Make A Difference Day is an annual volunteer event held every 4th Saturday of October. Over 1200 volunteers including groups, families, children, teens and adults are involved in several different volunteer projects through out McKinney and surrounding areas. This is a great opportunity for McKinney citizens to give back to their community. Recent projects have included landscaping, home repair projects, hosting a party for nursing homes residents, making tray favors for Meals on Wheels, food collection for the local food pantry and much more.

Take a Hike! For Your Community, The second annual Take A Hike! for your community is scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2010. This unique collaborative, community fundraiser is hosted by Volunteer McKinney Center and the Heard Natural Science Museum. Over twenty different organizations are expected to participate in this year's event held at the Heard Natural Science Museum. Weather permitting, over a 1,000 hikers are anticipated to hike the trails for their favorite organization! [Read More]

The 9th annual Volunteer Recognition Celebration - A Matter of the Heart is scheduled for 6 PM, Thursday, April 22nd at McKinney Christian Academy.  Come join us in celebrating those individuals and groups who have made a real difference in our community.  To nominate a volunteer for one of the many awards, please click here to download a 2010 nomination form.  Invitations to this event will be mailed in March.

Get Connected - Volunteers and those who work with volunteers can get connected through several networking programs available through the Volunteer McKinney Center. If you work directly with volunteers and would like to network with others that do the same, attend the Coffee Table Talk. If you are in the leadership role at your organization, visit our Leadership Lunch.

H.E.A.R.T.H. - (Hearts Energized And Ready To Help) is a new volunteer driven home rehab program that has been developed by the City of McKinney and Volunteer McKinney Center. The City of McKinney receives federal money for their Block Grant program to assist needy homeowners in their home repairs. Because of federal guidelines and limited funds, not all applications will be accepted. Volunteer McKinney Center will facilitate matching volunteer groups willing and able to help with all or some of the repairs. The projects will be listed on our online volunteer match program.