Dear Volunteer,
Groundhog Day is over and six more weeks of winter are on their way. Why not use this time to volunteer? There are plenty of volunteer opportunities this time of year that you can do from your home or office! |
HandsOn Twin Cities' New Look
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HandsOn Twin Cities is pleased to announce our new
branding, which includes a new logo, new colors, and a slightly updated name.
This change is the result of the merger between our parent organization, Hands On Network, and the Points of Light Institute.
Visit our branding page to view color information and download our new logo! |
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Upcoming Workshops
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Volunteer Management through Online Resources
February 24, 2009 9:00 - 11:30 am at HandsOn Twin Cities
$40 for affiliates, $60 non-affiliates.
Are you maximizing your
volunteer management potential? Join us for a discussion on online resources. This session will focus on online recruitment, organizational methods,
communication tools and ideas for volunteer recognition that are free!
Participants will leave with a list of resources and the tools needed to start
their online recruitment strategy planning!
Trainer: Allison Runchey and
Bailey Craft, Minnesota Literacy Council
It's Easy Being Green: Simple Reduce-Reuse-Recycle Practices
February 26, 2009 9:00 am - 10:00 pm at HandsOn Twin Cities
Free.
This interactive train-the-trainer workshop will provide you the
tools to share easy ways to reduce, reuse and recycle with your colleagues,
volunteers or clients. Learn about creative and simple ways we all can help the
environment, reduce waste and save money! This workshop is part of a grant
received through Community P.O.W.E.R. (Partners on Waste Education and
Reduction).
This is a train-the-trainer workshop designed
for nonprofit staff to take back to their organizations. Participants will be
asked to present this short workshop to at least one group before July 2009.
Hands On Twin Cities will provided all materials needed.
Trainer: Katie
Walsh, HandsOn
Twin Cities
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Grants Available
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 Grants are available for
non-environmental organizations and schools to develop community-based waste
reduction, toxicity reduction, and recycling projects!
Community POWER (Partners on Waste Education and Reduction)
is funded by the project of the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board that supports innovative,
community-based approaches to waste reduction.
Letters of Interest
for this funding are due by March 16, 2009. Letter of Interest Guidelines,
grant manager contact information, and descriptions of past grantee projects
are available at www.rethinkrecycling.com/grants.
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| Affiliate Highlight |
This month we'd like to highlight River
Valley Riders. This organization provides horseback riding and carriage driving
opportunities for people with disabilities as a form of therapy to improve
physical, cognitive and communication skills.
This program relies heavily on volunteers from April to October. Some training is required.
For more information visit www.rivervalleyriders.org.
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Volunteer Spotlight
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 This month's Volunteer Spotlight recognizes Natalie C. who contributes her time at the Minnesota Children's Museum.
Natalie started as a member of Minnesota Children's Museum Summer Squad
Youth Program, where she worked with a team of high school-aged
volunteers to engage museum visitors in a variety of activities. Recently she has been accepted as a Youth Leader for the
current school year youth program.
Natalie was nominated due to her great enthusiasm for
interacting with people and is always willing to help engage each
volunteer. MCM staff were quick to notice her dedication to service,
outgoing nature and enthusiasm and were excited that she could put so
much energy into making the museum a better place.
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Volunteer Expo Special Guests
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 HandsOn Twin Cities Volunteer
Expo at the Mall of America is Saturday, February 21, 10am-3pm!
We're pleased to announce
two special guests:
Ms. Minnesota will be at the Kinship booth from noon to 2pm to share her experiences as a mentor.
Ms. Twin Cities will be volunteering with HandsOn Twin Cities through the day.
For more information on the
Volunteer Expo visit our information page.
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HandsOn Twin Cities
2021 East Hennepin Avenue, Suite 420
Minneapolis MN 55413
P: 612.379.4900
F: 612.379.3104 |
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MLK Day Recap
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For MLK Day 2009 HandsOn Twin Cities partnered with
Minneapolis Community Technical College (MCTC) and General Mills to host two
exciting days of service for the Twin Cities community.
On Saturday, January 17th,
as a new addition to MCTC's annual MLK Day festivities, HandsOn Twin Cities
organized four service opportunities for students and staff. More than 50
volunteers made sandwiches at Simpson Housing Services, sorted donated items at
Arc Value Village Thrift Store, organized and cleaned at People Serving
People and cut fabric for
receiving blankets, bibs, burp cloths and sheets.
On Monday, January 19th, HandsOn once
again partnered with General Mills to coordinate volunteer opportunities at
various General Mills locations. More than 100 volunteers were able to
participate just by taking a ½ hour out of their work day.
Volunteers cut fabric to make enough sheets for two months
worth of Bundles of Love baby bundles, in addition to providing a stack of
quilt blocks. They completed 25 birthday cards for the women, men and children
living in transitional housing through Resource, Inc, decorated more than 60
bags for Meals On Wheels clients through the Roseville Area Senior Program and made 300
sandwiches and 100 bag lunches for Simpson Housing Services.
In total, volunteers
contributed 400 hours of service in honor of MLK Day!
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