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Hot Projects: Week of September 2
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Open Hand and Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta.
2019 Atlanta Meal Pack for 9/11 Day: PROJECT SUPPORT
Wednesday September 11 From 12:00 PM - 6:30 PM and 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Downtown)
Hands On Atlanta was selected to support the 9/11 Day of Service for a HUGE 300,000 meal pack project at the College Football Hall of Fame! Atlanta is one of 8 cities being activated, with a total goal of 3,000,000 meals and 12,000+ volunteers. Hands On Atlanta is leading efforts on the ground with operations and logistics, and are in need of task leaders to help pull it off. Tasks will include: Running the registration table, meal pack table captains, heavy lifters to move boxes back and forth, runners, etc.
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance 2nd Service Saturdays
Saturday September 14 From 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Southwest Atlanta)
This program facilitated provides the opportunity for youth 10 years and older to participate in meaningful activities encouraging conservation, stewardship and experiential learning on the second Saturday of every month (excluding January and July). Volunteer tasks include trail building and maintenance, Invasive Plant Eradication, Habitat Restoration and other activities needed to manage the facility and grounds of this unique urban resource!
Open Hand Meal Delivery
Saturday September 14 From 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Lindbergh)
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 5,000 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.
Leadership Conference Volunteers
Wednesday September 11 - Saturday September 14th, Various Shifts From 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM (Duluth)
The 5 proven Outcomes of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience: Health Relationships, Strong Sense of Self, Positive Values, Challenge Seeking, and Community Problem Solving. Spend a day coming together with Girl Scout Volunteers at our 6th Annual Volunteer Leadership Conference! This team requires a friendly and helpful attitude. Setup volunteers will help us get prepped and ready for this awesome event. Event volunteers will act as session monitors and greeters/ushers throughout the day - help with speakers and hand-outs in workshop sessions, assist in games and prize area and assist attendees in navigating the Infinite Energy Center throughout the day.
Margie’s House Monthly Giveaway
Saturday, September 14, 2019 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.
Week of August 26
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Discovery, Piedmont Park Conservancy and Open Hand.
Hands On Atlanta: Discovery Orientation
Wednesday August 28 From 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM or 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM and Saturday September 7 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Westside)
Discovery is a Saturday morning enrichment program, which offers S.T.E.A.M, fitness, health, and social-emotional learning activities to Atlanta's (K-5) youth while engaging volunteers in meaningful service experiences. Volunteers interact with students in a fun and structured environment and help them gain new skills and visualize brighter futures. Individuals can volunteer as a general volunteer, grade captain, school captain, or session lead.
C3 Ministries’ Food Pantry Distribution
Thursday August 29 From 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM and 3:30 PM - 3:30 (Marietta)
The mission at C3 Ministries is to provide resources of four various ministries in order that families can become whole, independant 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.
Open Hand Client Meal Packing
Various Days 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Lindbergh)
Open Hand’s mission: We cook. We deliver. We teach. We care. Vision: Open Hand seeks to eliminate disability and untimely death due to nutrition-sensitive chronic disease. Purpose: Open Hand serves our community by empowering people to live healthier, more productive lives. Packing involves portioning food into individual containers and snack bags on our packing assembly line. With over 5,000 meals to package every day, your help is essential. This is a great project for individuals and families, and a great team-building exercise for school, business and church groups!
Green Market - Connecting communities & supporting local farmers!
Saturday August 31 From 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Midtown)
Have fun volunteering while enjoying the fresh air, learning about locally grown produce and listening to live music! Green Market volunteers play an important role in supporting healthy lifestyles and encouraging sustainable communities. Our Green Market encourages sustainable communities in the most basic way – by providing shoppers with direct access to local farmers and merchants. Volunteers will primarily assist vendors with unloading their vehicles, general clean-up; market set-up and market break down. Volunteers may also lend a hand at the Green Market Information booth and our Education Garden.
2019 Atlanta Meal Pack for 9/11 Day: PROJECT SUPPORT
Wednesday September 11 From 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM and 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Hands On Atlanta was selected to support the 9/11 Day of Service for a HUGE 300,000 meal pack project at the College Football Hall of Fame! Atlanta is one of 8 cities being activated, with a total goal of 3,000,000 meals and 12,000+ volunteers. Hands On Atlanta is leading efforts on the ground with operations and logistics, and are in need of task leaders to help pull it off. Tasks will include: Running the registration table, meal pack table captains, heavy lifters to move boxes back and forth, runners, etc.
