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Kahiah Polidore 10/31/24 Kahiah Polidore 10/31/24

Powering the community forward with corporate impact

For 35 years, Hands On Atlanta has energized thousands of companies to make a difference in our community! This year alone, with 32 corporate activations and over 2,900 volunteers, we’ve partnered to meet Atlanta’s most pressing needs—packing 5,000+ meals, 4,000+ STEAM kits, 2,200 comfort kits, and beautifying three schools.

Check out some of the amazing projects we tackled together!

Cox enterprises

Site beautification

During their summit, 150 CEI Law and Policy Volunteers from Cox came together to beautify Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School. They completed landscaping, painting, room renovations, and built furniture for the students!

UPS

STEAM Kit Pack

During their Volunteer Townhall, 125 UPS volunteers helped to fight education inequality by assembling 240 STEAM kits to support the students at Fickett Elementary School. In addition to their projects, volunteers participated in a panel on the importance of volunteerism in the community!

Target

site beautification

Through this project, Target volunteers transformed Usher Collier Elementary through a fun filled beautification! Over 100 employees painted a mural, completed landscaping, and room transformations!

Delta air lines

Meals4Kids Pack

In collaboration with our Meals4Kids program, and in celebration of Juneteenth, 150 Delta employees unboxed and assembled 1,500 meals for children in need across Atlanta. This exciting project was joined by Para-Olympians, and partner schools all playing a crucial role in making a difference.

OneDigital

Steam & Care Pack

Through this project, 32 OneDigital interns assembled 400 STEAM and 400 Hygiene (CARE) kits. These kits were distributed between 5 non-profit partners: PAD, Peace On The Move, Just1 BMG, Milford Baptist Church, and Chosen Vessels.

From on-site, team building activations to neighborhood changing beautification projects, we mobilized 30+ teams to help tackle our city’s most pressing needs.

Activate Your Team in Service

Tim Adkins 1/21/19 Tim Adkins 1/21/19

Sunshine, Smiles and Service: A recipe for impact for the 2019 MLK Day of Service

The masses were out in full force for another big day of impact for the 2019 MLK Day of Service. Numbers are still trickling in, but about 2,000 volunteers served at 32 projects across metro Atlanta. Backed by a huge turnout from all 20 of our corporate sponsors, volunteers rolled up their sleeves and worked on a diverse and impactful series of projects at our partner nonprofits and schools.

At Truly Living Well 200 volunteers helped winterize fruit trees, composting, cleaned up a pond and more. Teammates from our title sponsor Coca-Cola were busy at sites like Blue Heron Nature Preserve, getting dirty, removing invasive plants along one of their trails, and with Keep North Fulton Beautiful by unloading and sorting donated goods and helping with customers. There was a pop-up letter writing station outside of The King Center, where visitors could join the Atlanta Legends by crafting encouraging messages to Atlanta Public School teachers.

Not all projects were outside (thankfully) and there was plenty of work to do at both schools and nonprofits. At Stoneview Elementary, volunteers from State Farm and the surrounding community teamed up for a school maker with a ton of paint projects throughout the school and with some brand new picnic tables in the courtyard. At Helping Mama’s, volunteers sorted diapers, ran inventory on donations and bundled clothing by season & size. At Frederick Douglass High School, 50 volunteers helped paint a huge mural (thanks to sponsors Mercedes Benz USA) that was created in partnership by some of Atlanta’s top muralists. At the Amani Women’s Center volunteers helped sort sewing supplies for the classes they teach to refugee women along with interior painting and a few other beautification projects to give the women a nice place to work and learn.

These are just a sampling of the impactful projects accomplished by volunteers today. We can’t thank the Atlanta community enough for showing up and serving for another huge MLK Day of Service! We’re also sending high fives to all of our corporate sponsors for making this massive day of service possible. To all of the project managers, our AmeriCorps members, all of the current and past Civic Fellows, every task leader and each member of our team at Hands On Atlanta - THANK YOU!

See more photos and learn about the impact our volunteers created across metro Atlanta on the 2019 MLK Day of Service on Twitter and Instagram! Did you volunteer? Share your service with us across social media by using #HandsOnMLKDay.

Take a look back at our 2019 Signature Sunday Supper presented by The Coca-Cola Company —>

Tim Adkins 11/1/18 Tim Adkins 11/1/18

Hands On Atlanta Holiday Helpers

Tis the season to give back and we’ve made it so easy, it's a holiday miracle! Hands On Atlanta is offering some fun and impactful holiday volunteer activations for our corporate partners at. We hope you and your company join us in impacting our city, celebrating the holidays with your team, and doing something good.

Tis the season to give back and we've made it so easy, it's a holiday miracle! Hands On Atlanta is offering up some fun and impactful holiday volunteer activations for our corporate partners. We hope you and your company join us in making a positive impact on our city, celebrating the holidays with your team in doing something good!

(We promise this will be a bigger hit than a tacky sweater contest.)

Listen to this week’s episode of The Weekly High 5 for a fun conversation about how your company can get involved in service and why it’s a no brainer for the holidays!

Here are some great ideas!

Host an Office Donation Drive
Students need winter coats and clothing, books and snacks leading up to the holidays. We can provide barrels and a list of specific items for your employees to donate, then deliver your donations to one of our partner schools.
Partner Up!
Roll up your sleeves and rally a team of up to 40 with a placement at one of our 100+ nonprofit partners.
Host a Literacy, Meal or Hygiene Kit Build
Put together kits with up to 100 members of your team! These are fun and fast moving projects to get your company into the holiday spirit
Strategic Reading Lesson with Students at a School
Work one on one with students at a selected partner school for a fun and engaging strategic reading lesson for up to 100 members of your team
Dream up something good!
Have an awesome idea for a custom corporate volunteer activation? Give us a call! We can dream up a perfect project together.