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Introducing the 2020 Class of Civic Fellows
Hands On Atlanta is thrilled to announce the 11th Class of Civic Fellows! 28 dynamic changemakers were recently accepted into our Civic Leadership Program! Over the next 12 months, this class of Fellows will manage service projects at designated nonprofit partner sites by recruiting, engaging, and teaching volunteers about the critical issue; their service project is addressing. The Fellows will be guided by Hands On Atlanta staff who will provide training in volunteer and project management, leadership, and fundraising. We added a new component this year: mentoring. This exciting initiative pairs a current class member with a graduate of the program to further aid in the Fellow’s development as a community leader.
Not only will Fellows learn the importance of direct service in mitigating inequities in the community, but they will also learn the role fundraising plays in sustaining a nonprofit’s ability to provide those critical services. By the end of their year of service, the Civic Fellows will transition to Civic Leaders, having sharpened their skills in issue education, problem-solving, public speaking, and team building.
“I have a strong passion for serving my community, as well as community development in underprivileged communities. I look forward to learning and growing within this program.” - Kassidy Jackson
The Hands On Atlanta Civic Fellows represent the outstanding volunteers of our organization. These are the leaders that exceed their level of service to reach and inspire communities within Metro Atlanta! Please help us welcome the incoming class!
Meet The 2019/20 Hands On Atlanta Civic Fellows
Lauren Ahart
Surveillance Epidemiologist, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Nonprofit Partner: Action Ministries
Jacob Awad
Consultant, AwareSoftware
Nonprofit Partner: Partners In Action for a Healthy Living
Jessica Bradford
Director of Development, St. Jude’s Recovery Center
Nonprofit Partner: Trees Atlanta
Andrea Branch
Educator, Barack Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology
Nonprofit Partner: Discovery at Scott Elementary
Kelli Brotman
Graduate Student, Kennesaw State University
Nonprofit Partner: Kate’s Club
Kimberly Chinn
Site Coordinator, Pebblebrook High School
Nonprofit Partner: Discovery at Clay Elementary
Stephanie Davis
Educator, Cobb County Schools
Nonprofit Partner: Breakthrough Atlanta
Morgan Edge
Structural Engineer, Georgia Department of Transportation
Nonprofit Partner: Open Hand Atlanta
Morgan Gobert
Head of People, Crisp Video Group
Nonprofit Partner: Discovery at UsherCollier Elementary School
Alisha Henderson
Research Chemist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Nonprofit Partner: Discovery at Harper Archer Elementary School
Rachel Issac
Marketing Specialist, Deloitte
Nonprofit Partner: InCommunity
Kassidy Jackson
Program Coordinator, Meals On Wheels Atlanta
Nonprofit Partner: Discovery at Brookview Elementary
Paul Jackson
Communications Specialist, OneDigital
Nonprofit Partner: Discovery at Gideons Elementary School
Angela King
South Regional Outreach Manager, Young Survival Coalition
Nonprofit Partner: A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab (Wesley Woods)
Tia Lambert
Graduate Student, Georgia State University
Nonprofit Partner: Discovery at Panola Way Elementary School
Marisa Lazenby
Marketing & Communications Manager, Boys & Girls Club
Nonprofit Partner: Discovery at Belmont Hills Elementary
Tanasha Mahone
Instructional Specialist, Atlanta Public Schools
Nonprofit Partner: Meals On Wheels Atlanta
Chirag Mendpara
Security Consulting Analyst, Accenture
Nonprofit Partner: The Wylde Center
Kaiya Murphy
Graduate Student, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nonprofit Partner: Truly Living Well
Sharece O’Neal
Interior Designer, Perkins & Will
Nonprofit Partner: Livable Buckhead
Solomon Seaborn
Underwriter, American International Group Inc.
Nonprofit Partner: West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
Jordan Searcy
Healthcare Professional, Emory
Nonprofit Partner: Discovery at Thomasville Heights Elementary School
Michelle Signorelli
Merchandising Department, RaceTrac
Nonprofit Partner: A.G Rhodes Health & Rehab –(Cobb)
Sharde Smith
Outreach Coordinator, Mosaic Church
Nonprofit Partner: Southwest Ecumenical Emergency Assistance Center
Tayyeba Steele-Hassan
IT Business Analyst Project Manager, YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta
Nonprofit Partner: Clarkston Community Center
Tayo Togba
Founder, Selfish Joy
Nonprofit Partner: Atlanta BeltLine Partnership
Kisha Williams
Lead Network Operations Representative, Cigna Healthcare
Nonprofit Partner: Action Ministries
Hot Projects: Week of November 4
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Partners in Action for Healthy, Aglanta, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and more!
CHARITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH: COMMUNITY GARDEN WORKDAY
Saturday, November 9 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Decatur)
Partners in Action for Healthy Living's mission is to empower South DeKalb residents to make healthy choices that support their best quality of life. They empower and educate individuals through gardening and urban agriculture, connecting people to the land, to their food and most importantly, to each other. Charity Missionary Baptist Church maintains a Pantry Garden for the South DeKalb Community. Volunteers will fill garden beds with soil, garden clean-up, planting, chicken coop maintenance, etc.
WEST ATLANTA WATERSHED ALLIANCE 2ND SERVICE SATURDAYS
Saturday, November 9 From 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (NW Atlanta)
This program facilitated by the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and made possible by a grant from USDA Forest Service for our Atlanta Children’s Forest Network, 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!
NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CENTER ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FOOD BOX GIVE-A-WAY
Saturday, November 16 From 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Decatur)
The mission of New Life Community Ministries is to extend the practical Love of Jesus, through transformational programs that restore hope, revive dignity and raise the quality of life for our global community. Their services are designed to help you get back on your feet to become self-sustaining and lead a thriving life. The annual Thanksgiving event is in need of volunteers, your support will make a huge impact in the lives of those in need. Volunteers will be lifting and carrying heavy boxes of groceries, as well as standing and walking through the whole shift. Looking for volunteers for the following areas: Line Control, Intake for Applications, Turkey Baggers, Data Entry, Car Ambassadors & Greeters.
Discovery Program at Belmont hills Elementary
Saturday, November 16 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Smyrna)
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.
FOOD FOREST GROW AND LEARN
Saturday, November 9 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (NW Atlanta)
The Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill team is a member of the AgLanta Grows-A-Lot program. This site will become Atlanta's first Community Urban Food Forest, as well as a new model for a City of Atlanta park. The food forest will produce a wide variety of fresh, flavorful, and healthy nuts, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and mushrooms, which will become available for public consumption. Located in an area identified as a food desert, the site was a working farm as recently as 2000. Volunteers will help with building the soil, weeding, planting, watering, harvesting and site beautification projects.
Hot Projects: Week of October 28
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Meals On Wheels Atlanta, Discovery Program, Wylde Center and more!
CHOMP AND STOMP WELCOME CENTER
Saturday, November 2 From 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (NW Atlanta)
Hands On Atlanta is partnering with the Chomp & Stomp, Cabbagetown's annual festival benefitting 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) and tokens for beer and mixed drinks.
oakhurst Garden and wylde woods fall cleanup
Saturday, November 2 From 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Decatur)
Wylde Center's mission is to educate, cultivate greenspaces and build community in the areas we serve. Wylde Center accomplishes this through educational programs, events and greenspaces that actively engage youth, families and individuals in their environment, health and community, and that develop skills in environmental science, sustainable urban living, organic gardening, health, and nutrition. Oakhurst (our flagship garden) and the Wylde Woods is in need of repairs and preparation for the winter months. Volunteer tasks include mulching walkways throughout our garden, cleaning/weeding Children’s Garden, rebuilding community plots and more!
teamworks! kickoff
Saturday, November 2 From 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM (Decatur)
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. We are switching up this round and adding a mini-service project that will benefit one of our nonprofit partners.
Discovery Program at Clay Elementary
Wednesday, October 30 From 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (Mableton)
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.
meals on wheels Atlanta meal delivery
Saturday, November 2 From 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM (NW Atlanta)
The mission of Meals on Wheels Atlanta is to support senior independence through meals, shelter, education, and community. Their flagship program, Meal Services, provides nourishing meals to low-income and homebound seniors in Atlanta who are unable to afford or access adequate nutrition. MOWA are seeking Meal Delivery Drivers to deliver meals to frail, home bound and low-income seniors residing in Fulton County. Routes take on average 2 hours to complete, and all stops within the route are 1-2 minutes apart.
