What is Volunteer Owensboro?
We connect the great people of our community to the great nonprofits that serve it.
How do we do that? Education - Inspiration - Connection
⁃ A website that list over 70 places to volunteer
⁃ Group Volunteering
⁃ Public Service Announcement (PSAs) for local radio stations
⁃ Project Volunteer TV series that broadcast nation wide
⁃ Volunteer Owensboro radio interviews on Cromwell Media and Panther Radio
⁃ Promotional Videos for nonprofits
⁃ Club Volunteer
⁃ Social Media post and live streaming to promote events and volunteering needs
⁃ Monthly Newsletter
All of this is free to the community and the nonprofits that serve it. We save our nonprofit partners thousands of dollars each year in promotion and help provide much needed volunteers.
How do we do this?
Your donation and sponsors help us to help them.
Venmo @volunteerowensboro
PayPal volunteerowensboro@gmail.com
Mail check to: Volunteer Owensboro PO Box 250 Philpot KY 42366
Please consider making a tax deductible donation to Volunteer Owensboro today so we can continue all of our free services we offer to our local non-profits and our community.
We connect the great people of our community to the great nonprofits that serve it.
How do we do that? Education - Inspiration - Connection
⁃ A website that list over 70 places to volunteer
⁃ Group Volunteering
⁃ Public Service Announcement (PSAs) for local radio stations
⁃ Project Volunteer TV series that broadcast nation wide
⁃ Volunteer Owensboro radio interviews on Cromwell Media and Panther Radio
⁃ Promotional Videos for nonprofits
⁃ Club Volunteer
⁃ Social Media post and live streaming to promote events and volunteering needs
⁃ Monthly Newsletter
All of this is free to the community and the nonprofits that serve it. We save our nonprofit partners thousands of dollars each year in promotion and help provide much needed volunteers.
How do we do this?
Your donation and sponsors help us to help them.
Venmo @volunteerowensboro
PayPal volunteerowensboro@gmail.com
Mail check to: Volunteer Owensboro PO Box 250 Philpot KY 42366
Please consider making a tax deductible donation to Volunteer Owensboro today so we can continue all of our free services we offer to our local non-profits and our community.
Volunteer Owensboro developed this website and service to draw attention to the MANY needs in our area in terms of Volunteerism. There are so many outstanding organizations in our community that do so much good, and those organizations rely on volunteers (like you) to be the vehicle of that “good” work. We support many of these non-profits with free services, such as promo videos, PSA's, group volunteers, and TV and radio promotions. We are also focused on creating and implementing various programs that help identify needs and encourage engagement.
Who We Are
A group of local Christians who see a need in the community for connecting people with volunteer opportunities. We believe people would more readily to give of their time, if they knew what and how to do it. Oftentimes, a gap exists between needs and the general public’s awareness of those needs. Through educational outreach programs, public awareness campaigns, and local events we are confident this gap can be closed.
Mission statement
Inspiring volunteerism by promoting the visibility and creating awareness of non-profits.
Vision statement
Create a future where volunteer service is a core value for all those that can serve.
Mission statement
Inspiring volunteerism by promoting the visibility and creating awareness of non-profits.
Vision statement
Create a future where volunteer service is a core value for all those that can serve.
What We Do |
Connect people with volunteer opportunities. Through community outreach, events, and education awareness programs such as public service announcements, contests, marketing and more, we partner with non-profit organizations to help get the word out to the community about those in need and volunteering opportunities. We also provide free assistance to local 501c3 non-profits that help people in need. Our services include; video promotion, PSA’s, jingles, live music and sound for events, marketing and promotion, etc.
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About This Website |
Our goal is to provide quick, easy access to information about local area organizations and their needs. For those wishing to get involved, Volunteer Owensboro is the one-stop source for getting connected. This website lists various Owensboro area non-profit organizations who's main purpose is to help people in need. Anyone wishing to volunteer can connect with a need of a local organization.
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Our Story and Mission - from Co-Founder Randy Lanham
In 2007, Wayne Morris and I started to volunteer at different non-profits in the area with our musical abilities, and one of those was Hospice of Western KY. We often went in to nursing homes; visited patients of Hospice, and offered to play music for them. During one of the first visits we made, we walked into the room of a lady who was on our list of patients to visit.
The lady was laying on the bead with a blank stair at the wall. We humbly introduced ourselves and ask if she would like to hear some music, but there was no reply. There also happened to be a janitor in the room cleaning, and she was quick to let us know that “She has not responded to anyone or anything in weeks”. As I turned to walk out the door, Wayne said “No Randy let’s don’t leave, lets play a few songs”. I thought he was crazy, but I went along with him just the same. As we started to play Amazing Grace for our first song, the lady started to come around and started looking up at us. As we sang throughout the song, she slowly sat up in her bead and started to sing along with us. By the end of the song, she was singing every word with perfect pitch.
When we finished the song, I asked her through teary eye’s if she would like to hear more, and she said “Yes, I would love that”. We ended up playing several songs as she sang along and cried while she held my hand.
That was a moment that ROCKED my world. I really felt God using me in a great way and that I was His instrument for a moment. From that day, God started opening my eye’s to many of the needs in the world, especially right here in our own community. I felt him telling me that there are a lot of great people that could do a lot of good, but they are not getting connected to where they are needed. That’s when we started Help Someone Inc. The mission was simple: “Connect people with opportunities where they can serve”. God has given us the privilege to serve him by helping others in need and it is our hope to connect people who are willing to serve to the needs that exist.
~ Randy Lanham – Founder, Helpsomeone.us
The lady was laying on the bead with a blank stair at the wall. We humbly introduced ourselves and ask if she would like to hear some music, but there was no reply. There also happened to be a janitor in the room cleaning, and she was quick to let us know that “She has not responded to anyone or anything in weeks”. As I turned to walk out the door, Wayne said “No Randy let’s don’t leave, lets play a few songs”. I thought he was crazy, but I went along with him just the same. As we started to play Amazing Grace for our first song, the lady started to come around and started looking up at us. As we sang throughout the song, she slowly sat up in her bead and started to sing along with us. By the end of the song, she was singing every word with perfect pitch.
When we finished the song, I asked her through teary eye’s if she would like to hear more, and she said “Yes, I would love that”. We ended up playing several songs as she sang along and cried while she held my hand.
That was a moment that ROCKED my world. I really felt God using me in a great way and that I was His instrument for a moment. From that day, God started opening my eye’s to many of the needs in the world, especially right here in our own community. I felt him telling me that there are a lot of great people that could do a lot of good, but they are not getting connected to where they are needed. That’s when we started Help Someone Inc. The mission was simple: “Connect people with opportunities where they can serve”. God has given us the privilege to serve him by helping others in need and it is our hope to connect people who are willing to serve to the needs that exist.
~ Randy Lanham – Founder, Helpsomeone.us
Our Board of Directors
Randy Lanham - Executive Director
Officers
Teresa Wills - President
Chris Joslin - Vic-President
Erica Wade - Secretary
Todd Thompson - Treasurer
Daniel White - Board
Steve Boling - Board
Steve Wills - Board
Officers
Teresa Wills - President
Chris Joslin - Vic-President
Erica Wade - Secretary
Todd Thompson - Treasurer
Daniel White - Board
Steve Boling - Board
Steve Wills - Board