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HandsOn Shanghai wishes you a Happy Spring Festival

HandsOn ShanghaiDear Volunteers,

In the year 2011 2555 volunteers contributed 6606 hours of volunteer work in total. These number testify the love that every volunteer has given through different ways of volunteering with HandsOn Shanghai, e.g. at the children hospitals, elderly care centers, Sunshine Homes, CereCare Wellness Center, Qingcongquan Autism Center, migrant schools, etc.

No matter if you just attended one of our volunteer activities or you if you regularly participated, we want to thank each and every one of you and we hope that you could make some beautiful volunteering memories in 2011. Your efforts did not only give new hope to the beneficiaries, but they also inspired us, the staff of HandsOn Shanghai, for future activities and programs in 2012. Thanks again for your support. We wish everyone a very happy New Year!

Your HandsOn Shanghai team

Be the Change, Volunteer!

HandsOn Shanghai Green Party

On December 18th 2011 the HandsOn Shanghai Green Party was held. At four o’clock in the afternoon partners, volunteer team leaders and friends came to our volunteer center to celebrate with us. There were a lot of things for them to do. Everyone took crazy and imaginative pictures with silly and funny masks and hats in one of the rooms to have a great memory of this day. In another room they played board games. There were eleven board games in total and on every table people were squeezing together so that everyone could participate. In yet another room everyone could show how flexible their body is and play a round of twister or dancing. It was a lot of fun. Since we knew that everyone would become thirsty and hungry from all the activities and games, a delicious buffet in our pantry was provided.

Everyone was also able to further understand our programs in another room and enjoy hundreds of photos taken on various activities this year.

At six o’clock the official part of this evening started. In this part HandsOn Shanghai’s progress this year was introduced and awards were given to the characteristic volunteers and team leaders of 2011.

The party finished with a poem, performed by all HandsOn Shanghai staff.

 

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Join the HandsOn Team!

To accomplish the mission and goals that we have set for the community, HandsOn Shanghai looks to employ and incubate those who have a passion for an issues and the ability to manage the development of long term programs. We hire the best, and we expect the best, so if you are looking for an organization to develop a career with, a career whose mission is to benefit the community, then we invite you to review our current openings and send us your CV.

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Volunteering at the Shanghai Children's Hospital is Chicken Soul

Every time I went to Shanghai Children Hospital from the bustling city, I found the meaning of life because of loving.My first volunteer activity in CereCare Center six years ago is because of my friend's advice. I had not a deep feeling about volunteer and felt very sorry about could not be a volunteer all the time. But now I can share more experience after participating in music volunteer activities for one year. Generally the piano in the hospital lobby is just a furnishings if no volunteer play it. And you could not image how happy the children and their parents listen to the music.

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2011 Corporate Community Days

In an effort to further expand the impact that we have, and in an effort to develop further interest and capacity for volunteerism, HandsOn Shanghai will offer a series of corporate workshops that will provides the tools corporate managers need to develop partnerships, build projects, increase internal buy-in and capacity, and effectively monitor their projects in a way that supports the long term needs of the community.

The goals of the 2010 workshops will be to:

  1. Highlight the benefits (internal and external) of corporate volunteer programs
  2. Provide CSR managers an opportunity to learn about how to develop corporate volunteer programs and tools for managing and growing programs
  3. Provide participants with a site based experience

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New Program Announcement: Xinzhuang Elderly Center

Beginning in late 2010, HandsOn Shanghai and the Minhang District Government began a new program to benefit the Xinzhuang Elderly Care center. Built in 2009, the XinZhuang Town Elderly Care Center is new facility with 260 elderly residents (averaging 85 years old) who are supported by 88 care givers, yet loneliness, boredom and depression are still common issues.

It is a facility whose equipment and rooms offer a great space for volunteers to bring some joy, laughter and happiness, and we hope that you will join us during our next activity at the center.

To learn more about the center, click here to see the Xinzhuang Elderly Care Center profile, or click here to see when the next event will take place.

Be the Change! Volunteer!

New Volunteer Guide

Hands On offers a variety of projects and programs that you can participate in, and we hope that you will take this opportunity to get involved!

to learn how to get started see our New Volunteer's Guide and learn how to Be the Change! Volunteer!