The best thing about virtual events is that they're accessible to anyone, anywhere! However, for certain virtual events, you may want to recruit supporters in a specific geographic area. To help with this, we've added an optional location field to the virtual event creation form. When volunteers search your events feed for events near them, virtual events that include a location will show up in their search!

As you're creating the event, you'll see an additional field labeled Show this event to supporters near..., pictured below.

Search for your location and include a full street address or simply a zip code. Supporters will be able to see that it's a virtual event targeted to a specific geographic location, like so:

Note: Adding a location is optional. Virtual events without a location will continue to be displayed on your feed.

If your organization is using event campaigns, volunteer hosts will see an option to create a virtual event when submitting an event through your Host an event forms, like so:

Hosts who choose the virtual option will still be prompted for a location so that the event can be tied to their community and populate on your organization's event feed to nearby supporters. All event campaigns automatically allow for virtual events.

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