HandsOn Greater Phoenix

Pizza + Purpose = Perfect Combo!🍕
Join us for monthly pizza-making volunteer shifts at St. Vincent de Paul on June 26th, roll up your sleeves, have fun, and make a difference.
👉 Sign up now at: https://www.handsonphoenix.org/opportunity/a0CUi00006H6JVMMA3/pizza-making-with-st-vincent-de-paul

Great day partnering with Target for Bullseye Builds. Proud to partner on these efforts that help create more connected, functional and welcoming community spaces for our families to enjoy!
Team Targetflight

📢 HandsOn Greater Phoenix is hiring an Office Manager!

In this role, you’ll manage daily bookkeeping, nurture team culture, and provide operational support to ensure thousands of volunteers can make a meaningful impact in our community.

Want to use your skills to make a difference? Apply today!

📌 Find more info & apply at https://www.handsonphoenix.org/joinourteam

Give it up for Jamahl! 👏 👏 👏

Today, Jamahl completes his AmeriCorps VISTA year of service with the City of Phoenix’s Office of Innovation. Working as an Innovation Associate, Jamahl spent the past year supporting innovation projects that improve city services and foster a better quality of life for Phoenix residents.

Jamahl’s favorite part of his VISTA term was interacting with the local community. Whether at an outreach event for the innovation department, or volunteering during his time off, the investment he made in Phoenix allowed him to grow as an individual. 🌟

Jamahl will continue working for the City of Phoenix as a temporary worker! We thank Jamahl for all his hard work over the past year, and wish him all the best in his new role. 💙

As National Volunteer Week comes to an end, we are recognizing our wonderful office volunteer, Judi! 🌟

Judi is one of those kind-hearted humans you can’t help but instantly adore. She has many hobbies and grandbabies to love on, but she always makes time to support our work at HandsOn! We love having her in the office every Wednesday to help us prepare kitted projects, organize our supply closets, and support with miscellaneous tasks.

Thank you, Judi, for always brightening our Wednesdays with a smile and a colorful outfit! We appreciate all you do to support our team and our mission. 🩵

Next up, we are shining a light on two incredible members of the HandsOn family, Dan and Kim Owens.

Dan and Kim are near and dear to our hearts because they are a real life HandsOn love story! ❤️ They met in 2004 at HandsOn’s Read to Me project at UMOM New Day Centers. Kim shared their story in her own words:

“The program grew so quickly at UMOM that we needed a lot of volunteers—about 100 each week—so we set out to build a “village.” What started as simple email updates turned into dinners after sessions, then salsa nights, concerts, and holiday gatherings—just ways to bring people together.

Before long, there were really only two kinds of volunteers: friends and family… and those who would become both. Serving side by side created a special bond. Dan became one of our regular “core” volunteers, and somewhere along the way, our friendship turned into something more. He proposed at Read to Me in 2006—with flowers colored by the kids—and we were married the following June. We kept coming back, volunteering together each week.

A few years later, our world shifted when we learned our time with our daughter Zoey would be limited. We stepped away from everything—but the same village we helped build showed up for us in ways we’ll never forget.

After Zoey’s passing, we eventually found our way back to volunteering. Today, we serve as a family with our kids. Our annual event, Zoey’s Day, honors her life and celebrates that same village spirit. It’s our way of showing our children—and ourselves—the power of community, and what it means to be part of something bigger than just ourselves.”

HandsOn is honored to help plan Zoey’s Day each year. We sincerely thank Dan and Kim for embodying the spirit of service and instilling the value of volunteerism into the next generation. We appreciate you!🫶🏼

Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🌱

Today we are shouting out one of our AMAZING corporate partners, American Express!

This past weekend, a group of 38 AMEX employees and their families made improvements to St. Vincent de Paul’s Rob and Melani Walton Farm in honor of Earth Day. Volunteers stained fence pickets & picnic tables, prepared coffee sacks for potato starters, and planted 200 chile plants! 🌶️

HandsOn extends our heartfelt gratitude to AMEX for their continued commitment to social responsibility. We love joining forces with them to make an impact in our community! 💚