Program Overview

Hands On New Orleans (HONO) is a non-profit organization that mobilizes volunteers in an effort to re-build and improve the city. Long-term volunteers gain significant leadership experience at HONO.  They leave feeling passionate about our cause and empowered as individuals.  With our formalized Volunteer Leader Program, we provide volunteers with the tools and education they need to harness that energy and spirit for change.  Our hope is that every volunteer who goes through our program will return to their own community and their own causes – equipped to lead others in bringing about significant changes through volunteerism.

We want to be a place that not only funnels passionate energy into the rebuilding of our city, but every three months, sends six leaders back to their respective homes, who are equipped and ready to spread that spirit throughout our city and to spread a volunteer movement throughout the nation.

Our Goal

Volunteer Leaders at Hands On New Orleans are crucial to our operations.  They act as the on-site supervisors for all of our projects.  They lead teams of weekly volunteers out in the field:  rebuilding homes, clearing lots, building playgrounds, assisting at a local animal shelter, and even running a library at a local school.  Likewise, they are the leaders of our volunteer community back at base.  They lead community meetings, help to enforce community rules, and help to keep our bunkhouse clean through daily chores.

While our volunteer leaders are already gaining significant leadership experience, we hope that through our Volunteer Leader Program, we can better equip them to utilize those skills throughout their lives.

How Do I Apply?

To learn more about our Leadership Program, or to fill out an Application, check out the links above!

Current Volunteer Leaders' Blog

Check out recent blog entries from our active Volunteer Leaders at: http://vlhono.blogspot.com/