For more than two decades, HandsOn Network has partnered with Points of Light to celebrate National Volunteer Week, providing visibility, thematic focus and resources to enable HandsOn Network affiliates to commemorate this signature week of volunteer recognition. For National Volunteer Week 2012, HandsOn Network recognized 10 outstanding affiliates with Daily Point of Light Awards for developing new models of service and civic engagement that are leading the volunteering and service sector. Honorees included:

• Boston Cares
• Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz
• Volunteer Center of Bergen County
• Hands On Greater Portland
• Seattle Works
• New York Cares
• Hands On Central Ohio
• HandsOn Twin Cities
• Chicago Cares
• Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin

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HandsOn Network is excited to provide a resource guide on how to recognize volunteers and equip organizations with the valuable tools needed for successful National Volunteer Week events.

If you have any questions about National Volunteer Week, please contact us at (404) 979-2731 or nvw@PointsOfLight.org.

Future National Volunteer Week Dates

• April 21 - 27, 2013
• April 6 – 13, 2014
• April 12 – 15, 2015
• April 10 – 17, 2016

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