Volunteer Center of United Way Northeast Florida

United Way of Northeast Florida is an affiliate of the Points of Light HandsOn Network. We are one of just 145 innovative volunteer-mobilizing organizations  world-wide that share a common mission, goals and approach. Points of Light’s network of volunteer action centers inspires, equips and mobilizes people to take action that changes the world. They put people at the center of change and connect them to their power to make a difference. Points of Light Affiliates connect volunteers to meaningful opportunities in communities across the country.

Shared Mission. Points of Light affiliate members share a common missions to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes the world. Together we mobilize volunteers and increase civic engagement, and as a result, build stronger and more resilient communities.

Shared Goal. Points of Light affiliate members share a common goal to promote and ensure more and better ways for people to engage in their communities.

Points of Light – the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service – mobilizes millions of people to take action and change the world. To bring the power of people where it’s needed most, we:

• Inspire people to become or continue volunteering
• Increase the impact of volunteer service
• Equip volunteers to solve specific problems
• Create a culture that encourages volunteerism

Community Wide Calendar – Our community calendar provides a diverse option of volunteer opportunities that are event based, episodic, on-going and even DIY (Do It Yourself) spanning various times, days of the week and issue areas.

Nonprofit Partnerships – A few ways in which we support our nonprofit partner members are through access to United Way's Volunteer Hub and its volunteer recruitment and management technology, opportunities for kit and item donations, and general support and consulting advice of United Way of Northeast Florida's Volunteer and Community Engagement team.