Hello Friends!

We hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather! Spring is a season of renewal and growth, a time when the world awakens from its winter slumber and bursts forth with new life. Just like those spring perennials, we've learned that our community keeps growing, persisting, and renewing, with the help of volunteers like you!

Did you know that the week of April 21st is National Volunteer Week? This is a week of celebrating all the impacts *you*, our community's volunteers, have made! HandsOn celebrates this service and the impact that volunteers and nonprofts make each year with our Forsyth County Governor's Volunteer Service Awards breakfast. We hope you will join us for that celebration on May 7th--tickets and sponsorships are still available--and it's always one of the most feel-good events of the year!

Yours in service,

Victoria

Victoria Olmedo

VISTA Member

HandsOn NWNC

One Love Strong Foundation provides peer support during and after the event of preterm or urgent birth. Support for high-risk pregnant families and the NICU parents is a priority for One Love Strong Foundation. Click here to learn more about their vision and current volunteer opportunities!

In April, One Love Strong will be hosting an Community Baby Shower & Parenting Expo event on Saturday, April 13th @ 11:00 am at First Christian Church (Parking Lot) 2320 County Club Rd. Winston-Salem, NC 27104.

This event is for pregnant families, new families, and families with small-aged children. Parent/Families will come and learn about vital parental resources in the area.

If you are interested in volunteering, please go online and register. Otherwise, just come and help spread the word!

2024 Forsyth County Governor's Volunteer Service Awards!

HandsOn NWNC is excited to celebrate all of the amazing volunteers that help make our community a better place to live, work, and play! Our Forsyth County Governor's Volunteer Service Awards breakfast provides an opportunity to honor and celebrate all the work these "best of the best" volunteers have done throughout the year, providing them the chance to share their inspirational stories of service with others. We'll be honoring approximately 30 volunteers serving a wide variety of roles this year!

We expect more than 300 community volunteers, their families, and nonprofit and civic leaders to attend the breakfast on May, 7th at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Conference Center 3333 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, NC 27103. Breakfast will be served at 7:30 am and the program begins at 8:00am. Single tickets are available for $35 and individual table and event sponsorships start at just $300! It's a great way to show your support to wide variety of community issues with a single event. We hope to see you there!

ACAP Winston-Salem will offer its annual conference on Tuesday, April 16 in person at Highland Presbyterian Church Activity Building, 2381 Cloverdale Ave., Winston Salem. The conference theme is "Safely Staying Put: Aging in Place." Presentations begin at 5:30pm and the event ends at 7:45pm. The conference will help adult children understand the concept of aging in place and to assess their parents' homes for safety and accessibility concerns. Three experts will present: Vern Martell, a Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) Contractor along with Sara Migliarese, a faculty member in the Department of Physical Therapy, Winston-Salem State University, and Terry Chance, with Navigation at Home. The chapter offers a variety oof educational programs on the third Tuesday of each month at Highland Presbyterian Church Activity Building, 2381 Cloverdale Ave., Winston Salem.

For more information, or to register for this and other upcoming programs, visit their website!

Program Evaluation:



The nonprofit sector is increasingly under pressure to show meaningful results. This class will examine different evaluation models and lead you through the process of designing an approach to measure programs, create meaningful measures, collect and analyze data, generate a report, and communicate results to document impact, improve services, and support fundraising efforts.

Thursday, April 18th from 1pm to 4pm.

Find more information and register here.

Advocacy and Communication:

Nonprofits play an active role in shaping public policy. Learn successful advocacy strategies used to advance an organization's mission for the public good, how to measure the success of your advocacy, and how to address related legal, ethical, and tax issues.

Thursday, May 16th from 1-4 pm

Find more information and register here.

Grant Writing:

A practical course designed for those seeking to develop grant proposal writing skills. Participants will learn how to research funding sources and approach funders, and learn best practices for developing successful grant proposals and letters of inquiry.

Thursday, June 20th from 1-4 pm

Find more information and register here.

Be sure to visit GetConnected and our Facebook and Instagram every Monday for local volunteer opportunities! #MakeADifferenceMonday

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phone: 336.724.2866