Welcome to the UpToUs Tour.

In a matter of minutes, you can create a private online community for your group, where you can easily organize all your group activities.

• Create a group directory.
• Share a group calendar.
• Send individual and group emails.
• Organize parties and activities.
• Enlist and manage volunteers and duties.
• Collect registration forms and payments.
• Share photos, newsletters, permission slips and other files.
• Raise funds for your group.
• And much, much more!

Click next to learn more about our easy-to-use tools:

Group directory

• Keep the group roster and telephone numbers at your fingertips.
• View your group members profiles and photos.
• Link between parents and their kids.
• Learn more about friends and community members, and get to know them better.
• Share your professional interests and hobbies.

Calendar

• Add group events to the calendar for everyone to see.
• Add an event just once, and set it to repeat as often as you would like.
• Choose to send auto reminders on the schedule that you select.
• Request RSVP to an event and attach other sign-up sheets to manage volunteers.
• Add personal events that only you can see.
• Export your UpToUs calendar to Outlook, iCal, Google Calendar and your iPhone.

Email and Announcements

• Got an important or urgent message for your group? Quickly let your group know that practice time has changed or the class party needs more volunteers.
• Send a group email, and even those group members who have not yet accepted your invitation will get your email.
• Send private messages to other group members.
• Configure your email preferences to avoid inbox clutter.
• Request a daily digest that summarizes all your communities' updates.

Volunteer Sign Up Sheets

Use our customizable sign-up sheet templates to organize events and get people involved. Snack schedules, potluck events, parent-teacher conferences, parties, field trip drivers - it's all here!

• Host a POTLUCK
• Organize SHIFTS
• Schedule SNACKS
• Sign up DRIVERS
• Throw a PARTY
• Track RSVPs
• Take a POLL
• Track volunteer HOURS

Now it is easier than ever to enlist volunteers and manage sign-ups.

Registration Forms and Payments

Create a customized registration form and collect payments.

• Create a customized registration forms.
• Set pricing and apply discounts for multiple children.
• Track registration and payment status.
• Export registration and payment status to Excel.
• Accept secured payments online through Amazon.
• Set a public page for the community as a landing page for registration.

Photo Share and File Upload

• Easily share photos.
• Organize photos by album.
• Post documents and newsletters.
• Share flyers and other materials.
• Provide forms, permission slips, and applications.

Eliminate printouts and wasted paper.

Discussion Panels

Who better to ask advice from then trusted members of your communities?

• Looking for advice?
• Want to share a great tip?
• Have comments about your group?
• Start a group discussion!

My UpToUs

Managing multiple communities is a snap with My UpToUs.

• Once you see how quickly you can build a vibrant community, you'll want to do the same for your kids' other classrooms, teams and extra-curricular activities.
• My UpToUs lets you see all the activity in your communities on a single page.
• See upcoming events, new postings or any other recent changes from all your communities.
• With one click, view photo albums, sign up to volunteer or just view more details about a posting or an event.

My Calendar

A private calendar view that tracks all your community and personal activities.

• You'll see group events from your communities' shared calendars as well as personal events that no one else but you can see.
• Choose to get email reminders, so you'll never miss your kids' activities again.
• Export your calendar to Outlook, iCal, Google or iPhone.

Finally, an easy-to-use calendar to manage ALL of your kids activities.

My People

All your friends and people who share your communities in one place.

• Get to know the members of your communities.
• Share some information about yourself so other can get to know you and your family a little better.
• You have complete control on what you share and you will be able to view only what your friends share with you.

My Profile

• Share your contact information.
• Privacy control for each field.
• Help other parents match you with your kids.
• Share some fun facts about yourself and your family.
• Share photos with friends. Not just with your communities.
• Set your account preferences to control emails.
• Export your UpToUs calendar to Outlook, iCal and Google calendar.

Fundraising with UpToUs

Purchase a subscription to our local directory. Your school gets money and you get savings.

• Local Businesses - UpToUs lists only local businesses that donate to local schools. When you purchase a subscription, you support your community.
• Local Schools - Simple campaign to make $5-6K per year.
• Local Savings - Families buy coupon subscription and enjoy savings worth hundreds of dollars.

Getting Started

It's easy to get started

• Sign up - It takes just 2 minutes to complete your personal profile.
• Start a community. - It takes just another 2 minutes to choose a community name and describe your community.
• Invite people - Add email addresses, and you're ready to go.
• Enjoy our free tools - Use any or all of our tools to get your group going. Soon you'll know each other better, have easy access to information, and become a more organized community.

Sign Up

• Joining UpToUs takes only a couple of minutes.
• Enter basic information or choose to let your community members know more about you.

Start a Community

• Choose a name for the community and enter basic information. It's quick and easy.
• Add your logo, group description, key members and privacy settings.

Invite Members

• Upload your members' emails, edit your invitation email, and you're done.
• UpToUs requires a list of comma or semicolon separated emails.