Inspire by Example
Join the Movement

National Volunteer Week was created in 1974 when President Richard Nixon signed an executive order to establish the week as an annual celebration of volunteering. And every year since that time, each U.S. President, along with many governors, mayors and other elected officials, have signed proclamations promoting National Volunteer Week.

This year National Volunteer Week (NVW) is from April 27 to May 3. This week is about engaging individuals in service, inspiring a nation to join a movement for change, and recognizing deserving volunteers with the President’s Volunteer Service Award and other meaningful signs of thanks. It’s about showing the nation that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community with all of us working together. NVW encourages individuals and communities to be at the center of social change discovering their power to make a difference!

Hands On Ogeechee uses this week as an opportunity to whet appetites for change through volunteerism in our Southeast Georgia communities and get people plugged in to service throughout the remainder of the year. National Volunteer Week reflects the power that volunteers have to lead by
example — volunteers both encourage those they help and motivate others to serve.

What You Can Do

Engage: Get Involved in Your Community
Find a project that's right for you from the HOT Projects page. Participate in projects as an individual or a group, share stories, engage volunteers, adopt neighborhoods, and inspire others.

Inspire: Share Your Story
Connect with communities around the nation and share your inspirational stories with those you know and others you don't on the Hands On Blog.