About Us
VISION: Everyone volunteers in Douglas County
MISSION: The Volunteer Center of Douglas County
"Harvesting the Power of Volunteerism"
Volunteer Centers work through local partnerships and collaborations with businesses, law enforcement, grassroots groups, schools and community leaders to identify needs and mobilize volunteer response.
Neighbors do help neighbors. Every day they use their time and their gifts to keep their friends and families going. Many, especially those living in the country perhaps miles from community hubs, work hard to deal with the challenges of staying connected and/or accessing services. In the face of such obstacles, community residents look for the connections to vital resources that would improve their odds of succeeding.
There may be no better example of the spirit of getting involved and volunteering than the time-honored American tradition called barn-raising. From the earliest days of our country, neighbors would gather at a homestead and work together to build a barn in a single day. Neighbors lent a hand when they became aware of neighbors they could help. They took responsibility for one another. More than barns were built in the process. True bonds of community spirit were forged.
You might not think you have seen a good barn-raising lately, but they are happening around you all the time. The tools have changed and what gets built may not be a barn yet the spirit of volunteerism—of neighboring in its truest, sincerest form—is alive and well in cities, towns and rural communities everywhere.
We need your help to tap into that irrepressible volunteer spirit to address some of the most entrenched challenges in our communities. You can provide a renewed sense of hope and the means to build a better future for individuals and families by building on connections that arise from common goals, mutual respect, responsibility and ownership. We can make the connections for you to use your skills and talents to find collective solutions for strengthening families and building healthy and connected communities…its people.
We invite you to become part of this movement to build strong families and communities with volunteering and neighboring at its center. We hope that you will use this resource to enhance your work in communities and become a critical force in the movement to strengthen families and build family supportive environments.
We thank you in advance for the action you will take in response to this invitation.