Hot Projects: Week of August 19
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Wylde Center, InCommunity and Open Hand.
Safe at Home Game presented by L.E.A.D., Inc. and APIVEO
Saturday August 24 From 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (West Atlanta)
For the 5th consecutive year, Atlanta’s kids and cops will compete on the baseball diamond and lead Atlanta communities in goodwill and fellowship. Its purpose is to create an environment of competition, trust and respect between two communities who often struggle to find common ground and to open lines of communication so often searching for a connection. We are looking for volunteers to volunteer in a unique and unconventional way. We need you to come out and “S.I.T. and Serve” at the Safe at Home Game. S.I.T. stands for Simple, Intentional and Transformative.
Plant Sale Support
Tuesday August 27 From 3:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Decatur)
The Wylde Center's mission is to cultivate vibrant greenspaces and inspire communities of environmental stewards. The Wylde Center actively engages youth, families, and individuals in their environment, health, and community through organized programs, classes, and events that develop creative skills in sustainable urban living, organic gardening, health and nutrition. Our annual plant sale offers many unique opportunities for digging in the dirt. We do everything from watering to transplanting to weeding.
Open Hand Client Meal Packing
Various Days 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Lindbergh)
Open Hand’s mission: We cook. We deliver. We teach. We care. Vision: Open Hand seeks to eliminate disability and untimely death due to nutrition-sensitive chronic disease. Purpose: Open Hand serves our community by empowering people to live healthier, more productive lives. Packing involves portioning food into individual containers and snack bags on our packing assembly line. With over 5,000 meals to package every day, your help is essential. This is a great project for individuals and families, and a great team-building exercise for school, business and church groups!
Arts and Crafts with InCommunity
Friday August 30 From 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (College Park)
At InCommunity we partner to enrich and sustain the lives of individuals who have developmental disabilities, their families, and their communities. This volunteer opportunity helps the InCommunity Organization carry out its mission by bringing awareness within the community of the mentally disabled and bringing a sense of normalcy for our individuals that are treated differently. Volunteers will help the Individuals of InCommunity create caterpillars out of construction paper and read books together.
2019 Atlanta Meal Pack for 9/11 Day: PROJECT SUPPORT
Wednesday September 11 From 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM and 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Hands On Atlanta was selected to support the 9/11 Day of Service for a HUGE 300,000 meal pack project at the College Football Hall of Fame! Atlanta is one of 8 cities being activated, with a total goal of 3,000,000 meals and 12,000+ volunteers. Hands On Atlanta is leading efforts on the ground with operations and logistics, and are in need of task leaders to help pull it off. Tasks will include: Running the registration table, meal pack table captains, heavy lifters to move boxes back and forth, runners, etc.
Hot Projects: Week of August 12
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Partners In Action for Healthy Living, Livable Buckhead and more!
TeamWorks! Kickoff
Saturday August 17 From 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM (NW Atlanta)
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 an orientation - a chance for volunteers to meet, form teams, and learn about the projects planned for that round. We are switching up this round and adding a mini-service project that will benefit one of our nonprofit partners. 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.
Boys and Girls Club at Peachcrest Learning Garden Community Work Day
Saturday August 17 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Decatur)
Partners in Action is installing a learning garden at The Boys and Girls Club at Peachcrest right across the street from Peachcrest Elementary. The garden allows children at the club to learn how to grow food from seed to market and learn leadership skills along the way. We prepare food in their wonderful kitchen and give lessons on nutrition and plant-based food. Join us as we help maintain this great resource that will benefit the students through hands on learning in the garden. Green thumbs not necessary. The garden not only serves as a learning garden but it will create healthier communities by inspiring young people, parents and community members to grow food for healthier bodies and to decrease food insecurity. We will finish the herb garden, remove invasives along the border fence, plant additional pollinator plants and weed the beds if necessary.
