City Park Beautification
ENGAGE 50-150 Volunteers
IMPROVE 125 acre forested park
SUPPORT A huge park on Atlanta’s SW side
GREAT FOR Full day, Transformational Impact
Help preserve and protect a 125-acre forested city park nestled in Atlanta’s Cascade Heights neighborhood. Inside this old-growth forest, you will find unique plants and animals, a waterfall, three artesian springs, and 250-million-year-old rocks.
Volunteer Activities Include:
Removal of invasive species
Refinishing/painting picnic tables and benches
Cleaning spring house
Replacing broken bridge boards
Refinishing/painting existing boardwalk
Trail maintenance & signage
Building benches & picnic tables
Removal of trash/debris
*Specific projects and full scope of work TBD
how it works
We Scope + Plan
We’ve worked closely with our partner to scope, plan and produce a transformational project that will dramatically improve their space.
You Volunteer
Volunteers will work together across various tasks and activities throughout the project. We’ll take care of everything else.
Wrap Up
After the project, we’ll share before/after photos and full project wrap up and future opportunities to continue to support our partner.
“It was hard work, but I left with a strong feeling of accomplishment, reward, gratitude, appreciation, and it felt great.””
End-to-End Management + Fulfillment
Your team will sign up, show up and we’ll handle the rest from start to finish!
Our team will:
Assign a dedicated project manager
Scope the project
Order all materials and supplies
Recruit and manage event staffing
Provide volunteer training
Set up/break down the project
$5,000 minimum project budget
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forest preservation
ENGAGE 50-150 Volunteers
IMPROVE 65 acres of green space and protected wildlife
SUPPORT One of Atlanta’s largest urban forests
GREAT FOR Full day, Transformational Impact
Discover a wealth of volunteer opportunities amidst the serene expanse of a 65-acre mature mixed forest nestled within Atlanta, Georgia. From tackling invasive species and reconstructing bridges to maintaining pavilions, cleaning creeks, and removing trash, there's a rewarding task for every volunteer to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of this vital ecosystem. Join us in fostering environmental stewardship and community engagement within this lush natural setting.
Volunteer Activities Include:
Invasive species + trash removal
Build a rain garden with native plants
Pavillion + walkway repair
Bench building
*Specific projects and full scope of work TBD
how it works
We Scope + Plan
We’ve worked closely with our partner to scope, plan and produce a transformational project that will dramatically improve their space.
You Volunteer
Volunteers will work together across various tasks and activities throughout the project. We’ll take care of everything else.
Wrap Up
After the project, we’ll share before/after photos and full project wrap up and future opportunities to continue to support our partner.
“It was hard work, but I left with a strong feeling of accomplishment, reward, gratitude, appreciation, and it felt great.””
End-to-End Management + Fulfillment
Your team will sign up, show up and we’ll handle the rest from start to finish!
Our team will:
Assign a dedicated project manager
Scope the project
Order all materials and supplies
Recruit and manage event staffing
Provide volunteer training
Set up/break down the project
$5,000 minimum project budget
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School Beautification
ENGAGE 50-200 Volunteers
IMPROVE a Title 1 Public Elementary School
SUPPORT a motivational educational environment
GREAT FOR Full day with transformational impact
A partner elementary school in Decatur, GA, seeks corporate sponsorship to transform its campus, benefiting both students and staff. This project offers a unique chance to make a significant impact by supporting beautification efforts such as inspirational quotes, locker painting, building storage solutions, and a new courtyard garden. Join us in creating a vibrant and inspiring environment for Metro Atlanta students.
Activities for this project may include:
Inspirational/Motivational Quotes above doorways
Locker painting
Building storage solutions
Murals
Beautification and Garden Build for their courtyard
*Specific projects and full scope of work TBD
how it works
We Scope + Plan
We’ve worked closely with our partner to scope, plan and produce a transformational project that will dramatically improve their space.
You Volunteer
Volunteers will work together across various tasks and activities throughout the project. We’ll take care of everything else.
Wrap Up
After the project, we’ll share before/after photos and full project wrap up and future opportunities to continue to support our partner.
“It was hard work, but I left with a strong feeling of accomplishment, reward, gratitude, appreciation, and it felt great.””
End-to-End Management + Fulfillment
Your team will sign up, show up and we’ll handle the rest from start to finish!
Our team will:
Assign a dedicated project manager
Scope the project
Order all materials and supplies
Recruit and manage event staffing
Provide volunteer training
Set up/break down the project
$5,000 minimum project budget
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Camp Beautification
ENGAGE 50-150 Volunteers
IMPROVE 1 Community Dining Hall for campers
SUPPORT UP Youth and promote the outdoors
GREAT FOR Full day with transformational impact
We have a partner who hosts an annual camp located in Mableton, Ga for hundreds of Metro Atlanta youth. The camp offers children a unique escape to experience fun, creative freedom and the beauty of the outdoors! They are looking for some help to improve several areas of the camp.
