Hands on Central Texas - A volunteer matching program

As a program of United Way Capital Area, Hands On Central Texas is able to provide meaningful volunteer opportunities to over 10,000 people a year and provides more than 5,600 volunteer referrals to nonprofit organizations in Central Texas.

Click here to visit the Hands On Central Texas Website.

In addition to connecting people to volunteer opportunities, Hands On Central Texas runs a number of projects and programs aimed at sparking sustained, passionate community service. Among those initiatives are:

2007 Accomplishments

United Way Gifts In Kind and Resource Center launched and achieved our first year goal of raising over $1 Million in in-kind goods!

Developed and implemented national volunteer leadership training, Volunteer Project Leader Certification Training and surpassed first year's goal training 100 Volunteer Project Leaders in the community.

Engaged 500 Central Texans in the Harwood Community Engagement Summit, collaboration with St. David's Community Health Foundation.

Developed and implemented Community Engagement Initiative; Selected 20 scholarship recipients for the Public Innovator Lab scheduled for February 6-8, 2008.

Our home grown program, Culture Connections was recognized as a best practice model with the national Points of Light & Hands On Network; Armando Rayo applied and was asked to serve on the National Neighboring Taskforce.

Showcased Hip Hop: Beyond the Beats & Rhyme and A Class Divided through the Echoes of Color Film Series, a collaboration with KLRU PBS Austin, Austin Area Heritage Council and George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center.

Hands On Central Texas was highlighted in media stories with KUT, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Gifts In Kind International, The Austin, Atlanta and Arizona Business Journals, and the Austin American-Statesman.

The Hands On & marketing team contributed three editorial stories to the Austin American-Statesman's Annual Volunteer Edition; Volunteerism as a Retirement Plan, Diversity and Inclusion and Be the Change. Volunteer.

Kicked off the Agency Workshop Series, a training series for volunteer managers in nonprofit organizations.

Last but not least, Austin was ranked #1 in the state of Texas and #3 in the nation in volunteerism by the Corporation for National & Community Service - Yes, we'll take credit for that one too!

Hands On Central Texas knows that most people want to affect their community, to leave it a little better than they found it. So every day, they aim to provide new and creative ways to help people help.

Hands On Central Texas is an affiliate of the
Hands On Network