Profile: Hands on Jacksonville

HandsOn Jacksonville, formerly Volunteer Jacksonville, is northeast Florida's local knowledge leader on volunteering. It's the place where citizens can find the most up-to-date opportunities to serve, and non-profit organizations can get help with promotion and support of their volunteer programs.

It's also the place that keeps an eye on the community's most urgent needs and responds with volunteer action. Our mission is to inspire, equip, and mobilize people to take action that changes our world.

We Inspire . . .

• by honoring outstanding community volunteers through CELEBRATION OF SERVICE

We Equip . . .

• by preparing leaders for nonprofit board service through BLUEPRINT FOR LEADERSHIP
• through networking directors of volunteer programs through DIRECTORS OF VOLUNTEERS IN AGENCIES (DOVIA)
• by helping our nonprofit partners raise money through the
  GREAT BENEFIT SALE
• by helping citizens in need through the HOPE FUND
• by empowering our nonprofit partners with essential tools and guidance through TRAINING AND CONSULTATION SERVICES
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We Mobilize . . .

• by organizing group projects in collaboration with agency members and managed by us through HANDSON JACKSONVILLE PROJECTS
• by offering volunteer opportunities and direct sign-up online through the HANDSON JACKSONVILLE website
• by organizing an annual event to promote volunteering through MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY
• by directing volunteers in the aftermath of a disaster through MANAGING VOLUNTEERS IN DISASTER
• by mobilizing the community to help school children through
  VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS