THE CITIZEN BLOG
THE CITIZEN BLOG
Virtually Volunteer with Atlanta Habitat
Learn how you can virtually volunteer with Atlanta Habitat and support their build operations and homebuyers remotely.
Girl Power
Today’s girls face very real and profound issues as they navigate gender, economic and social barriers. But Girls Inc. is working to ensure positive outcomes for all girls – like increasing their graduation rate, helping them solve real-life problems and inspiring them to get involved in their communities – and Cox has committed itself to the cause.
Raising the Bar | These Baristas Serve More than Coffee
Over the course of the Starbucks Service Fellows’ six-month term with us, Julie and Maya, managed 10 food pantries that were selected by the Food Bank. Specifically, the Starbucks Service Fellows providing one-on-one support to the food pantries including training on volunteer management best practices and our volunteer management software; helping them write volunteer role descriptions, and volunteering at their facilities.
Blue Heron receives Five Star grant for urban wetlands restoration
The Blue Heron Nature Preserve recently received a $30,000 Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) for urban wetlands restoration. The total conservation impact of the grant will be $71,000 including Blue Heron’s restoration partnership contributions.
Serve your neighbor being affected by the shutdown
The Atlanta Community Food Bank is proactively working to support impacted federal employees and contractors. We may see many more in the coming days if this shutdown continues. If you or someone you know is met with the new challenge of putting food on the table during the shutdown, please visit our Government Shutdown relief page to find help.
New Partnership Brings Online, On-Demand Volunteering to Atlanta
Hands On Atlanta and CareerVillage.org announce a new partnership at the Points of Light Service Unites 2018 Conference.
Always looking to innovate and lead where volunteers can better serve the Atlanta community, we're excited to announce an impactful new way to help youth excel in college and career through CareerVillage.org, an online, on-demand volunteer platform.