Wrap Up Report | Hands On Atlanta Week 2019
For our 30th anniversary (yes, it’s been 30 years of Hands On Atlanta!) we really wanted to do something big. We wanted to celebrate our organizations roots in community service, while also looking into the future to see what our role in making Atlanta the most equitable and civically engaged city in the world! We turned our annual day of service into Hands On Atlanta Week - marking Oct. 5-12 as the city’s largest week of service!
Powered by the support of our sponsors, including our presenting sponsor, Delta Air Lines, and in partnership with more than 50 of our nonprofit partners, we hosted or promoted over 250 volunteer projects or social good events during Hands On Atlanta Week!
Volunteer projects ranged from the massive, like 5,000 Atlanta Hawks fans packing 1,000,000 meals inside of State Farm Arena, to the small, but mighty projects like 25 volunteers from Accenture working hard to beautify Lindsey Street Park over in English Ave. Projects covered the innovative with 48in48’s skills based hack-a-thon for good and the spontaneous with the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) kit build pop-up project at the Atlanta Beltline Center on the east-side trail. Impact events like The Race Half Marathon and 5k, The Human Rights Film Festival at Morehouse and the 2nd Annual Atlanta Senior Day saw thousands of attendees and hundreds of volunteers! There was a ton of good happening during Hands On Atlanta Week, click here for a full list of all of our partners and projects.
In total, more than 10,000 ATLiens did something good, serving over 30,000 hours! The impact went viral online as well, as almost 25,000 visitors came to our website surpassing 1,000,000 social media impressions. Take a look at what some community leaders had to say (and do) during Hands On Atlanta Week…
“I had the BEST time this morning with the Pajama Program. My heart is so FULL!
I’m really glad I was able to participate…so much so that I signed up to be a Reading Buddy Plus!! It’s an extension of the Pajama Program where volunteers are paired with a child, and they read together on the 4th Monday of each month. I’m super excited about this.
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“It was a fantastic day and you all did a fantastic job! We are so grateful for your leadership, hard work, and super positive energy! Everyone here is talking about how good everything looks — thanks to you! Mr. Charles Robinson joins me in saying “Thank You!” for everything.
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Check out Delta’s 30th Kaboom! Build at KIPP Soul Primary School with 250 Delta employees and community members!
Go behind the scenes of a day at the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta with the team from iVision.
Thank You!
There are quite literally thousands of people we’d like to thank for helping pull off the city’s largest week of service! If you volunteered, attended an event, hosted an event or project, shared with your network, even if you just thought about doing something good… thank you!
Volunteering isn’t free and we couldn’t do this work without the generous support of our corporate sponsors. Thank you
Presenting Sponsor - Delta Air Lines
Visionaries - Fiserv, Norfolk Southern, State Farm
Changemakers - Coca-Cola, Global Payments
Leaders - Atlanta Hawks, Change Healthcare, Lexis Nexis, Mercedes Benz, UPS
Advocates - Accenture, Alston and Bird, BakerHostetler, BDO, Cognizant, Center for Community Progress, D-Mack Agency, Dell, Deloitte, iVision, Manhattan Associates, Northside Hospital, OneDigital
Feeling Inspired?
Good! Now, get out there and do something good! Click the button below to view our entire calendar of opportunities, with projects everyday, that you can sign up for right now.
Hot Projects: Week of October 21
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Meals On Wheels Atlanta, A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab, Wylde Center and more!
DISCOVERY at HARPER ARCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Saturday, October 26 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (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.
MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA MEAL DELIVERY
Saturday, November 2 From 8:30 AM - 10:30 PM (NW Atlanta)
The mission of Meals on Wheels Atlanta is to support senior independence through meals, shelter, education, and community. Their flagship program, Meal Services, provides nourishing meals to low-income and homebound seniors in Atlanta who are unable to afford or access adequate nutrition. MOWA are seeking Meal Delivery Drivers to deliver meals to frail, home bound and low-income seniors residing in Fulton County. Routes take on average 2 hours to complete, and all stops within the route are 1-2 minutes apart.
SERVING SENIORS AT A.G. RHODES HEALTH & REHAB COBB
Saturday, November 16 From 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Marietta)
A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab provides expert and compassionate rehabilitation therapy and residential care to seniors in metro Atlanta. Their 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 residents. Volunteers will provide a variety of enrichment and therapeutic activities for residents including BINGO, arts & crafts, holiday projects, games, parties & socials, and group visitations.
Fernbank Volunteer Orientation
Wednesday, October 30 From 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (Atlanta)
Fernbank Museum of Natural History is currently recruiting new volunteers to join in a variety of roles within the museum as part of the Adult Volunteer group. Volunteering with them is a great way to meet new people while giving valuable time to an important cultural institution in Atlanta. There is a position for every personality and age, with opportunities such as Greeter, Film Attendant, forest restoration volunteer, exhibit facilitator, Animal Care volunteer, and more. Attending the initial training will count towards your volunteer hours, allow you to meet Membership and Volunteer Department staff members, and sign up for your first official shift here at Fernbank.
Oakhurst Garden weekday work party
Thursday, October 31 From 5:00 PM - 7:00 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. Because gardening is so seasonally dependent, it is hard for us to predict exactly what we will be doing on each work day, but we can promise you some hard work and getting dirty! Generally, the work consists of weeding, mulching, small construction projects, and planting.
Hot Projects: Week of October 14
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with The Georgia Trust of Historic Preservation, Star-C Programs, Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture and more!
CHOMP AND STOMP WELCOME CENTER
Saturday, November 2 From 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM (Atlanta)
Hands On Atlanta is partnering with the Chomp & Stomp, Cabbagetown's annual festival benefitting 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) and tokens for beer and mixed drinks.
TRULY LIVING WELL: GARDEN THERAPY
Saturday, October 19 From 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Atlanta)
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 are a huge part of Truly Living Well’s success by helping with necessary tasks around the urban farm and helping run interactive community events. At a typical volunteer opportunity, volunteers will be working on the urban farm doing any one of a variety of tasks such as setting up new areas of the farm and gardens, taking care of plants, or setting up for events.
Star-C Programs and kaboom playground Build
Tuesday, October 22 From 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Atlanta)
Star-C has been awarded a state-of-the-art playground! This one will serve the kids of Summerdale/Springview Apartments in Atlanta. The CarMax Foundation has provided the majority of the funding for the playground, supporting the Foundation's commitment to furthering the cause of children's healthy living. The project is in partnership with KaBOOM!, the national nonprofit dedicated to giving all kids - especially those living in poverty - the childhood they deserve through great safe places to play. This project is to build a playground in a day for the children of this community. Volunteers are needed for the first day which is Prep day, to get the project prepped, gather parts and put them in their designated areas to be ready for the actual build day.
Rhodes race at the haunted castle 5k
Saturday, October 26 From 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Atlanta)
Mark your calendars for Saturday morning, October 26, 2019 for the Rhodes Race at the Haunted Castle 5K. This dog- and stroller-friendly 5K will wind through the creepy twists and ghoulish hills of one of Atlanta's oldest and boo-tiful neighborhoods, Ansley Park. After the race, help out at the hair-raising after-party at Rhodes Hall for a costume contest, food and prizes. You can even take a tour inside the "haunted castle," and who knows, maybe you'll get a glimpse of the resident apparition. Volunteer jobs include: Pre-event set up, registration assistance, start & finish line assistance, course logistics, after-party and post event clean up. Volunteers will receive a complimentary BBQ and race t-shirt!
Discovery Program at Parklane Elementary
Saturday, October 26 From 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (East Point)
Parklane Elementary Discovery is a Saturday morning tutoring program that offers one-on-one and small group enrichment activities for at-risk children. Volunteers lead activities and help with reading and math skills for students in kindergarten through 5th grades. Volunteers who speak Spanish are especially needed.
Hot Projects: Week of October 7
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Keep North Fulton Beautiful, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Meals On Wheels Atlanta and more!
Keep North Fulton Beautiful
Friday October 11 From 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sandy Springs)
Storm drain markers are an important way of informing the public not to dump oil, trash, paint, or other pollutants into roadside storm drains. Volunteers with the storm drain marking program affix specially designed labels to storm drains in neighborhoods, using provided materials. The labels warn residents that everything that enters a storm drain flows untreated into a nearby waterway. Volunteers will need one car for every 2-4 volunteers to complete this project. The opportunity for volunteers to assist with sorting recycling materials and general operation of the recycling center would still be open as well.
