If you've had to create requests for help in The ChalkBird for things like classroom supplies on a regular basis, there's been an extra annoying step you need to go through: you've needed to create an event for that request that doesn't exist. Well, now, if you have things like requests for classroom supplies or anything that you need help with, but which doesn't have an event, you can now do it with one less step.
Just go to the Help page, and at the top you'll see a new link named "New help request"
Click that link and you can create a help request with no event. Everything else about this help request is exactly the same as you're used to. You still set a due date which will always appear on your calendar. And you can still send out notifications and reminders just like before.
Finally, as always, the due date will still appear on the calendar of any parent that agrees to help.
And for those of you who have been pushing ChalkBird Help requests to the limit, you'll be excited to know that this enhancement is merely preparation for a huge set of improvements: specialized help items that will enable you to schedule volunteer slots, monetary donations, and even online payments.