Each your, our Hands On Central Texas program helps thousands of volunteers to give their time and invest in our community. In 2013, these volunteers gave a staggering 161,000 hours of time – that’s the equivalent of 18 years of non-stop, day-and-night volunteering!
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All told, our in-house team managed 10,000 volunteers during our Days of Caring (both Fall and Spring), MLK Day of Service and H-E-B’s Feast of Sharing. On top of that, handsoncentraltexas.org connected an additional 16,000 volunteers to meaningful opportunities in our community.
We also had to respond to a crisis in our community this year. The flooding in October 2013 left homes in ruin and many people unsure where to turn.
In the aftermath, volunteers were need to help clear houses, sort donations and more. We took the lead as part of our membership in Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster and coordinated 14,000 hours of volunteer work to help the Dove Springs recover.
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But 2013 was also the year that we saw even more growth in our exciting Volunteer Project 
Leadership program for middle school students – we expanded from one campus to three and helped 50 students learn how to lead volunteer projects, and they turned around and coordinated 183 volunteers over the year. It’s students like Niko at Webb Middle School who show us every day what it means to be a leader and inspire us to keep doing this work.
Of course, none of this would have been possible without YOU – the amazing volunteers, donors & supporters who give back to make Austin greater.
Thanks to YOU, Austin got 18 years of volunteering last year. That’s pretty great.
Haven’t had a chance to be involved yet? Volunteer at this year’s Spring Day of Caring and be part of the difference in 2014!