Engage
An online volunteer matching tool accessed through our website allows organizations to post volunteer service opportunities and provides volunteers the ability to search for opportunities.
What is Get Connected?
Ten three-hour classes designed to increase the skills of nonprofit staff and board members in governance and operations.
What is non-profit essentials?
Half-day classes that develop and strengthen board member skills
What is Hands-On Board Basics and Leadership Development?
Is a free way to track and log volunteer hours in order to earn rewards for cash or prizes for your volunteer contributions. The organizations served also have the opportunity to win rewards.
What is Cabot’s Reward Volunteers Program?
Targets high-impact community service opportunities organized and managed for groups and businesses for short-term or one-day.
What are Group/Employee Service Opportunities?
Provides funding and customized assistance in a limited number of areas to help nonprofits address unique issues within their organization. Priority is given to nonprofits led by and serving people of color.
What is Organizational Coaching?
Training five half-day training classes for people of color to prepare them to serve on nonprofit boards or board committees
What is Project Blueprint Board Leadership?
Is a national award for exceptional volunteers who “spark change and improve the world.
What is Daily Point of Light Award?
The Nonprofit Connection contains valuable information concerning HandsOn NWNC programs and announcements.
What is the monthly e-newsletter?
Identifies strengths and weaknesses in key management and governance areas to create a focused plan that prioritizes and addresses challenging issues.
What is Organizational Assessment?
Connects people in the community who are interested in serving on nonprofit boards with nonprofits seeking qualified board or board committee members.
What is Nonprofit Board Speed Dating?
Spring event that recognizes and celebrates the work of outstanding volunteers in Forsyth County.
What is the Forsyth County Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards?
Ten-month program for mid-level female nonprofit staff and Executive Directors of new or emerging nonprofits that combines Nonprofit Essentials classes with an intensive two-day workshop that includes peer learning, networking, and goal-setting.
What is Women's Emerging Leadership?
A partial scholarship that pays for one-half the cost of an organization to participate in the Service Enterprise or Organizational Assessment program.
What is the Helping Hands Scholarship?
Recognizes volunteers who have achieved a certain required number of hours of service over a 12-month time period – or cumulative hours over the course of a lifetime.
What is the President’s Volunteer Service Award?
Six half-day modules provide a comprehensive understanding of the components of a volunteer program. May include a seventh half-day session on Equitable Environments that helps ensure volunteer programs are equity-infused and welcoming to all.
What is Volunteer Engagement Training Program?
Individual Consultations with HandsOn staff to advise those who are considering starting their own nonprofit
What is Consulting and Outsourcing or Consultant/Vendor Partners?