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Hot Projects: Week of January 21
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Open Hand, Hearts to Nourish Hope, Pajama Program and more!
Open Hand Meal Packing
Daily Tuesday January 22 - Friday January 25 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Atlanta: Lindbergh)
Our mission at C3 Ministries is to provide resources of four various ministries in order that families can become whole, independent and ultimately able to return to serve others. Serving over 250 families every Thursday and over 471,508 pounds of food this year, we are greatly impacting our communities and with your help, we can continue to be more successful in making an impact in our community. Give back to your community while having fun and meeting new friends, while re-stocking food shelves, loading boxes with food items and assisting in expediting boxes to attendees vehicles.
TeamWorks! Kick Off
Saturday January 26 from 9:45 AM - 12:00 AM (Atlanta: Westside)
Hands On Atlanta TeamWorks! is a program that betters metro-Atlanta through meaningful service projects. It’s a program that affords you the opportunities to make a difference in the lives of others and our communities, and to develop friendships with your fellow volunteers along the way. It’s an opportunity to challenge yourself and get involved! 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.
Centers of Hope Classroom Support Volunteer
One day per week Monday-Friday 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM from January through May (West Atlanta)
After-School Program volunteers engage Kindergarten students in STEM, literacy and service learning enrichment activities in City of Atlanta’s Centers of Hope. Volunteers also serve as positive and encouraging role models for students and create an environment that supports social-emotional development. Major responsibilities include working with Instructors to facilitate activities and nsuring a positive, safe and controlled environment.
Point In Time Homeless Count: Clayton County
Monday January 28th with Shifts From 4:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Riverdale, GA)
Hearts to Nourish Hope will be coordinating the Clayton County 2019 Point in Time (PIT) Homeless Count on the morning of January 28, 2019. We are currently asking for volunteers to help conduct this count. The surveys conducted by volunteers will provide demographic information on each unsheltered, homeless individual, give insight to their homeless history, and assess individual needs that will enable the Continuum to effectively plan housing and service interventions to prevent and end homelessness in Clayton County.
Pajama Folding Party
Wednesday January 30 From 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Atlanta: Glenwood Park)
Help fold pajamas that we give to the children that visit the Pajama Program Reading Center/Atlanta. Pajama Program knows that a loving good night leads to better days for all children, no matter how dire their circumstances. For thousands of children, often abandoned, abused and neglected, and living in group homes, shelters and temporary housing – the treasured bedtime ritual of changing into clean pajamas, reading a story and being tucked in with love is miles from their reality.
Hot Projects: Week of January 14
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Mercy Seed, Discovery @ Parklane, Action Ministries and more!
C3 Ministries’ Food Pantry Distribution
Thursday January 17 From 3:30 PM - 7:00 AM (Marietta)
Our mission at C3 Ministries is to provide resources of four various ministries in order that families can become whole, independent and ultimately able to return to serve others. Serving over 250 families every Thursday and over 471,508 pounds of food this year, we are greatly impacting our communities and with your help, we can continue to be more successful in making an impact in our community. Give back to your community while having fun and meeting new friends, while re-stocking food shelves, loading boxes with food items and assisting in expediting boxes to attendees vehicles.
Mercy Seed Community Food Pantry
Friday January 18 from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Lilburn)
The Mercy Seed Community Food Pantry (MSCFP) changes lives by helping to meet the needs of the church and community by providing food to the community with the love of Christ. MSCFP provides food assistance to low-income individuals. MSCFP works to meet its mission through our weekly food distribution, annual Thanksgiving food giveaway, and mobile food trucks twice a year. Volunteers will help unload Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) truck and unpack and sort food to be ready for clients on Saturday and the following Wednesday.
Discovery @ Parklane Elementary
Saturday January 19 From 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM (East Point)
The Hands On Atlanta Discovery program is a volunteer-led Saturday tutoring and enrichment program. The two-hour session occurs twice a month from 10am to 12pm. 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.
Atlanta Public Schools District and Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Thursday January 24 with Shifts From 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM (Kirkwood)
Atlanta Public Schools Office of Science is hosting its annual District and Regional Science and Engineering Fair. The purpose of this fair is to allow students in grades three through twelve an opportunity to present their original science and engineering research projects. We are requesting your support in judging/volunteering student projects
Action Ministries We Serve Service Bowl
Sunday January 27 From 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (East Point)
Please join us for our We Serve Service Bowl event. Kick off the New Year with family, friends and fun! Retired football coach and NFL player Bill Curry will be joining us for some pre-Super Bowl fun at Action Ministries! Enjoy game-day activities and stations packing food boxes, snack packs, and weekend meal kits for kids and families that face hunger in Georgia!
Hot Projects: Week of January 7
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Pajama Program, Margie’s House, The King Center and more!
Share a Story With a Child
Friday January 11 From 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Glenwood Park)
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.
Margie’s House Monthly Giveaway
Saturday January 12 from 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Fairburn, GA)
Margie’s House mission is to bring food and assistance to the communities around South Fulton. Join us in our monthly food distribution! Food sorters will be responsible for removing food off trucks as well as organizing, sorting, and packing food in bags. Volunteers will ensure the quality of the food, provide the quantity of food to each client as instructed and break down the boxes in which the food was delivered. Other jobs that may be required include taking out trash, assist clients with carrying food to their transportation, set up, break down and clean up..
Discovery @ Parklane Elementary
Saturday January 12 From 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM (East Point)
The Hands On Atlanta Discovery program is a volunteer-led Saturday tutoring and enrichment program. The two-hour session occurs twice a month from 10am to 12pm. 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.
Kashi Atlanta Street Meals Distribution 2019
Wednesday January 16 From 10:30 AM - 12:30 AM (Candler Park)
Please join us Wednesdays to distribute lunch to homeless men, women, and children in downtown Atlanta from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We will meet at Kashi Atlanta at 10:30 to load food and for a brief orientation. Parking is very limited so please allow time to find spaces and carpool if coming with a group. A Tuesday night team has prepared a healthy, vegetarian meal that we will load and safely transport downtown for distribution. Once at the distribution location, we will plate and serve a sit down, dignified meal to 100+ homeless individuals. This is an opportunity to interact with positive people, intent on making a difference. We practice the yogic principles of nurturing, healing, compassion, inner growth, and community service.
Students with King-Elementary, Middle and High School Students
Wednesday and Thursday January 16 and 17 From 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Old Fourth Ward)
The King Center prepares global citizens to utilize Dr. King’s Philosophy and Methodology of Nonviolence ( Nonviolence 365) to create a more just, humane and peaceful world. provides much needed manpower to carry out the task of educating youth and others to the vision of Dr. King’s Beloved Community. Volunteers will serve as a greeters, stage crew assistance or ushers to assist students. They will ensure the the students are seated safely and ensure that the event runs smoothly. Students will need warm smiles and kind personalities to greet them on their arrival and help move them into the auditorium to be seated. Other duties as required such as collecting forms and providing directions.
Hot Projects: Week of Dec. 17
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Meals On Wheels, Dad’s Garage, Mercy Seed, and more!
Holiday Meal Delivery
Saturday, December 22 From 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM (Northwest Atlanta)
Meals On Wheels Atlanta is seeking volunteers to deliver meals to seniors in Central Fulton County this holiday season on Saturday, December 22nd. We have THREE delivery time slots available: 9:00 AM 9:30 AM and 10:00 AM. For new drivers, please arrive 30 minutes prior to your shift for a brief overview and volunteer orientation. The average route on this day will take no more than an hour of your time.
Helping Hands Holiday Dinner
Friday, December 21, Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 Shifts All Day (College Park)
The mission of Helping Hands Holiday Dinner is to make the holiday season happier for those in need. To provide for those less fortunate during the holiday season. Each year the event grew so large that a number of Volunteers are needed. We want to spread the love in Fulton County to all families during this wonderful season and provide a full fill day for all in need.
Dad’s Garage Theatre Company Volunteer
Monday, December 31 From 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM and 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Old Fourth Ward)
Dad's Garage is a comedy and improv theatre located in the Old Fourth Ward in Atlanta, GA. Where you can find scripted plays, improv classes, and Atlanta improv comedy every Thursday - Saturday. Dad’s Garage engages, cultivates and inspires artists and audiences alike by producing innovative, scripted and improvised works that are recognized locally, nationally and internationally for being undeniably awesome. You'll be doing any of the following: checking IDs and running the line at the Bar, handing out Will Call Tickets, Scanning Tickets, Selling Tickets, Ushering and greeting patrons, and Taking out the trash at the end.
Books For Africa
Friday, January 4 From 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (NW Atlanta)
Most African children who attend school have never owned a book of their own. For many children in Africa, the gift of books truly is a gift of hope. Since 1988, Books For Africa has sent over 20 million books to the children of Africa. We rely on volunteers like you to sort and pack the books for our shipments. No heavy lifting is involved.
Mercy Seed Food Pantry
Friday, January 4 From 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Lilburn)
The Mercy Seed Community Food Pantry (MSCFP) changes lives by helping to meet the needs of the church and community by providing food to the community with the love of Christ. MSCFP provides food assistance to low-income individulas. MSCFP works to meet its mission through our weekly food distribution, annual Thanksgiving food giveaway, and mobile food trucks twice a year. Help us ensure that those in need of nutritional food in our community have healthy meals by volunteering with our weekly food pantry preperation day every Friday from 10:30am-12:30pm. Volunteers will help unload Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) truck and unpack and sort food to be ready for clients on Saturday and the following Wednesday.
Hot Projects: Week of Dec. 10
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with InCommunity, C3 Ministries, Helping Hands Holiday Dinner and more!
Discovery Program @ Towns Elementary School
Saturday, December 15 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (West Atlanta)
The Hands On Atlanta Discovery program is a volunteer-led Saturday tutoring and enrichment program. The two-hour session occurs twice a month from 10am to 12pm. 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.
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year With InCommunity
Wednesday, December 19 From 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM (South Fulton)
InCommnunity partners to enrich and sustain the lives of individuals who have developmental disabilities, their families, and their communities. Celebrate the holidays with those seved by InCommunity! Activities include Reading Christmas story books to our individuals, baking gingerbread house, and playing games.
C3 Ministries’ Food Pantry Distribution
Thursday, December 20 From 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (Marietta)
Our mission at C3 Ministries is to provide resources of four various ministries in order that families can become whole, independent and ultimately able to return to serve others. C3 serves over 250 families every Thursday and has distributed over 471,508 pounds of food this year. Give back to your community while having fun and meeting new friends, while re-stocking food shelves, loading boxes with food items and assisting in expediting boxes to attendees vehicles.
Helping Hands Holiday Dinner
Friday, December 21, Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 Shifts All Day (College Park)
The mission of Helping Hands Holiday Dinner is to make the holiday season happier for those in need. To provide for those less fortunate during the holiday season. Each year the event grew so large that a number of Volunteers are needed. We want to spread the love in Fulton County to all families during this wonderful season and provide a full fill day for all in need.
Open Hand Holiday Meal Delivery Drivers
Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays in December & January From 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Routes All Over Metro 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. Open Hand prepares, packages, and delivers 5,300 nutritionally-appropriate meals a day, six days a week with the support of volunteers. 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.
Hot Projects: Week of Dec. 3
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Action Ministries, Hopes to Nourish Hope, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and more!
Action Ministries Food Box Build Out
Thursday, December 13 From 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Westside)
What better way to bring amazing people together, then by volunteering with Feed the Hungry?! We’re building over 40,000 food boxes to help 10's of thousands of families put food on the table this year. We need YOU to help make this possible. You will be assembling food boxes assembly line style, starting with building of the box from beginning to end. 1. Assemble flat food box 2. Fill food boxes with a pre-determined box menu following overhead instructions 3. Fully break down used/consumed cardboard and remove plastic from food packaging 4. Place cardboard and plastic in designated containers 5. Close finished food boxes and place on pallet 6. Repeat
Hearts to Nourish Hope Food Pantry
Thursday, December 13 From 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM (Riverdale)
Hearts to Nourish Hope is a community-driven nonprofit that provides high quality programs to identify and develop the internal resources of youth aged 16-24 in Clayton, Fayette and Gwinnett Counties. The Food Pantry began as a community service project, envisioned by youth to address the need of families in our community. This service project continued and now has the capacity to serve over 1300 families per month, providing year-round food assistance. Duties: Help prepare food boxes and give them out to the community. Stock and organize shelves. Some heavy lifting and bending involved.
Open Hand Meal Delivery
Saturday, December 15 From 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Delivery Routes Throughout Metro 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. Open Hand prepares, packages, and delivers 5,300 nutritionally-appropriate meals a day, six days a week with the support of volunteers. 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. Delivery routes are available throughout Metro Atlanta, and the Open Hand team will work with volunteers to select a route where they will feel comfortable.
Proctor Creek Greenspace Restoration: EcoAddendum & WAWA
Saturday, December 15 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM OR 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (NW Atlanta)
Show Grove Park/Proctor Creek some love through our community-focused program that goes beyond volunteering. West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and EcoAddendum are offering training and opportunities to help restore a very special forest in Grove Park! Come out for a forest restoration and invasive species stewardship training and work session or a native wildflower planting session. Kathryn Kolb from EcoAddendum will lead each session with a short training on restoration and invasive species removal session, followed by a short work session.
Discovery Program @ Brookview Elementary
Saturday December 15, 2018 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (College Park)
The Hands On Atlanta Discovery program is a volunteer-led Saturday tutoring and enrichment program. The two-hour session occurs twice a month from 10am to 12pm. 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.