Loridans Park - Invasive Species
Saturday, August 17, 2019 From 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Buckhead)
Loridans Park is one of City of Atlanta's newest parks and is the beginning stages of becoming a valuable greenspace for the community. On August 17th, Livable Buckhead and the North Buckhead Civic Association are teaming up with our friends at Trees Atlanta to lead a community workshop focused on the targeted identification of a variety of common Invasive Plant Species of the Georgia Piedmont region, as well as efficient removal methods of those plants. The main objective of this workshop is to empower the community group to take on invasive plant removal projects in their local greenspace with the auxiliary goal of educating individuals about invasive plants that may be present in their own yards and landscapes. We invite you, your families, neighbors and groups interested in making an impact to attend!
Serving Seniors at A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab Cobb
Saturday August 24 From 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (West Atlanta)
For the 5th consecutive year, Atlanta’s kids and cops will compete on the baseball diamond and lead Atlanta communities in goodwill and fellowship. Its purpose is to create an environment of competition, trust and respect between two communities who often struggle to find common ground and to open lines of communication so often searching for a connection. We are looking for volunteers to volunteer in a unique and unconventional way. We need you to come out and “S.I.T. and Serve” at the Safe at Home Game. S.I.T. stands for Simple, Intentional and Transformative.
2019 Atlanta Meal Pack for 9/11 Day: PROJECT SUPPORT
Wednesday September 11 From 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM and 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Hands On Atlanta was selected to support the 9/11 Day of Service for a HUGE 300,000 meal pack project at the College Football Hall of Fame! Atlanta is one of 8 cities being activated, with a total goal of 3,000,000 meals and 12,000+ volunteers. Hands On Atlanta is leading efforts on the ground with operations and logistics, and are in need of task leaders to help pull it off. Tasks will include: Running the registration table, meal pack table captains, heavy lifters to move boxes back and forth, runners, etc.
Hot Projects: Week of August 5
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, A.G. Rhodes, Livable Buckhead and more!
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance 2nd Service Saturdays
Saturday August 10 From 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (SW Atlanta)
The West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (WAWA) is a community-based non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life within the West Atlanta Watershed by protecting, preserving and restoring our community’s natural resources. This project provides an opportunity for youth 10 years and older to participate in meaningful activities encouraging conservation, stewardship and experiential learning on the second Saturday of every month. Tasks include trail building and maintenance, invasive plant eradication, habitat restoration and other activities needed to manage the facility and grounds of this unique urban resource!
Grief Support- Clubhouse Support Team
Sunday August 11 From 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM and 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Brookhaven)
Kate's Club empowers children and teens facing life after the death of a parent or sibling by offering social, recreational and therapeutic activities to help kids wherever they are in their grief journey. Kate’s Club does this through Art Therapists, Play Therapist, Music therapists, Circus artists, song writing, games and much more to help our members express themselves in an emotionally and physically safe environment. Join us on the weekends, helping provide structure and supervision for our afternoon programming. You will provide hands on support, engaging with our kids. This is a perfect volunteer opportunity to see first-hand what we do and how we do it.
Loridans Park - Invasive Species
Saturday, August 17, 2019 From 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Buckhead)
Loridans Park is one of City of Atlanta's newest parks and is the beginning stages of becoming a valuable greenspace for the community. On August 17th, Livable Buckhead and the North Buckhead Civic Association are teaming up with our friends at Trees Atlanta to lead a community workshop focused on the targeted identification of a variety of common Invasive Plant Species of the Georgia Piedmont region, as well as efficient removal methods of those plants. The main objective of this workshop is to empower the community group to take on invasive plant removal projects in their local greenspace with the auxiliary goal of educating individuals about invasive plants that may be present in their own yards and landscapes. We invite you, your families, neighbors and groups interested in making an impact to attend!
Serving Seniors at A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab Cobb
Saturday, August 17, 2019 From 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Marietta)
A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab provides expert and compassionate rehabilitation therapy and residential care to seniors in metro Atlanta. Our family of caregivers greets each day – and each resident – with enthusiasm and compassion, proudly upholding a legacy of offering a healing, home-like atmosphere. 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.
2019 Atlanta Meal Pack for 9/11 Day: PROJECT SUPPORT
Wednesday September 11 From 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM and 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Hands On Atlanta was selected to support the 9/11 Day of Service for a HUGE 300,000 meal pack project at the College Football Hall of Fame! Atlanta is one of 8 cities being activated, with a total goal of 3,000,000 meals and 12,000+ volunteers. Hands On Atlanta is leading efforts on the ground with operations and logistics, and are in need of task leaders to help pull it off. Tasks will include: Running the registration table, meal pack table captains, heavy lifters to move boxes back and forth, runners, etc.
