HandsOn - Battle Creek

HandsOn Battle Creek Book Drive for our

3rd quarter BarnRaising at New Level Sports

We are collecting books, books, and more books. We have a drive going currently where individuals who donate children’s books at the HandsOn office can be in the running to win one of two $25 gift certificates to Walmart. Walmart has generously donated a $75 dollar gift card to HandsOn for our BarnRaising.

Please stop by the HandsOn Office to donate your children's book for 8:00 am till 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

http://volunteer.truist.com/vcobc-2/user/events/one.tcl?event_id=10415737082

HandsOn Battle Creek is having its 3rd Annual BarnRaising on September 25th, at New Level Sports. Come and join the family fun and help build a Media Room and Library. The project will start at 9:00 a.m. and go to 12:00 p.m. food and T shirts will be provided. Click on the link above to register.

Volunteers needed for Spooky Science on October 23, 2010 at Kingman Museum follow link to sign up https://volunteer.truist.com/vcobc-2/user/events/one.tcl?event_id=10410022619

also check out Kingman Museum's web site at http://kingmanmuseum.org/news.cfm 

They are taking donations for the Haven of Rest and Inasmuch House. There is a drop box at HandsOn for Hygiene supplies. 

For more volunteer opportunities, click on the blue "Login" circle above and create a Username and Password to begin searching through our available opportunities. For more assistance, contact HandsOn staff at (269) 966-4189.

Nonprofits rely on your donations to effectively carry out their mission and programs.  If you have unwanted items, please take this time to donate them to a nonprofit.

Vision

HandsOn Battle Creek’s vision for the common good is:

• Actively engaged youth and adult volunteers
• Greater and effective utilization of volunteers by organizations
• Strengthened systems for individuals and organizations to easily connect to information and volunteering and to receive help.

Core Values

Inclusion, Respect, Innovation, and Stewardship

• We believe in and embrace the individual and collective desire and power of all people to make positive changes in the Greater Battle Creek community.
• We value and connect the innovation of thoughts and actions in understanding/defining community/ organizational needs, and in coordinating the resources to meet those needs.
• We practice wise stewardship of volunteerism in the Greater Battle Creek community.