HandsOn Jacksonville, Inc.

Target demographics: volunteers get connected with opportunities to serve in their community.

Direct beneficiaries per year: 9400 volunteers to achieve 982 projects, who served 32,900 hours and infused $741,895 back into our community

Geographic areas served: the Jacksonville area

Programs:

•  HandsOn Projects has become the center of everything we do. As an affiliate of the HandsOn Network, our projects are designed from their successful model that brings people together to tackle community problems through volunteer service, encouraging everyone to “be the change” in their communities. It’s as easy as going to our website and signing up to participate in a project. Our project leaders take care of all of the details from there, from driving directions to checking off the supply list to where to park, and keeping volunteers informed every step of the way.
• Celebration of Service is one of our premier events to honor our community's most outstanding agents of change and promote their good works to inspire others to follow their lead
• A Visit from St. Nicholas is a celebration that rallies the community around the needs of students in “challenged” elementary schools. Its goal is to promote literacy, but any HandsOn Jacksonville volunteer will tell you that its real success lies in the fact that the day simply cannot be matched for fun
• Blueprint for Leadership is a community leadership training program designed to identify, recruit, train and place community leaders on nonprofit boards in Jacksonville. 
• Disaster Programs and Services – In the event of a disaster, HandsOn Jacksonville will activate a Volunteer Reception Center to help ensure that the skills and talents of unaffiliated volunteers are matched to areas of critical need. Neighbors to the Rescue is a virtual warehouse run by volunteers where citizens can donate items and store them until they are needed by families who have experienced a personal or local disaster. The Hope Fund is a collaborative effort between HandsOn Jacksonville, The University of North Florida and the Florida Times-Union that raises funds for area families and individuals in need.