You can get it or give it in one place. But how do you get started, where can you volunteer and when?

Local non-profit organization Beacon Rescue Mission has just the way to get you volunteering, or signing up for help should you need it.

Amos Love, executive director of Beacon Rescue Mission, has always struggled to keep track of those who need help and those who wish to volunteer. A chance meeting with a programmer changed the trajectory of his mission to help those in need.

Love now has a simple system in place where people can scan a QR code and request help or volunteer. When requesting help, people complete a form about themselves and their needs and the Beacon Mission reaches out to confirm. If you select volunteer, you can indicate what assistance you can provide.

Need help? Want help? Visit help.beaconmission.com

"When someone submits a help request, we go through it and based on what is needed we can reach out using the database to those who might be able to help," said Love. For example, someone could need help with transportation to an appointment, anyone who volunteered to help with transportation receives a text requesting their assistance.

If a volunteer answers, they then receive the information for the individual.

"This helps us meet needs as they are presented," he said. "And to make connections and share the Gospel."

Sometimes people just need a prayer, and there are many volunteers who are ready to pray for them.

All the information is stored and can be tracked for progress. It makes it easier for the organization to keep track of requests.

"We have over 19,000 contacts and add more everyday," said Love. And it's a far-reaching program for Beacon Rescue Mission, with Love stating he has received communication from, at the very least, Georgia.

There isn't much that can be done, but to connect people to resources in their local area. Connections, or relationships in which a person, thing or idea is linked or associated with something else, is the cornerstone of how Beacon Rescue Mission operates.

People on both sides of the issue, those seeking help and those willing to volunteer, are in need of these connections and benefit from helping each other.

And this non-profit organization has found a way to track people helped, people volunteering, money spent on projects, all important things to know as a non-profit.

With a recent Operation Round Up grant, Beacon Rescue Mission continues to make connections.

Don't worry, if you'd like to reach out in a different format such as via phone, that is still an available option as well.

"You never know what someone needs," said Love. "And some people just need prayer and letting them know that you did pray for them means the world to them."

So, if you're looking for a way to get involved in the community, scan, select 'I Can Help', pick your specialty and start working to build even more connections in benefit or everyone.