Media Room

Press Contact

Anne O'Neill
Vice President, Communications
Points of Light Institute
600 Means Street NW, Suite 210, Atlanta, Georgia 30318
T) 404.844.5360
aoneill@pointsoflight.org

Press Releases

• Press Release: HandsOn Network Awards Mini-Grants for 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance
• Press Release: HandsOn Network Announces First Innovation Hubs
• Press Release: HandsOn Network receives funding from UPS to support Gulf Region, mobilize Service Leaders and expand Internationally
• Press Release: Points of Light Institute's HandsOn Network brings volunteer opportunities to Starbucks Partners and Customers across the country
• Press Release: The Nation On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service 2011
• October 27, 2010: Tag, You're It! - HandsOn Network Launches Giant Game of Virtual Tag
• September 20, 2010: Points of Light Institute Commits Huge Volunteer Mobilization Effort to Clinton Global Initiative
• July 22, 2010: HandsOn Network Partners With Fidelity Investments® to Transform 11 Middle Schools Across the United States
• May 17, 2010: HandsOn Network Joins Monster's Keep America Working Tour
• Press Release: Points of Light Institute Honors Volunteer Leaders for Going the Extra Mile
• Press Release: Points of Light Institute "Celebrates People in Action" During National Volunteer Week 2010
• Press Release: National Service Agency Announces $2 Million To Engage Youth in Summer of Service
• Press Release: 'Give a Day, Get a Disney Day' Reaches Goal - 1 Million People Inspired to Volunteer in 2010 through the Disney Parks Program
• Press Release: Despite Economic Times, Family Volunteering on the Rise
• Press Release: Largest National Gathering on Volunteering and Service to be Held in New York City, June 28-30
• Press Release: HandsOn Network and the Corporation for National and Community Service Award $1 Million in Grant Funds to Help Answer the Call for Service
• Press Release: Millions of Americans Rally on Make A Difference Day 2009 - October 24.
• Press Release: Give a Day. Get a Disney Day.
• Press Release: University of Phoenix Partners with HandsOn Network to Provide Innovative Volunteer Leadership Training
• Media Advisory: Capitol Hill Screening of award-winning film, The Way We Get By
• Press Release: Operation Homefront and HandsOn Network affiliate Boston Cares honor those who serve with the help of the Maine Troop Greeters at the Boston premiere of the award-winning film, THE WAY WE GET BY
• Press Release: VOLUNTEERS, MILITARY FAMILIES CELEBRATED AT FILM PREMIERE
• Press Release: HandsOn Network and PGA TOUR
• OPINION: What Obama's call to national service needs - More volunteers won't help if nonprofits aren't ready for them
• President Barack Obama Signs Historic Volunteerism Act Into Law
• Volunteerism Surges with National Volunteer Week 2009
• HandsOn Network and the Corporation for National and Community Service award $1.2 million in grants to help answer the call for service
• HandsOn Network partners with Starbucks for service pledge
• AmeriCorps Alums chosen to march in Inaugural Parade and lead project for presidential committee
• Vice Chairman of GE, John Rice, Appointed Chair of HandsOn Network Corporate Council
• Michelle Nunn Named One of Non-Profit Times' 2008 Top 50 In Power & Influence
• Points of Light Institute is Instrumental in National Call for Service
• HandsOn Network participates with Delegate Service Day at the Democratic National Convention
• 2008 National Conference on Volunteering and Service News Release
• National Volunteer Week 2007
• Measuring the Impact of HandsOn Network: Full Report
• Measuring the Impact of HandsOn Network: Key Study Findings

In The News

• December 3, 2010: A New Effort Intends to Teach Kids of All Ages About Ways to Help Others
• December 3, 2010: Recruiting Families to Volunteer Can Help Overstretched Charities
• The Huffington Post: Tag -- A Game to Restore Idealism
• The Huffington Post: generationOn -- Empowering Kids to Better Their World
• Mayor Cory Booker says volunteerism is key to changing Newark
• Spurred by NY, 10 cities launch volunteer programs
• The Home Depot Foundation Donates $115,000 to Nashville Flood Cleanup and Rebuilding Efforts; Supports Red Cross Efforts Through Disaster Giving Program
• Year After Serve America Act Signed, We're Winning the Battle of Ideas
• Dorothy I. Height, founding matriarch of U.S. civil rights movement, dies at 98
• Independent Sector Announces New Estimate for Value of Volunteer Time
• ‘Give a Day, Get a Disney Day’ Program Reaches 600,000 Volunteer Sign-Ups – and Counting!
• Disney's free ticket program spurs more volunteering in Northeast Ohio
• Grant paves way for head of citywide volunteerism plan
• Disney offers free admission to 1 million volunteers
• King service day co-founder: Holiday 'has long way
• Julie Menin's Give and Take: Guest Blog by Silda Wall Spitzer
• How to make a difference on MLK Day
• Thousands volunteer sweat and spirit to honor MLK on Day of Service
• Fulfill King’s goal with a call for global service
• Strengthening Our Future (Huffington Post)
• A Day On, Not a Day Off
• How to Make A Difference on MLK Day
• You Only Need a Heart Full of Grace (Huffington Post)
• Year to Volunteer
• American Family Insurance Sponsors Clifford The Big Red Dog® BE BIG™ Campaign
• BobVila.com - Charity Blog Series Part Six - HandsOn Network
• Kids Show They Care Through Volunteering And Community Service
• 'Tis The Season For Kids And Families To Grow Involved! (Huffington Post)
• Starbucks, MSNBC Morning Joe and HandsOn Network's "Brewing Together Day of Service" Featured on Huffington Post
• Volunteerism Sparks Municipal Innovation and Recovery
• Premier Inc. Healthcare Employees Donate 4,000 Hours to Hands On Charlotte
• Starbucks Introduces Gold Coast Blend®: Morning Joe Edition to Encourage Community Involvement
• HandsOn Network President Amy Smith and Pittsburgh Cares Executive Director Daniel Horgan discuss economic impact of non-profit sector
• Michelle Nunn and Points of Light Featured in Inside Philanthropy blog
• New York Cares Executive Director featured in Huffington Post
• Volunteers gear up to "Make a Difference" across U.S.
• Hands On Atlanta Celebrates 20-Year Anniversary
• HandsOn Network rallies behind "The Way We Get By"
• Points of Light Institute CEO and HandsOn Network Co-Founder Michelle Nunn Featured in The NonProfit Times article
• POINTS OF LIGHT INSTITUTE CONTINUES PARTNERSHIP WITH L'OREAL PARIS FOR FOURTH ANNUAL WOMEN OF WORTH INITIATIVE
• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) launches Project "Make [responsibility] Count" with HandsOn New Orleans
• MSNBC features Chicago Cares - With Donations Down, Volunteers Step Up
• The Today Show features HandsOn Network and youth volunteerism
• Miami Herald - Take a lesson from these giving children
• New York Times Features Merger of Hands On Network and Points of Light
• Direct TV Hometown Heroes Host Joan Lunden honored during National Volunteer Week

Social Media

Main Entry: so·cial me·dia
Function: noun
1 : media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques
2 : the use of web-based technologies to transform and broadcast media monologues into social media dialogues
3 : the democratization of knowledge and information and transformation of people from content consumers to content producers