HOT Projects
Pelican Harbor Clean-Up
Come out for a fun-filled beach clean up day! Volunteers ride out in a boat to Pelican Harbor to clean up our beautiful bays and beaches. Family-friendly: minimum age with an adult is 8. (25-30 volunteers) (project #28)
Neighborhood: Little Havana
Date & Time: Saturday, July 28th · 9:00am-12:00pm
VL: Rob Hellestrae 305-613-8414 (cell) robhelle@hotmail.com
Nails at HHSB
The Hebrew Home of South Beach seniors enjoy our visit. Volunteers provide simple manicures and great conversation. This project is perfect for first time volunteers. Experienced volunteers are also welcome! Family-friendly: minimum age with an adult is 11. Spanish-speaking volunteers especially welcome. (3-6 volunteers) (project #39)
Neighborhood: South Beach
Date & Time: Saturday, July 28th · 1:30pm-3:00pm
VL: Juliana Fernandes 786-281-9645 (cell) julianadearancibia@hotmail.com
Here's Hope!
Hands on Miami's Flexible Program is excited to introduce a new project.
Free on a Wednesday night? Play games and enjoy after dinner refreshments with the residents of Here's Hope at the Salvation Army. Here's Hope serves clients living with HIV/AIDS. Volunteers MUST be 21 years and older.
For more information, or to sign up, contact Trusha Patel at trusha@handsonmiami.org or 305-646-7462 or visit or website .
Hands On Miami is looking for new Volunteer Leaders!
The following Flexible Program projects are in need of Volunteer Leaders. If interested or for more information, please contact Cristin Forrest at cristin@handsonmiami.org or 305-646-7204.
Community Threads
Grab your knitter looms and join us in making hats for individuals undergoing cancer treatment at The Wellness Community in Greater Miami. The Wellness Community provides free psychological and emotional support for people with cancer and their families. Experienced and non-skilled knitters are welcomed to participate-no experience needed! Volunteers must bring their own needles, looms, cotton yarn. This project is open to active and pending volunteers. Family-friendly: minimum age with an adult is 16. (8- 10 volunteers)
Monkey Business
Help prepare meals and enrichment items for the primates of the DuMond Conservancy. After the project, volunteers enjoy free admission at Monkey Jungle! Family-friendly: minimum age with an adult is 12.
Citizen Academy
Teamworks Great Decisions
Hands On Miami is participating as the only Great Decision group in South Florida. Join us for our sixth official Great Decisions TeamWorks' discussion group session. We will discuss SOUTH AFRICA as well as watch the interactive Great Decisions DVD. This session will also include a powerful topic discussion as well as brief highlights for our upcoming season of discussions. Please contact Lisa Elson 305-646-7293 (w) Lisa@HandsOnMiami.org for more information on the Great Decisions discussion. Please register in advance in order to have your Great Decision book as well food and beverage accommodated to you.
Free Conscious Cinema Film Screening: When the Leeves Broke
As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Like many who watched the unfolding drama on television news, director Spike Lee was shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery effort. Lee was moved to document this modern American tragedy, a morality play witnessed by people all around the world. The result is WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS. The film is structured in four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that preceded and followed Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans.
Following the film on each night will be a hurricane preparedness course.
This is a Family-Friendly event with a minimum age with an adult being 13. PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE.
Thursday, July 26th Parts III & IV
TIME: 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Española Way
For more information please contact Lisa Elson at Lisa@HandsOnMiami.org; 305-646-7293
The Nuts and Bolts of Effective Board Leadership Training
Hands On Miami, in partnership with United Way of Miami-Dade's Young Leaders Society, is presenting a seminar series for people wishing to acquire or enhance skills to serve on boards of non-profit organizations. Participants will hear from local experts on a variety of topics, including the roles and responsibilities of non-profit board members, legal and ethical considerations, fiscal management, fundraising, human resources, public relations, marketing, and demographics and delivery of services in Miami-Dade County.
The 3-part seminar will be held on the following Saturdays: August 4th, 11th, and 18th from 8:15am to 1:00pm.
The cost is $125 per person. The cost is $75 for Hands On Miami volunteers that have attended an orientation, United Way Young Leaders, and Leadership Miami Alumni. For more information or to sign up, visit our website.
Housing Needed!
Hands On Miami is excited to welcome a new class of AmeriCorps members (our domestic Peace Corps) for the 2007-2008 service year. These dedicated individuals will help HOM further our goals of recruiting new volunteers, expanding our projects and making a difference in your community.
We have a few members that will need housing for the year, from August/September 2007 to August 2008. AmeriCorps members receive a yearly stipend of less than $20,000.
If you have an apartment, room or cottage to rent for a reasonable price, please contact Becky Custer, AmeriCorps Manager, at becky@handsonmiami.org. Please provide information on the location, details of the space and the asking rental price.
Be The Change by Lending A Hand!
Interested in making a significant change in one of Miami-Dade county's schools, parks, or community centers? Don't mind having fun getting dirty, working hard, meeting new people from your community all while making a difference? Then register to be a Hands On Miami Day Site Manager or Project Coordinator and make a difference in YOUR community this November 3rd!
Hands On Miami Day is a fun, exciting day where over 3,600 volunteers paint, plant, and revitalize over 20+ agencies and schools while raising critical funds to support Hands On Miami, Miami-Dade County's leading volunteer organization. HOM needs volunteers to serve as Site Managers and Project Coordinators for HOM Day 2007. For more information, please contact Tessie Alvarez at Tessie@HandsOnMiami.org. Trainings will take place in late August.
Saturday Sidekicks
Saturday Sidekicks, a new volunteer opportunity offered by Hands On Miami in partnership with Community Habilitation Center of Miami, Inc. To introduce Saturday Sidekicks join HOM and CHC staff at the Meet & Greet. Breakfast will be provided!
Community Habilitation Center (CHC) provides support and encouragement to adult individuals with developmental disabilities.
When: Saturday, July 28th 2007 11:00am to 12:00pm
RSVP: Contact Cristin Forrest at Cristin@handsonmiami.org or sign up online at www.handsonmiami.org, project name Saturday Sidekicks Kick Off!
Special Volunteer Opportunities
PLEASE NOTE: These are not Hands On Miami volunteer projects. You will not receive volunteer hours from Hands On Miami.
Coconut Grove Arts Festival
Volunteers are needed to staff the Coconut Grove Arts Festival® on February 16, 17 and 18, 2008. The Grove Arts Festival is the largest arts festival in the United States and is now in its 45th year. The 2008 Festival is expected to draw more than one million visitors for three days of fine art, food, festivities, and most of all, fun! Volunteers for the Coconut Grove Arts Festival® are from many different backgrounds including students, staff and faculty of schools and colleges, young professionals, retired persons, community groups and arts organizations. It¹s a great event for couples and individuals to meet new people. No specific experience is necessary only enthusiasm!
Please visit our website at www.coconutgroveartsfestival.org and click on Volunteer for our online application! If you have any questions, feel free to call 305-447-0401 ext. 28 or email them to volunteer@coconutgroveartsfest.com. Our application deadline for volunteering is in December so apply today!
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care
VITAS Innovative Hospice Care needs Volunteers for friendly visits to patients and families in Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Private homes. Any day ,any time including evenings and weekends. Contact Cathy Agosti, Manager Voluinteer Services, Miami- Dade Program at 305-576-9333 ext 2752 for training details. Volunteers are also needed for:Pet Therapy,Music Therapy,Massage Therapy,Telephone Friend, or Knitters/Crocheters.
Contact Information
email: info@handsonmiami.org
phone: 305-646-7200
web: http://www.handsonmiami.org
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