Guiding Light Volunteers at the New Orleans Mission

Hands On New Orleans works in partnership with community-based agencies to provide volunteers with a variety of meaningful opportunities for service and leadership. Hands On Community Partners must meet the following criteria:

Designated by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, school or government entity.

Political campaigns are excluded from Hands On partnership.

Hands On New Orleans does not discriminate in its staff, board, volunteers, volunteer committees, or recipients of services on the basis of a person’s race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or mental or physical disability or any other status prohibited by applicable law

Community Partner Services

Connect with Volunteer Leaders

Hands On recruits Volunteer Leaders who are responsible for managing all volunteers communicating scheduling information between the Partner Agency and Hands On New Orleans staff, managing project sign-ups, and working with the agency contact to oversee the event. Our programs are designed to produce high-quality, meaningful volunteer projects. Once we mutually decide to work together, Hands On New Orleans will work to match you with a Volunteer Leader. However, we cannot guarantee either that we will be able to match your agency with a Volunteer Leader, or that we will provide a given number of volunteers. Be aware that in general, we need at least one month notice to find a Volunteer Leader and advertise a project

 List Your Volunteer Needs

Post your longer-term volunteer opportunities to the Local Community Projects section of our website. This allows volunteers to directly sign up for your projects on our website, with their information sent to you or the volunteer leader to communicate about the project. If your agency already has a volunteer coordinator this can be an additional means for recruiting volunteers. You can elect to have volunteers sign up directly on our website for a project, or have volunteers directly referred to your agency for your contact. Projects are created by your agency and supported through Hands On programs.

Programs Criteria includes
-Done in a day (usually 3-7 hours)
-Group based
-Hands-on activity
-Directly serves Partner Agency mission
-Can include fundraisers and events
- No advance training aside from on-site orientation the day of the project

For these projects, the Community Partner agency has overall responsibility for managing the project: designing the project, arranging to have necessary tools or supplies, providing orientation and/or training to volunteers at the beginning of the project, and being present during the entire project.

 Receive Tools for Projects
Need tools for an upcoming project? Hands On New Orleans provides tools to community partners. Through our tool lending library community agencies can avoid expensive purchases, rental fees, and storage. Download and print out our Community Partner Application to let us know about your volunteer needs. Our sample agency partner agreement document we establish with agencies hosting volunteers.

HONO Community Partner Application

Agency Agreement Document

 For more information on community partnerships please contact Stephanie Keeffe Hands On New Orleans Programs Manager, SKeeffe@handsonneworleans.org