This year's edition of Hands On Charlotte Day will be held on Saturday, April 16th as part of our observation of (April 10-16), which has recognized our country’s volunteers for their vital contributions since 1974.
Hands On Charlotte Day has been the signature community service and fundraising event of Hands On Charlotte since our 1991 founding. Each year, hundreds of volunteers spend the day serving at several diverse projects across the city, ranging from sorting donated clothing and landscaping Charlotte schools to repairing nature trails.
PLEASE NOTE: You DO NOT have to be a Hands On Charlotte volunteer or go to an orientation session to participate in HOC Day. (We do hope that you'll join us as an HOC volunteer afterwards!)
PLEASE NOTE: You DO NOT have to be a Hands On Charlotte volunteer or go to an orientation session to participate in HOC Day. (We do hope that you'll join us as an HOC volunteer afterwards!)
This year, HOC Day volunteers can choose from the following family-friendly service projects (please note the various locations, and start and end times):
PROJECT: Family Volunteer Expo
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TIME: 10am-12pm
# VOLS: 100
MINIMUM AGE: 6
DESCRIPTION: Hands-on, family-friendly creative tasks to produce materials that benefit area nonprofit organizations (e.g., shopping bag jump ropes, paracord keychains, no-sew blankets, etc.)
PROJECT: Campus Beautification at MGLA
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TIME: 10am-12pm
# VOLS: 20
MINIMUM AGE: 12
DESCRIPTION: Landscaping and maintenance tasks around the school campus
PROJECT: Campus Beautification at East Mecklenburg High School
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TIME: 10am-12pm
# VOLS: 60
MINIMUM AGE: 12
DESCRIPTION: Landscaping and maintenance tasks around the school campus
PROJECT: Food Donation Sorting
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TIME: 9am-12pm
# VOLS: 30
MINIMUM AGE: 12
DESCRIPTION: Inspecting, sorting, labeling and processing food donations
PROJECT: Clothing Donation Sorting
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TIME: 9am-11am
# VOLS: 25
MINIMUM AGE: 10
DESCRIPTION: Inspecting, sorting and processing donations of clothing and household goods
PROJECT: Tool Warehouse Maintenance
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TIME: 10am-12pm
# VOLS: 20
MINIMUM AGE: 16
DESCRIPTION: Tool repair, organization and warehouse upkeep
PROJECT: Doghouse Assembly for
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TIME: 10am-12pm
# VOLS: 20
MINIMUM AGE: 18
DESCRIPTION: Building doghouses for use by a local dog rescue
PROJECT: Nature Center Trail and Facility Maintenance
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TIME: 9am-12pm
# VOLS: 15
MINIMUM AGE: 12
DESCRIPTION: Maintenance of nature trails and grounds at nature center for birds of prey
Following the morning projects, we invite all volunteers to join us for lunch at our post-project Celebration of Service (location to be determined), which will feature raffle drawings for some very nice prizes!
HOC DAY IS A FUNDRAISER!
Hands On Charlotte creates and manages thousands of service opportunities every year, and doing so requires money. That's why Hands On Charlotte Day volunteers are required to pay a fee in order to join in the event.
Registration Fees:
- $25 (plus nominal Eventbrite fee) for ages 18 and up
- $10 (plus nominal Eventbrite fee) for ages 17 and under
Each HOC Day participant will receive:
- One HOC Day T-shirt
- Lunch at the HOC Day Celebration of Service afterparty
- One raffle ticket, entered in afterparty drawings for prizes donated by several generous donors. Additional raffle tickets can be purchased at the event.
Click on any of the orange buttons to register, or visit our Eventbrite page at .
PIf you have any questions, please contact us at or .
We look forward to hearing from you, and to seeing you on April 16!
HANDS ON CHARLOTTE DAY 2016 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES