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Hot Projects: Week of Nov. 12
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Pajama Program, Society of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership and more!
Discovery @ Brookview Elementary
Saturday, December 1 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (East Point)
The Hands On Atlanta Discovery program is a volunteer-led Saturday tutoring and enrichment program. The program reinforces weekday learning through academic assistance, educational games, field trips, service-learning projects, and other enrichment activities. Students are engaged in a variety of subjects depending on the needs of their particular schools. Our goal is to have a one-on-one volunteer to student ratio, allowing for individualized attention and the building of relationships between students and volunteers.
Share A Story With A Child
Wednesday November 28 From 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Glenwood Park, Atlanta)
At Pajama Program, we promote a comforting bedtime routine for children affected by instability to help them thrive. At the Atlanta Reading Center, our programming focuses on shared reading between a child and an adult volunteer. Reading Buddies are paired with school age children during our one hour Reading Party to do shared reading. During shared reading, Reading Buddies may read between 1 and 4 books and engage in conversations that inspire creativity. Afterwards, children will select a book to take home with the help of their Reading Buddy.
Talk with me Baby @ Work: Facilitator Orientation and Training
Thursday November 29 From 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Westside Atlanta)
Talk With Me Baby @ Work is a program created through a partnership between GEEARS: The Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students and the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School that provides parents and caregivers of young children, as well as expecting parents, with tools and strategies to support early brain and language development. Volunteers will learn how to facilitate courses at local businesses to train parents and caregivers of ages birth through 5 or expecting parents on techniques to improve the outcomes of reading scores by the third grade.
Clark Howard's Christmas Kids: Warehouse Volunteer
Friday November 30 with shifts From 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (East Point)
For 26 years, Clark Howard has been providing Christmas gifts to foster children in the state of Georgia. St. Vincent de Paul Georgia, along with WSB TV/Talk Radio, the Georgia Department of Human Services, and Walmart, work with Clark to insure that every child has gifts to open on Christmas morning. We need energetic volunteer leaders to help support the volunteer director by providing structure and direction for volunteers. Volunteers will load and unload trucks containing gifts, sort and bag the gifts for the child, label gifts by county and nsure each child receives the correct gifts.
Atlanta BeltLine Eastside 10k 2018
Wednesday November 21 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (South Fulton)
The Atlanta BeltLine is sparking a fun culture of health, activity, and community in Atlanta. By providing parks, trails, transit and affordable in-town living – and by partnering with like-minded organizations – the Atlanta BeltLine is creating unique opportunities for healthier, more sustainable living in Atlanta Now in its 8th year, the 2018 Atlanta BeltLine Run.Walk.Go! Race Series is the perfect chance to explore various trail segments and stay active. Volunteers will help with set up and clean up, handing out water, shirts, check-in and various other race day needs.
Hot Projects: Week of Nov. 5
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Helping Mamas, Grant Park Conservancy, InCommunity and more!
Discovery Program @ Panola Way
Saturday November 10 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Lithonia)
The Hands On Atlanta Discovery program is a volunteer-led Saturday tutoring and enrichment program. The program reinforces weekday learning through academic assistance, educational games, field trips, service-learning projects, and other enrichment activities. Students are engaged in a variety of subjects depending on the needs of their particular schools. Our goal is to have a one-on-one volunteer to student ratio, allowing for individualized attention and the building of relationships between students and volunteers.
Helping Mamas Big Move!
Wednesday November 14 From 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (Snellville)
Helping Mamas connects helping mamas to mamas needing help by connecting agencies that serve families in need with baby supplies. We serve 50 partner organizations and served over 6,000 children. Helping Mamas is growing and serving more families in need and are moving into a bigger space. Come out and help pack and move into a new space.
Project GRANT canopy care
Saturday November 17 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Grant Park)
Project GRANT (Greenspace Restoration and Neighborhood Teamwork) convenes monthly in the park for work sessions. These sessions will tackle labor-intensive projects throughout the park including invasive plant removal, tree canopy care, trash pick up, and special projects. Thanks for helping take care of Atlanta's historic Grant Park - we look forward to seeing you!
Thanksgiving Dinner With the Community
Saturday November 21 with shifts From 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM (NW Atlanta)
Thanksgiving Dinner With the Community is for those who need a meal, and for those who would like to share a meal. We will serve those who are homeless, living in hotels with children, seniors living alone, and men & women who reside in ex-offender re-entry programs. This meal is for the “Haves and the Have-nots”. All volunteers are asked to sit and eat and spend time with our guests, in addition to their volunteer assignment. We will also have clothing, medical screenings, haircuts, manicures, and a safe, fun space for children.
hanksgiving Art and Food With Adult Day Program
Wednesday November 21 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (South Fulton)
InCommunity partners to enrich and sustain the lives of individuals who have developmental disabilities, their families, and their communities. A main goal for our group homes is to bring our individuals out into the community to expose them to new experiences and members of their community. Volunteers will bake thanksgiving desserts and play games with the residents of the group home.
Hot Projects: Week of Oct. 29
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Keep North Fulton Beautiful, InCommunity and more!
Meadow Habitat Restoration
Saturday November 3 From 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Buckhead)
Blue Heron Nature Preserve is seeking a small group of volunteers to assist with restoring the meadow habitat spaces along our outdoor trails. As the weather is becoming increasingly cooler, we will be removing many of the plants and flora which seasonally bloomed during the summer, but have now died back. This project will entail working outdoors to pull, cut, and remove large plants, as well as general trail maintenance and clean up.
TeamWorks! Kickoff
Saturday November 3 From 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM (Westside)
Hands On Atlanta TeamWorks! is a program that betters metro-Atlanta through meaningful service projects. Kick-off is the first meeting of every round. It is an orientation - a chance for volunteers to meet, form teams, and learn about the projects planned for that round. It is not a service project. For five to six Saturdays after the kick-off, teams compete to have the highest turnout at service projects that impact a variety of causes and communities throughout Greater Atlanta.
Household Hazardous Waste Event in Johns Creek
Saturday November 10 From 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Johns Creek)
Keep North Fulton Beautiful is an environmental non-profit that provides education and conservation programs to the communities of Johns Creek and Sandy Springs. Our mission is to educate and activate our community in the beautification and conservation of our environment. Volunteer roles will include checking customers' registration and identification, directing traffic, and distributing snacks and water to other volunteers.
Open Hand Meal Delivery
Saturday November 10 From 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (NW Atlanta)
Open Hand helps homebound seniors and others suffering from disability or chronic disease by providing Comprehensive Nutrition Care™(CNC), a combination of nutritious, home-delivered meals, and nutrition education. Volunteer drivers are a critical part of the service Open Hand provides to the community, since a majority of the organization’s clients are homebound. In fact, a volunteer driver is quite often the only person a client may see on any given day. Volunteers will pick-up meals, deliver meals to clients using their own vehicles and gas, and return the delivery list and delivery bags back to the Open Hand site.
hanksgiving Art and Food With Adult Day Program
Wednesday November 21 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Marietta and South Fulton)
InCommunity partners to enrich and sustain the lives of individuals who have developmental disabilities, their families, and their communities. A main goal for our group homes is to bring our individuals out into the community to expose them to new experiences and members of their community. Volunteers will bake thanksgiving desserts and play games with the residents of the group home.
Hot Projects: Week of Oct. 22
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Girl Scouts of Atlanta, Open Hand, Chomp and Stomp and more!
Girl Scouts STEM Expo
Saturday October 27 & Sunday October 28 Shifts All Day (Hapeville)
Experience one fun-filled, tech-tastic day! Girls of all ages will explore Science, Technology, and Engineering & Math (STEM) through fun and educational activities designed around STEM based themes with interactive exhibits, and workshops! We are expecting over 300 attendees ready for fun! Volunteers are needed to be registration helpers and greeters, program assistants and help with clean up.
Household Hazardous Waste Event in Johns Creek
Saturday November 10 From 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Johns Creek)
Keep North Fulton Beautiful is an environmental non-profit that provides education and conservation programs to the communities of Johns Creek and Sandy Springs. Our mission is to educate and activate our community in the beautification and conservation of our environment. Volunteer roles will include checking customers' registration and identification, directing traffic, and distributing snacks and water to other volunteers.
Food Forest Grow-and-Learn
Saturday November 10 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Lakewood)
Help grow the Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill, the largest food forest in the U.S. This 7.1 acre site is located in the heart of one of Atlanta's largest food deserts. Food forest "grow and learns" are held monthly at this site. Grow and learn opportunities include: planting and caring for the orchard and community garden, composting, bees, invasive species removal, trail building and more! The food forest ranger and guest speakers will share lessons along the way.
Open Hand Meal Delivery
Saturday November 10 From 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (NW Atlanta)
Open Hand helps homebound seniors and others suffering from disability or chronic disease by providing Comprehensive Nutrition Care™(CNC), a combination of nutritious, home-delivered meals, and nutrition education. Volunteer drivers are a critical part of the service Open Hand provides to the community, since a majority of the organization’s clients are homebound. In fact, a volunteer driver is quite often the only person a client may see on any given day. Volunteers will pick-up meals, deliver meals to clients using their own vehicles and gas, and return the delivery list and delivery bags back to the Open Hand site.
Chomp and Stomp Welcome Center
Saturday November 3 From 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM (Cabbagetown)
Hands On Atlanta is partnering with the Chomp & Stomp, Cabbagetown's annual festival benefiting the neighborhood's parks, green spaces and community center! We need volunteers to staff two Welcome Centers over the course of the day. Proceeds from the Chomp and Stomp festival benefit the parks and public spaces in historic and diverse Cabbagetown, Atlanta’s first Landmark Historic District. The festival is 100% volunteer managed and run Volunteers will be working at welcome centers, which sell chili spoons (“ticket” to festival), tokens for beer and mixed drinks, and festival T-shirts.