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
Saturday October 12 From 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (SW Atlanta)
This program facilitated by the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and made possible by a grant from USDA Forest Service for our Atlanta Children’s Forest Network, 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). Tasks: Trail building and maintenance, Invasive Plant Eradication, Habitat Restoration and other activities needed to manage the facility and grounds of this unique urban resource!
Meals On Wheels Atlanta Meal Delivery
Daily: Wednesday, October 9 - Saturday, October 12 From 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM (NW Atlanta)
The mission of Meals On Wheels Atlanta is to support senior independence through meals, shelter, education and community. Our flagship program, Meal Services, provides nourishing meals to low-income and homebound seniors in Atlanta who are unable to afford or access adequate nutrition. We are seeking Meal Delivery Drivers Tuesday through Saturday to deliver meals to frail, homebound and low-income seniors residing in Fulton County. Routes take on average 2 hours to complete, and all stops within the route are 1-2 minutes apart. This is a fun volunteer event for family, friends, and co-workers!
Trees Atlanta Forest Restoration
Saturday, October 12 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (NW Atlanta)
Trees Atlanta is a nationally recognized non-profit citizens’ group that protects and improves Atlanta’s urban forest by planting, conserving, and educating. The vast majority of the work we do is accomplished with the help of volunteers including all the trees we plant and much of our invasive plant removal!
October 12th Project: Help remove invasive plants from Underwood Hills Park to promote a healthy plant community! We'll be cutting and pulling these fast-growing plants that prevent our native plants from thriving.
Discovery Program @ Usher Collier Elementary
Saturday, October 12, 2019 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (NW Atlanta)
The Hands On Atlanta Discovery program is a volunteer-led Saturday tutoring and enrichment program. The three-hour session occur twice a month from 9am 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. The Discovery program is currently recruiting School Captains, Grade Captains and Volunteers who are willing to adopt a school twice a month for 2 months or more to help facilitate our program. 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 September 30
Check out this week’s Hot Projects that include awesome volunteer opportunities with Partners in Action for Healthy Living, MedShare International and Keep North Fulton Beautiful!
Partners in Action for Healthy Living
Saturday, October 5 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Decatur)
Partners in Action for Healthy Living's mission is to empower South DeKalb residents to make healthy choices that support their best quality of life. We do this by empowering and educating individuals through gardening and urban agriculture, connecting people to the land, to their food and most importantly, to each other.
Discovery @ Belmont Hills
Saturday, October 5 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Smyrna)
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, service-learning projects, and other enrichment activities. Volunteers who speak Spanish are especially needed. 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.
MedShare International
Daily: Tuesday, October 8 - Friday ,October 11 From 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Decatur)
MedShare is an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people, communities and our planet by sourcing and directly delivering surplus medical supplies and equipment to communities in need around the world. Volunteers will be helping MedShare sort and pack medical supplies, getting them ready for countries in need. Volunteers will spend a 3 hour session sorting, boxing and preparing surplus medical supplies to be delivered to communities in need around the world.
Meals On Wheels Atlanta Meal Delivery
Daily: Tuesday, October 8 - Saturday, October 12 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM (NW Atlanta)
The mission of Meals On Wheels Atlanta is to support senior independence through meals, shelter, education and community. Our flagship program, Meal Services, provides nourishing meals to low-income and homebound seniors in Atlanta who are unable to afford or access adequate nutrition. We are seeking Meal Delivery Drivers Tuesday through Saturday to deliver meals to frail, homebound and low-income seniors residing in Fulton County. Routes take on average 2 hours to complete, and all stops within the route are 1-2 minutes apart.
Keep North Fulton Beautiful
Friday, October 11 From 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Sandy Springs)
Storm drain markers are an important way of informing the public not to dump oil, trash, paint, or other pollutants into roadside storm drains. Volunteers with the storm drain marking program affix specially designed labels to storm drains in neighborhoods, using provided materials. The labels warn residents that everything that enters a storm drain flows untreated into a nearby waterway. Volunteers will need one car for every 2-4 volunteers to complete this project. The opportunity for volunteers to assist with sorting recycling materials and general operation of the recycling center would still be open as well.