Volunteer Morgan Hill is now an Alliance Member of the Morgan Hill Community Foundation

We are pleased to announce that Volunteer Morgan Hill is now an Alliance Member of the Morgan Hill Community Foundation!

Founded as part of the Leadership Morgan Hill Class of 2009 project our new organization will continue to serve the needs of volunteers and service organizations in our community.

As an Alliance Member, Volunteer Morgan Hill will operate with a working board and is already working to repeat the success of last year's Volunteer Faire.   The new board is made up of class members from the Leadership Morgan Hill Class of 2009 and include:

Victor Gaxiola- President

Larry McElvain- Vice President

Cynthia Mann- Secretary

Janice Crosier- Treasurer

Jeff Dixon- Operations

The board held its first meeting this past week and will be working in March to outline the make up of the new organization and begin the process or organizing the needs for the upcoming Volunteer Faire in September 2010.  In addition, the board expect to build partnerships with local volunteer organizations and to further enhance the vision of volunteerism in our community.

For those of you that have an expressed an interest in getting involved and being part of our organization as we develop our strategy, please send an e-mail to volunteermorganhill@gmail.com.

Thank you,

Victor Gaxiola
President-Volunteer Morgan Hill

Editorial: Helping others is what brings a community together

Here is the link to the editorial posting in the Morgan Hill Times that mentioned our organization today.
Check it out!

Tis' the Season of Volunteerism

Great guest editorial to the Morgan Hill Times on the importance of volunteerism.
Check it our: Link

Disney Parks: Give A Day Get A Day!

Disney Parks wants you to volunteer!

Beginning JANUARY 1, 2010, when you sign up to volunteer a day of service with a participating organization and your service is completed and verified) you'll get a one day admission to a Walt Disney World® or Disneyland® theme park, FREE! Disney's goal is to inspire one million people to volunteer a day of service and this is a great way for them to do their part.

Details and eligibility can be found at the Disney Park website: Click Here

Not a bad deal. Volunteer a day and earn a ticket to the "Happiest place on Earth".

Presidents Call For Action

President Barack Obama joined with President George H. W. Bush to call on Americans to make service a part of their daily lives in an address to 2,000 service leaders gathered at the Points of Light Institute's Presidential Forum on Service at Texas A& M University on October 16.

Volunteer Day at UCLA

Volunteer Day at UCLA. As a proud Alumni of UCLA, I am proud to see that my Alma Mater is encouraging its students to volunteer in the community.

Graduation Video: The Class of 2009 Journey

Today, the Leadership Morgan Hill Class of 2009 graduated with a celebration of the entire class and our journey together. Below is the Graduation Video that captures the highlights of our time together.



It was a great ride!

Volunteer Faire Video

This video captures the energy, sights and sounds of our Volunteer Faire last week.
Thank you to all who participated and made it such a great day.

Servir.gov Launches

Today Serve.gov announced the launch of Servir.gov - the Spanish-language companion to Serve.gov. As the nation celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, this new website will make it easier for Spanish-speakers to find or organize volunteer projects in their communities. See the message below:

Morgan Hill Times: Volunteer Morgan Hill Faire a Big Hit!

The Morgan Hill Times on-line edition had a brief recap of the Volunteer Faire and our success. Anyone who was there could feel the energy from all the various organizations and volunteers. A working group of us are already meeting to determine how we can improve the event for next year and develop our organization.

For story: Click Here

Morgan Hill Delivers!

The results are in and Morgan Hill delivered! We had approximately 325 volunteers registered at our event. This means that 325 individuals raised their hand and then went out to visit with the various community non-profit organizations on hand at the faire. Mind you, not everyone who came to the faire registered, which means the number is likely to be much higher. From these 325+ registered volunteers, approximately 965 commitments to serve were made!!! Let me repeat that NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE!!! Which means that people signed up for multiple commitments.

This is the spirit we were looking for, this is the vision we had all along. However, we never imagined just how much and how far our volunteers would go. Morgan Hill- we CONGRATULATE you for raising your hand and hope to see you again next year.

To that end- Volunteer Morgan Hill is looking to recruit motivated individuals that would like to join us as we develop our organization and prepare for next year's event. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to VolunteerMorganHill@gmail.com

Thank you!

Live Oak High School Wins High School Challenge

With a total of 192 volunteer hours committed the Live Oak Acorns prevailed. Ann Sobrato High School came in second with 149 volunteer hours, Central High School with 32 hours, and Valley Christian with 6 volunteer hours.

Overall 379 volunteer hours were committed by our local high school students.

Thank you all for volunteering!

Volunteer Faire Photos

Photos from the Volunteer Faire have been posted on our Facebook Fan Page. To view, you can either become a fan by clicking the Fan Button on the right. Or see our two photo albums:

Volunteer Faire Banner Photos: Click Here
Volunteer Faire Photos: Click Here
Direct Link to Facebook Fan Page: Click Here

Volunteer Morgan Hill Live Update: 1pm

Live update 1pm- As we close up the 1st annual Volunteer Faire we are happy to report we have over 325 registered volunteers at our booth and more than that in commitments made to our community.

Thank you Morgan Hill for raising your hand and making a difference!

Volunteer Faire Live update (11am) Over 200 volunteers registered

As of 11am we have over 200 volunteers registered! Photos of the event so far...we are on till 1pm, so there is still time to join us and sign up! Follow our updates on Twitter- just to your right.