Hot Projects: Week of July 29
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Margie’s House, Piedmont Park Conservancy, Open Hand, and more!
Green Market - Connecting Communities & Supporting Local Farmers!
Saturday, August 3, 2019 From 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Piedmont Park)
Have fun volunteering while enjoying the fresh air, learning about locally grown produce and listening to live music! Green Market volunteers play an important role in supporting healthy lifestyles and encouraging sustainable communities. The Green Market encourages sustainable communities in the most basic way – by providing shoppers with direct access to local farmers and merchants. Volunteers will primarily assist vendors with unloading their vehicles, general clean-up; market set-up and market break down. Volunteers may also lend a hand at the Green Market Information booth and our Education Garden.
Buckhead Charm Day
Saturday, August 3, 2019 From 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM (Buckhead)
Live Thrive Atlanta empowers people, organizations, communities and businesses to make positive, healthy and sustainable changes to the environment. This is a monthly CHaRM drop off day for Buckhead residents. They are located at Peachtree Presbyterian Church Magnolia Parking Lot (across the street from the church on the corner of Lakeland and Roswell Rd). The event is 8am-12pm. Volunteers will assist attendees with their recyclables and direct traffic.
Client Meal Packing Opportunity
Sunday, August 4, 2019 From 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Armour)
Open Hand helps people prevent or better manage chronic disease through Comprehensive Nutrition Care, which combines home-delivered meals and nutrition education as a means to reinforce the connection between informed food choices and improved quality of life. Packing involves portioning food into individual containers and snack bags on a packing assembly line. With over 5,000 meals to package every day, your help is essential. This is a great project for individuals and families, and a great team-building exercise for school, business and church groups. Volunteers are expected to stay for the entirety of their scheduled shift.
Food Pantry Volunteer - Chamblee Location
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 From 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Chamblee)
Through respecting the dignity of each person, St. Vincent de Paul Georgia brings hope and help to those in need so they may achieve stability and move toward self-sufficiency. The thrift store associate assists in the retail operation of the thrift store. Thrift store associates help process donations and assist customers. Primary responsibilities: assist customers by accepting donations and issuing receipts, sorting and pricing/tagging donations to be placed on the sales floor, maintain the cleanliness and organization of the sales floor, create merchandise displays that attract customers and entice them to purchase items from the store, answer customers questions in regard to purchasing merchandise and donating
Margie’s House Monthly Giveaway
Saturday, August 10, 2019 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 their 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.
Hot Projects: Week of July 22
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Out Teach, The King Center, Open Hand, SafeRide, and more!
Client Meal Packing Opportunity
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Armour)
Open Hands helps people prevent or better manage chronic disease through Comprehensive Nutrition Care, which combines home-delivered meals and nutrition education as a means to reinforce the connection between informed food choices and improved quality of life. Packing involves portioning food into individual containers and snack bags on a packing assembly line. With over 5,000 meals to package every day, your help is essential. This is a great project for individuals and families, and a great team-building exercise for school, business and church groups. Volunteers are expected to stay for the entirety of their scheduled shift.
Mt. Zion Community Garden Big Dig
Thursday, July 25, 2019 From 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Jonesboro)
Out Teach equips teachers with the power of experiential learning outdoors to unlock student performance. Out Teach in partnership with Kaiser Permanente has committed to erecting a school-based community garden on both school sites and provide three years of professional training/technical assistance and related resources for classroom teachers of Mt. Zion elementary and primary school. Volunteer tasks include spreading mulch, painting tables and weeding. Court ordered volunteers are permitted to serve.
Buckhead Charm Day
Saturday, July 27, 2019 From 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Buckhead)
Live Thrive Atlanta empowers people, organizations, communities and businesses to make positive, healthy and sustainable changes to the environment. This is a monthly CHaRM drop off day for Buckhead residents. We are located at Peachtree Presbyterian Church Magnolia Parking Lot (across the street from the church on the corner of Lakeland and Roswell Rd). The event is 8am-12pm. Volunteers will assist attendees with their recyclables and direct traffic.
