GREENFIELD — A growing group of volunteers who have formed a mutual aid network in the city are welcoming folks to a launch event to showcase the web-based and mobile application platform that will connect local nonprofits with volunteers.

Resilient Greenfield is an effort founded by resident Bram Moreinis, who is seeking to help transform community service in Greenfield with a grassroots movement that aims to easily connect people to nonprofits in the city and in nearby Turners Falls.

“Resilient Greenfield is based on a vision that if everybody, or most people, volunteered regularly, particularly people who are of working age … then all of our nonprofits that are trying to scale up to increasing need with fewer volunteers would just do a whole lot better,” Moreinis said, adding that this would have a two-fold effect: the nonprofits would be more effective and it would create a network of volunteers. “People will be reaching out to their neighbors and to people who they might not have considered part of their circle before.”

The launch event, showcasing the new platform for Resilient Greenfield, will be held Saturday, March 29, at Greenfield Community College’s Cohn Family Dining Commons from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It is open to the public, and lunch and child care will be provided. Folks are encouraged to RSVP by visiting resilientgreenfield.org.

Alongside introducing the platform and providing onboarding assistance, the launch event will feature a presentation outlining Resilient Greenfield’s vision, an introduction of pilot members, and an opportunity to network and chat with people.

Pilot members of Resilient Greenfield include Stone Soup Cafe, Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity, M&T Bank and Green Fields Market.

Moreinis likened Resilient Greenfield’s platform to a “dating app,” as volunteers will provide some basic information for nonprofits, such as their interests and their skills, which can then be searched by community organizations seeking to fill a specific need.

“If [the nonprofits] have a particular need for somebody with a certain skill set or interests, they can filter people by those values and then send a message out to all of the people in the Resilient Greenfield network who have those qualities and say, ‘Hey, we have a particular need right now,’” he said. “It’s like we’re all putting ourselves together in a big clearing house, a big pool, so that we can find different volunteer opportunities.”

The volunteer hub will be accessible through a platform called GivePulse, which can be accessed at greenfield.givepulse.com or via the GivePulse app on the Google Play or Apple app stores.

For Resilient Greenfield to successfully cultivate a robust mutual aid network, Moreinis said there will need to be buy-in from the community.

“It’s kind of like an engine. On that platform, you need to have need for volunteers and you need to have volunteers. If you don’t have one or the other, there’s no combustion,” he said, adding that Resilient Greenfield has between 80 and 100 active members. “That’s a very, very small number when you think about what you want to see. I think, for this to work, I’d like to see 500 people. … We’re going to get community change when we’re starting to see large percentages of people doing this.”

Chris Larabee can be reached at clarabee@recorder.com.