HandsOn - Battle Creek

Welcome to the NEW HandsOn Battle Creek website!

To start, we have just shifted the contents of the previous site.  Please take a moment to get a feel for the new menus.  Let us know what you think of the navigation, ease of use, text size/font... anything!  We'll be adding new content soon for those areas that are a little empty.  There will also be an opinion poll soon so you can give the new site a grade...

The Community Volunteer Awards were established 33 years ago to honor outstanding volunteers from across the community of Battle Creek.  This event is about thanking one of America’s most valuable assets - our volunteers - and calling the public’s attention to all that they do to improve our communities.  HandsOn Battle Creek hosts this recognition event during National Volunteer Week each year to honor area volunteers in the following categories:

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.