Volunteer Chase Driver
Sunday, July 28, 2019 From 6:00 PM - 11:30 PM (Various)
As a chase driver, you will play a key role in providing lifesaving SafeRide Service. Volunteer chase drivers help to prevent 1000’s of preventable DUI arrests, 100’s of accidents and injuries, and just maybe save someone’s life. When you come in, you will be partnered with a professional driver and you will shuttle that driver around for the night. You will be assigned to an area like Buckhead, Sandy Springs or Roswell. When a request for SafeRide service is made, your partner will direct you where to go. Once you get there, your partner SafeRide driver will get into the other person's car with them, drive them home, while you follow behind as the chase car. When completed you will go to the next one or back to your assigned area.
Beloved International Community Expo: Facilities & Maintenance Volunteer
Saturday, August 19, 2019 From 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Downtown)
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. Our mission will be enhanced by ensuring the safety and well-being of all in attendance and providing a clean and safe environment for all visiting the center. Volunteers will help The King Center staff by serving as utility worker and electrician in various tasks in support of the Expo and other administrative tasks as needed.
Hot Projects: Week of July 15
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with InCommunity, North Buckhead Civic Association, Open Hand, Out Teach, and more!
InCommunity Field Day and Gardens
Thursday, July 18, 2019 From 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Briarcliff)
At InCommunity they partner to enrich and sustain the lives of individuals who have developmental disabilities, their families, and their communities. This volunteer opportunity helps the InCommunity Organization carry out its mission by bringing awareness within the community of the mentally disabled and bringing a sense of normalcy for our individuals that are treated differently. Volunteers will partner with an individual from InCommunity to assist with field day activities, such as helping hold a spoon in a Lemon-Spoon race.
Truly Living Well Center For Natural Urban Agriculture- Collegetown Farm
Saturday, July 20, 2019 From 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM (East Point)
Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture is committed to bringing good food, good health and well-being to Atlanta’s urban community by feeding people where they live. They aim to serve economically disadvantaged and traditionally underserved communities in Atlanta by showing and educating people of all ages how to grow their own food and by creating a welcoming space for people to gather. Volunteers will be cleaning, beautifying, and preparing the school garden at M. Agnes Jones Elementary School for the start of the new school year. Truly Living Well helps students at this STEM-certified school, learn about gardening with their school garden— across the street from Truly Living Well’s Collegetown Farm. Tasks will include a variety of garden and farming work such as beautifying the garden, watering plants, mulching, planting and organizing.
Loridans Park - Day in the Dirt!
Saturday, July 20, 2019 From 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Buckhead)
Join the North Buckhead Civic Association and Livable Buckhead for a volunteer day at Loridans Park! This Day in the Dirt volunteer event provides an extraordinary opportunity for the North Buckhead Civic Association to promote community involvement, encourage environmental Stewardship, while making an immediate and tangible impact on one of Buckhead’s newest parks. These volunteer events will include pruning, rooting our invasive species, cleaning up the park by collecting trash, etc. No previous experience is necessary, just a willingness to pitch in, get a little dirty and have some fun making a tangible difference in the park. Tools will be provided for by Livable Buckhead and the Atlanta Toolbank.
Client Meal Packing Opportunity
Monday, July 22, 2019 From 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Armour)
Open Hands helps people prevent or better manage chronic disease through Comprehensive Nutrition Care, which combines home-delivered meals and nutrition education as a means to reinforce the connection between informed food choices and improved quality of life. Packing involves portioning food into individual containers and snack bags on a packing assembly line. With over 5,000 meals to package every day, your help is essential. This is a great project for individuals and families, and a great team-building exercise for school, business and church groups. Volunteers are expected to stay for the entirety of their scheduled shift.
Mt. Zion Community Garden Big Dig
Thursday, July 25, 2019 From 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Jonesboro)
Out Teach equips teachers with the power of experiential learning outdoors to unlock student performance. Out Teach in partnership with Kaiser Permanente has committed to erecting a school-based community garden on both school sites and provide three years of professional training/technical assistance and related resources for classroom teachers of Mt. Zion elementary and primary school. Volunteer tasks include spreading mulch, painting tables and weeding. Court ordered volunteers are permitted to serve.