AmeriCorps: A national service program through which 40,000 people each year tackle community problems from disaster relief to tutoring
Corporation for National and Community Service: The Corporation for National and Community Service: Acts as a catalyst by providing strategic critical support to volunteer organizations that, in turn, deliver much-needed services to communities throughout the country; Promotes a healthy, vibrant non-profit volunteer sector that can deliver community services efficiency and effectively; Builds character and creates career and educational opportunities through the volunteer experience; Develops and cultivates knowledge that will enhance the overall success of volunteer and service programs; Cultivates the growth of a culture of citizenship and service in which contributing to your community becomes commonplace.
HandsOn Network: HandsOn Network is the leading business unit within the Points of Light Institute portfolio and the activating arm. It is the largest volunteer and citizen action network in the nation with over 360 action centers around the country, of which the HandsOn Mid-Willamette Valley is one.
Points of Light Institute: The Points of Light Institute supports a portfolio of branded business units that enable people a variety of ways to act upon their power to make a change. Points of Light Institute supports these efforts through incubation, back-office support services, sector thought leadership, and public policy development. The Institute also supports emerging new business units and entrepreneurial ventures through partnership, collaboration, and incubation that advance a variety of forms of civic engagement.
United Way of America: United Way of America is the national organization dedicated to leading the United Way movement. Local United Ways create long-lasting community change by addressing the underlying causes of the most significant local issues. Common focus areas include helping children and youth achieve their potential, promoting financial stability and independence, and improving people’s health. Our goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes of problems. It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future. So we bring together people from all across the community–government, business, faith groups, nonprofits, the labor movement, ordinary citizens–to tackle the issues. Because we all win when a child succeeds in school, when a family becomes financially stable, when people have good health.