Volunteer activities for this project may include:
Sanding and priming of wooden railings around Dining Hall
Raking & bagging of leaves around the campground
Cleaning/trash pick up and upkeep of courtyard
Removal of broken coat racks on Dining Hall deck
Adding hook placements for campers to hang belongings
*Specific projects and full scope of work TBD
how it works
We Scope + Plan
We’ve worked closely with our partner to scope, plan and produce a transformational project that will dramatically improve their space.
You Volunteer
Volunteers will work together across various tasks and activities throughout the project. We’ll take care of everything else.
Wrap Up
After the project, we’ll share before/after photos and full project wrap up and future opportunities to continue to support our partner.
“The entire Hands On Atlanta team is so welcoming! It is so easy to see how much the organization truly cares about the projects they are working on. The leaders were so helpful, and encouraging throughout the entire project!””
End-to-End Management + Fulfillment
Your team will sign up, show up and we’ll handle the rest from start to finish!
Our team will:
Assign a dedicated project manager
Scope the project
Order all materials and supplies
Recruit and manage event staffing
Provide volunteer training
Set up/break down the project
$3,500 minimum project budget
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The High Five Party
National High Five Day (third Thursday in April) is the perfect way to lean in and recognize the incredible work of our top volunteers at our High Five Party!
Part fundraiser, part volunteer recognition and part activation, the High Five Party falls within Global Volunteer Month (April) and National Volunteer Week. There are so many meaningful events and people making impact to celebrate and this party is the one to do it!
From service trailblazers like Michelle Nunn and Bill Bolling to Mayor Shirley Franklin, Ann Cramer, and so many others, our work exists because of individuals who embody the example of the saying, “it takes a village.” Now, with over 1,000,000 lifetime volunteers, celebrating volunteering and service is the perfect way to highlight your commitment to Atlanta.
SPONSOR BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES COMING SOON!
The Hands On Atlanta High Five Party is support by:
Hands On Atlanta Week
If you’re looking for a way to support volunteerism in Metro Atlanta in a big way, Hands On Atlanta Week is event for you!
Known as Atlanta’s biggest week of service, we will mobilize thousands of volunteers across 200+ projects, supporting 50+ nonprofits and schools to tackle Atlanta’s most pressing needs.
As a sponsor, you’ll help make it all happen and get the benefits of awareness and visibility as a corporate social responsibility leader in Atlanta.
Hands On Atlanta Week is supported by
Take a look back at recent HANDS ON ATLANTA WEEK EVENTS
MLK Days of Service
For more than 30 years, Hands On Atlanta has mobilized the community to take MLK Day on, honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We will feature 100+ meaningful volunteer opportunities to help make his dream of the “beloved community” a reality.
In addition to the “day on” we also host one of Atlanta’s most anticipated social good events of the year, the MLK Sunday Supper. Now in it’s 11th year, this important evening will convene Atlanta leaders for an impactful program, followed by intimate and vulnerable table conversation facilicated by an Atlanta change maker.
MLK Days of Service is supported by:
Take a look back at recent MLK Days of Service
Meals4Kids Meal Pack
ENGAGE 50-500 Volunteers
PACK UP TO 10,000 Meals
SUPPORT UP TO 15 Local Schools
GREAT FOR High impact, Team building
According to the Atlanta Community Food Bank, 1 out of 7 children live in a food insecure household, meaning they don’t know there their next meal will come from.
The Meals4Kids program aims to ensure that the students in Hands On Atlanta’s tutorial and enrichment programs don’t go hungry on the weekends. Meals4Kids serves students who qualify for free/reduced lunch and participate in Hands On Atlanta’s school-based programs, and their siblings. Volunteers will assemble bags of kid friendly nutritious items, like spaghetti noodles, tomato sauce, canned vegetables or fruit, tuna, granola bars, juice boxes, crackers, apple sauce.
Meals4Kids is recommended by these companies:
how it works
Listen & Learn
You’ll hear from community leaders on the challenges facing our families and how critical your work is in improving lives.
Pack Meals
Volunteers will work together building meal bags through an assembly line style activation, adding a personal touch writing encouraging notes.
Wrap Up
We’ll share meal pack totals, snap a group photo and then our team will take care of the rest - including delivering the meals to our partners.
“I felt really appreciated and the Hands On Atlanta crew were really friendly and so organized. I was quite impressed with the experience. ”
End-to-End Management + Fulfillment
Your team will sign up, show up and we’ll handle the rest from start to finish!
