate with a shared calendar:
What this looks like in practice
Carlos, the field coordinator, wakes up at 5 AM and updates the day's schedule in iCalFeed. The morning distribution moved from the school to the fire station because of flooding. He changes the location, adds a noon supply drop at the church, and confirms the evening volunteer briefing. Five minutes — and 80 volunteers have the right plan.
Terri, a volunteer who drove in from two counties away, checks her phone at 7 AM. She sees "Morning Shift — 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Fire Station #7, Bring work gloves" right on her calendar. She knows exactly where to go and what to bring without calling anyone or searching through texts.
By Wednesday, road conditions change and the afternoon route needs to shift. The logistics lead updates the event in the dashboard at lunch. By 1 PM, every volunteer's phone shows the new route. No group text, no confusion at the staging area. Everyone shows up at the right place.
How iCalFeed compares
vs. Group texts and messaging apps
Hundreds of messages in hours. Important schedule details get lost in the scroll.
Clean calendar entries with date, time, and location — easy to find, impossible to miss.
vs. Printed schedules at staging areas
Get wet, blow away, and become outdated the moment plans change.
Digital calendar updates automatically. The latest plan is always on their phone.
vs. Email briefings
Email is unreliable during emergencies. Inboxes are flooded with alerts and updates.
Calendar events stand out from the noise. They show up as appointments, not emails.
vs. Radio and verbal briefings
People forget details. Times and locations get mixed up in the retelling.
Written details on their phone — always accurate, always available.
Disaster relief calendar questions
Get the right people to the right place
Start with the free plan — 1 calendar, 10 events. No credit card required.