Community Partner eNews

April 2007

Summer Break Is On Its Way and With Your Help, We'll Get Families Out Volunteering! 

Hands On will be promoting family-friendly volunteer projects this June.

Have you considered getting families involved in your programs? This is a great way to provide families the chance to spent time together and pass on the value of volunteering to the next generation. At the same time, you'll get more volunteers involved in your program and make important connections with your community.

Please contact us with opportunities at your agency or to ask for tips on creating family friendly projects.

Tell Us How We're Doing...Tell Us What You Need!

Is Hands On meeting your agency's needs? How can we improve? Please take about 3 minutes to fill out this survey.

The Civic Leaders Project addresses the lack of diverse leadership and participation in nonprofit and public sector agency boards and commissions in the Greater Portland Metro area.  Its creation follows a comprehensive research effort initiated by Innovation Partners four years ago.

Since 2005, Hands On Greater Portland and the Institute for Nonprofit Management (INPM) at PSU have partnered to recruit, convene, train and match leaders of color with nonprofit boards and public commissions.  

How to Get Involved

To register for one of our bi-monthly group orientations or to simply find out more about the program contact Sean Files at the Institute for Nonprofit Management at 503.725.8221 or at files@pdx.edu.

Information for Leaders

If you are a leader of color or know someone who might be interested getting involved with Civic Leaders please contact Brenden Butler at 503.413.6413 or at Brenden@handsonportland.org.  For more leader information please visit Civic Leaders - Leaders.

How about choosing from a list of upcoming volunteer management clinics? Join us for one of our volunteer management skills clinics.  They're short, relevant and will provide you with tools you can use to more effectively manage your volunteer program. 

All sessions $15 unless otherwise noted.  Scholarships are available, so let us know if you need help offsetting the cost. 

For a list of trainings in Multnomah, Washington, Clark and Clackamas Counties, click here. 

Next Week's Training:

Diversifying your Volunteer Program
April 11, 9:00am - 11:00am
Presenters: Queta González and Becky Blumer

Are you ready to diversify your volunteer program?  We'll be sharing best practices and tools to help you create a strategy for diversifying your volunteer program.

Click here to register. 

For a complete list of upcoming trainings, click here.

The Governor's Volunteer Awards has put a call out for nominations. Know a great volunteer?  The awards recognize individuals and organizations for their dedication, commitment and determination in promoting and supporting volunteerism throughout Oregon.