Hands On Nashville

Click here for the partner registration form.

Click here to see if your organization is a current partner.

Membership Benefits:

Gives your organization access to a volunteer force of more than 8,000 registered HON members in the Middle Tennessee area.

Enables you to recruit for all your volunteer needs through our array of program services.

Capitalizes on HON's experience and expertise in recruiting, training, and managing quality volunteers.

Saves your organization time and money, while building capacity and enabling you to better fulfill your mission.

Provides you with access to volunteer management professionals who can collaborate with your staff to assess your agency's volunteer needs and help design quality volunteer projects.

Program Services:

Project Calendar - Hands On Projects are Partner Agency projects which are posted on HON's web-based monthly project calendar. Hands On Nashville volunteers can sign up to participate in your agency's project through HON's website. Volunteers are managed by HON Project Leaders and, in cooperation with your agency representative, help to fulfill your agency needs.

Volunteer Classifieds - Volunteer placements requiring an ongoing commitment, training and/or a background check can be posted on HON's website by your agency representative. Volunteers interested in the volunteer opportunity will contact your agency directly to engage with you in service. HON connected more than 20,000 volunteers through referrals in 2009.

Volunteer Skills Bank - Volunteers with specific professional or trade skills can be recruited for your agency needs. HON's Skills Bank can help you to recruit volunteers with experience in accounting, graphic design, plumbing, carpentry, and more!

OnBoard Volunteer Referrals - Volunteers interested in engaging in service on nonprofit boards can enroll in OnBoard, a dual program between Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM) and HON. Individuals receive board training through CNM and referral to nonprofits through Hands On Nashville. OnBoard volunteers will be referred to Partner Agencies for board positions based on their interests, skills, and availability.

Priority Referrals - Partner Agencies are given first priority as a source for developing customized service projects for our corporate clients, and for service learning opportunities for enthusiastic youth groups.

Agency Wish List - Needed in-kind donations can be solicited through our website.

Agency Testimonials:

Hands On Nashville is ready to connect your agency with the vast volunteer potential of our community. We produce results for your volunteer needs! Other nonprofits have great things to say about their Hands On Nashville partnership:

"HON allows us to diversify and enrich our volunteer programs by offering outreach and exposure to willing Nashville-area volunteers from a variety of backgrounds and ages. No other volunteer bank allows us to reach a dynamic pool of willing volunteers right here in the Nashville area."
~ Amy Pinkston, Volunteer Programs Manager, Nashville Zoo

"We would not have been able to produce emergency food boxes in this quantity without Hands On Nashville. Hands On Nashville and its volunteers are remarkable community resources."
~ Matthew Bourlakas, Chief Operation Officer,
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee

"Hands On Nashville has gone above and beyond to meet our volunteer needs! We are so grateful for the attention that the staff has shown us and for the workshops that we have attended. Without our Hands On Nashville volunteers, our program would not operate as it does today. Thank you Hands On Nashville for helping the community get involved in what we do!"
~ Tara Gower, Administrative Assistant, House of Mercy

"Refugee Services deeply appreciates the relationship we have established with HON. Our partnership with them is critical in allowing us to tap into the huge number of Nashville individuals and groups who are seeking meaningful hands-on volunteer roles. HON makes it easy to post our agency's needs in minutes! We have been "found" by many well qualified volunteers through HON services and consider them a vital partner in making (and keeping) our volunteer program healthy and viable."
~ Marcheta Claus, Volunteer and Resource Coordinator,
Catholic Charities of Tennessee

"Hands on Nashville's professional and dedicated staff help us make sure our events are staffed with the best volunteers around. The skills-based volunteer program has put us in touch with some wonderfully talented, dedicated people who have given us many hours of their time."
~ Nancy Hopwood, Volunteer Coordinator, Agape Animal Rescue

Membership:

Hands On Nashville's Partner Program membership fee is based on your operating budget and is a 12 month membership.

Annual operating budget up to $500,000

Annual operating budget of $500,000 to $2 million

Annual operating budget over $2 million

$150 annual membership fee.

$250 annual membership fee.

$350 annual membership fee.

Consulting and Volunteer Management Services:

Click here to learn more about HON's consulting and volunteer management services.

For more information, contact Malinda Hersh, Director of Volunteer and Nonprofit Programs
at 615-298-1108 ext. 101 or malinda@hon.org