Hands On New Orleans

Volunteer engagement: hands on recruits and manages volunteer teams at its community service project sites. Sites positively impact low income residents with improvements to public schools (education), green infrastructure (environment), and neighborhood development (recreation, urban gardens). The hands at work program engages visiting and local corporate, university, highschool, and faith-based volunteers.

Community revitalization: hands on new orleans functions as a volunteer center to engage local residents in community service and connects volunteers with causes they care about. Hands on builds the capacity of smaller nonprofit organizations by providing free training on volunteer and project management best practices, offering free use of its volunteer recruitment software, and serves as a fiscal agent to disburse public grant funds.