Hands on Network

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Hands on Network
Type	Private, Non-Profit
Founded
Headquarters	Atlanta, GA
Website	www.handsonnetwork.org

Hands On Network brings people together to strengthen communities through meaningful volunteer action. They are a growing network of more than a half million volunteers changing communities inside and outside the United States. Hands On Network creates and manages nearly 50,000 projects a year, from building wheelchair ramps in San Francisco to teaching reading in Atlanta, to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gulf coast communities.

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Hands On Network is currently made up of 58 national and international volunteer organizations that act as entrepreneurial civic action centers. Their Hands On approach delivers proven results in small and large communities across the nation and increasingly around the world.

Hands On Network offers a place for individuals to make a difference and become effective volunteers, making it simple for them to choose from a variety of projects that connect community needs with their time and interests. They cultivate and train volunteers to lead other volunteers, creating enormous capacity and unleashing powerful civic change.

Hands On Network works in partnership with local organizations and schools to create Hands On service projects that produce tangible benefits in communities. The Network enlists a corps of hundreds of thousands of volunteers who join forces to address community needs worldwide.