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May 14 – 21 is AmeriCorps Week! As HandsOn’s AmeriCorps VISTA member, I thought I would take this opportunity to share with you a little bit about my experience as an AmeriCorps member. But first, you might be wondering, “What is AmeriCorps?” Basically, it’s kind of like PeaceCorps, but in America. AmeriCorps members work in …

Exactly a year ago today was my first official day working with Community Connection. I don’t remember a single thing from that day because I’m fairly certain I was a frazzled mess. All of my other classmates were still relaxing or packing or moving or even job hunting! I was indeed  thankful for employment but secretly …

I love reading the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 emails because I always learn something new! Today’s email featured an article about creating infographics to represent your agency. One site, wordle.com, takes a set number of words either from imported text or from a website and organizes them in such a way to depict the frequency with …

So I’m going to be completely honest and admit that I have no idea what Cinco de Mayo is really celebrating. However, it’s a great excuse to have a par-tay! The Classic City Rollergirls are totally awesome if you ask me. I watched them for the first time this weekend in their match against Savannah …

For all of you at home, I wanted to send a taste of twilight. We’ve got the computrainers going, have awesome volunteers selling drinks and merchandise, we have the Canopy artists getting ready to perform And registration ready to start. Don’t miss out on the fun!

Look at this year’s Twilight staff shirts! such a fun design! So if you’re sitting at home bored this weekend, head downtown, volunteer a few hours, and snag a shirt!

In just 48 hours, the 32nd annual Athens Twilight event will have begun! I started my position as Program Director in May of 2010, but was asked (well, very strongly recommended) to help at the Twilight event last year so I would know what I was getting into. And boy am I glad I did. …

So I was going through my email this morning and came across one from Nonprofit Tech 2.0. Today’s article was about twenty fun, useful and random resources for nonprofits. I’m always up for new resources, especially anything that will make our work more simple or give us a better opportunity to promote HandsOn. Now, I’ll …

For each of the last 31 years, Athens has celebrated the Twilight cycling event at the end of April. This year’s event will be on April 29th and 30th with various activities throughout the weekend. There’s the Gambler race, the 5K, kids events, professional races, live music, vendors and more! So what’s the best way …

Did you know that April 15-17th is Global Youth Service Day? Okay, well, we are a little stumped as well as to why its name is just Global Youth Service DAY but it lasts three days. One person tweeted: Khaph: I love how a Day doesn’t last a day in the world of volunteering. Sometimes it’s …