The purpose of Hands On! The Hudson Valley is to support over 300 local non-profit agencies in the Hudson Valley with volunteer assistance. To this end we promote volunteerism through our web-site, community presentations, community partnerships and work with local media. Once recruited, volunteers are interviewed to establish their interests and matched with a local non-profits in need of service. A secondary purpose of Hands On! is to administer programs that include a volunteer component, namely the Ombudsman Program which recruits, trains, places and supervises volunteers to serve as advocates in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Enriched Housing Facilities and Family Type Homes.