Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Follow the Leader

Did you volunteer on MLK Day and make it a day ON instead of a day OFF?  Are you looking for the next volunteer project to participate in?  Look no further than Follow the Leader.  You can create your own volunteer project by using the project templates that show you how to put the project together step by step.  This is the perfect opportunity for all volunteer Project Leaders or those looking to step up into a leadership role in our community.

On January 18 the Follow the Leader website went live and Project Playbooks are now available for download.  Completing and reporting back on a project will earn you a shot at winning the Grand Prize: an all expense paid trip for two to the Philippines for a one week "Volunteer Vacation" coordinated by HandsOn Manila, that includes airfare, fees and six night's lodging!  There are also other great monthly prizes that include all expense paid trips and Apple i-Pads.

Click here for the Follow the Leader Toolkit to help you get geared up and ready to go!  We'd love to see a volunteer from southern Nevada win one of the awesome prizes.  If you've already attended Project Leader training and want to participate in Follow the Leader email Heather with your name, contact information and what Project Playbook you're looking to use and we can work with you to partner with a local organization that can help you lead your project.  You can also browse our list of current Partner Organizations and set up your own project with an organization that interests you.

So don't wait!  Don't hesitate!  Don't procrastinate!  Be a part of the action and see if you can win one of the monthly prizes or the grand prize!

01/21/11 - Update - Just to clarify United Way of Southern Nevada's Volunteer Center is not awarding any of the prizes listed with the Follow the Leader program or the Get HandsOn Challenge.  The Volunteer Center is an affiliate of the HandsOn Network and we wanted to share information about this program for volunteers to take advantage of if they are interested in participating.  The Volunteer Center has the resources to connect Project Leaders to organizations that may be interested in working with volunteers to complete projects in the Project Playbooks however we do not have any weight in the decisions towards who will win any of the prizes.  We'd love to see a volunteer from Nevada win one of the prizes.  If you do be sure you stop by and let us know you won!

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