Hot Projects: Week of Nov. 26
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Margie’s House, Trees Atlanta and more!
Santa at Rhodes Hall
Sunday, December 2 From 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Midtown)
Santa at Rhodes Hall is one of the most beloved traditions of The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. This is a family event held in the Victorian surroundings of Rhodes Hall, a historic "castle" on Peachtree Street built in 1904. Santa at Rhodes Hall features holiday entertainment, music, refreshments, arts and crafts and best of all, private appointments with Santa. We are looking for volunteers to become Santa's helpers and assist with making the day special for our guests. Volunteer jobs include assisting with arts and crafts, food set-up, registration and greeters. Lunch will be provided.
Serving Seniors at A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab Atlanta
Saturday, December 8 From 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Grant Park)
A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab provides expert and compassionate rehabilitation therapy and residential care to seniors in metro Atlanta. Volunteers are integral to the happiness and well-being of our residents. We could not provide the variety of meaningful activities and programs we do without the time and talents of our volunteers. Volunteers will provide a variety of enrichment and therapeutic activities for our residents including BINGO, arts & crafts, holiday projects, games, parties & socials, and group visitations.
Trees Atlanta: Lindsay Street Park
Saturday, December 8 From 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM (English Avenue)
Founded in 1985, Trees Atlanta works tirelessly to address Atlanta’s tree loss, protect its forests, and create new green space. Trees Atlanta is a nationally recognized non-profit citizens' group that protects and improves Atlanta’s urban forest by planting, conserving, and educating. Volunteers will perform forest maintenance tasks, including invasive plant removal, at the Lindsay Street Park.
Margie's House Monthly Giveaway
Saturday, December 15 From 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Fairburn)
Margie’s House mission is to bring food and assistance to the communities around South Fulton. Join us in our monthly food distribution! Food sorters will be responsible for removing food off trucks as well as organizing, sorting, and packing food in bags. Volunteers will ensure the quality of the food, provide the quantity of food to each client as instructed and break down the boxes in which the food was delivered. Other jobs that may be required include taking out trash, assist clients with carrying food to their transportation, set up, break down and clean up.
People TV Office Help
Flexible, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in December (Midtown)
People TV’s mission is to provide the Atlanta Community a voice through Public Access to Media Technology. This is accomplished by providing the citizens of Atlanta, Georgia an equal opportunity to create public access programming for People TV. We offer basic technical training, the equipment and facilities necessary to produce non-commercial programming for individuals, organizations and institutions in the city of Atlanta. Front desk volunteers are needed. Tasks include answering phones, greeting visitors and giving tours of the station.
Hot Projects: Week of Nov. 19
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with East Atlanta Kids Club, Mercy Seed Resource Center, Moving in the Spirit 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.
East Atlanta Kids Club 20th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, December 1 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM (East Atlanta)
East Atlanta Kids Club is celebrating 20 wonderful years of community impact and youth services on Saturday, December 1, 2018! We are thrilled to fellowship with and show our gratitude for the families and youth we serve, staff past and present who have enriched our program, and the big-hearted community members who have known, supported and loved all our youth and families. Volunteers are needed to help set up, greet guests, serve food and drinks (volunteers age 21 and older can help serve alcoholic beverages), help with the silent auction and check-in/coat check.
Meadow Habitat Restoration
Saturday, December 1 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 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.
Mercy Seed Community Food Pantry
Friday, December 7 From 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Lilburn)
The Mercy Seed Community Food Pantry (MSCFP) changes lives by helping to meet the needs of the church and community by providing food to the community with the love of Christ. MSCFP provides food assistance to low-income individulas. MSCFP works to meet its mission through our weekly food distribution, annual Thanksgiving food giveaway, and mobile food trucks twice a year. Volunteers will help unload Atlanta Community Food Bank truck and unpack and sort food to be ready for clients on Saturday and the following Wednesday.
Moving in the Spirit Holiday Store
Saturday, December 8 with shifts From 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM (Old Fourth Ward)
Moving in the Spirit is an award-winning creative youth development program that uses dance to teach young people the social, emotional and cognitive skills they need to thrive. The Holiday Store is a festive and meaningful event that impacts the lives of 250 children and teens each holiday season. Our students earn "points" every class for meeting their dance and leadership commitments. At the Holiday Store, they use those points to "buy" gifts for their families and loved ones, reinforcing their sense of hard work, compassion, and giving. Volunteers will provide assistance with set-up (decorating, setting up stations, separating donations, etc.), gift-wrapping, helping children as personal shoppers, checkout help, and clean up.