Our team will:
Assign a dedicated project manager
Scope the project
Order all materials and supplies
Work with the venue of your choice
Recruit and manage event staffing
Provide volunteer training
Set up/break down the project
Deliver meals to nonprofit/school
$7500 minimum project budget
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STEAM Kit Pack
ENGAGE 50-500 Volunteers
PACK UP TO 6,500 Kits
OPTIONS “Projects in a Box”
SUPPORT STEAM enrichment for students in our Title 1 partner schools
GREAT FOR On-site activations
STEAM powers our community. It fosters ingenuity, builds resilience, inspires creativity, encourages teamwork, teaches problem-solving and enhances critical-thinking. Through this project, your company will address the critical, ongoing need for volunteers to help execute STEAM programing for students across Georgia.
In this activity, volunteers will assemble bags that contain interactive STEAM focused lesson plans and the supplies needed to impact students across Metro Atlanta. Volunteers will also write notes of encouragement to students and teachers.
STEAM Kits are recommended by these companies:
how it works
Listen & Learn
You’ll hear from our Education Programs team on the importance of STEAM and how critical your work is in improving educational outcomes.
Pack Kit
Volunteers will work together packing kits through an assembly line style activation, adding a personal touch writing encouraging notes.
Wrap Up
We’ll share kit pack totals, snap a group photo and then our team will take care of the rest - including delivering the kits to our partners.
ask us about our “Project in a Box”
This project qualifies for one of our “Project in a Box” option. It is exactly what it sounds like.
We’ll package and deliver this volunteer activation in a large bin and pick up the bin with completed kits, and distribute them to our nonprofit/school partners.
You’ll get:
Complete community impact
And more - like a fun, custom playlist (safe for work ;)) you can access to keep the energy high throughout the event
All materials and supplies
Complete Instructions, event run of show, and “How-To” Video
Issue education
End-to-End Management + Fulfillment
Your team will sign up, show up and we’ll handle the rest from start to finish!
Our team will:
Assign a dedicated project manager
Scope the project
Order all materials and supplies
Work with the venue of your choice
Recruit and manage event staffing
Provide volunteer training
Set up/break down the project
Deliver kits to nonprofit/school
$5500 minimum project budget
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Team Bike Build
ENGAGE 25-100 Volunteers
PACK UP TO 25 Bikes
SUPPORT UP TO 25 Atlanta families
GREAT FOR Team Building
In support of our nonprofit bike partner FB4K, the Bike Building Experience offers corporate groups the opportunity to support their mission and have fun while doing it. These events focus on how to work together as well as on building bikes for the community. No mechanical skills are necessary - only a willingness to come together around a common objective.
We’ll provide boxed bikes, required tools, delivery and pick up of bikes, and staff to coordinate event. Teams of 5 will build each bike, play trivia, ensure quality control and more!
Team Bike Builds are recommended by:
how it works
Listen & Learn
You’ll hear from the FB4K team why this activity is essential for improving lives for metro Atlanta families.
Pack Kit
Volunteers will work together in small groups to build a complete bike, play trivia, ensure quality control and more!
Wrap Up
We’ll share kit pack totals, snap a group photo and then our team will take care of the rest - including delivering the bikes to our partners, FB4K.
“I really ENJOYED volunteering and meeting new employees and staff and most importantly... Making a difference in the lives of others who are less fortunate.””
End-to-End Management + Fulfillment
Your team will sign up, show up and we’ll handle the rest from start to finish!
Our team will:
Assign a dedicated project manager
Scope the project
Order all materials and supplies
Work with the venue of your choice
Recruit and manage event staffing
Provide volunteer training
Set up/break down the project
Deliver kits to nonprofit/school
$6500 minimum project budget
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Mega Meal Pack
ENGAGE 100-700 Volunteers
PACK UP TO 100,000 Meals
SUPPORT Metro Atlanta families
GREAT FOR Conferences, Large Events
According to the Atlanta Community Food Bank, over 500,000 people in Metro Atlanta are food insecure, meaning they don’t know there their next meal will come from.
Our Mega Meal Pack option is a great opportunity for a company looking to go big and fight food insecurity in a major way! We partner with US Hunger to bring all the ingredients necessary to package the healthy meals, all supplies and tools including containers to hold the meal ingredients, meal bags and boxes, heat sealers, hairnets, hand sanitizer, and gloves. We’ll also help you the school/nonprofit to donate the meals to and handle delivery! You’ll choose your meal to pack, bring your volunteers and we’ll take care of the rest.
The Mega Meal Packs are recommended by:
how it works
Listen & Learn
You’ll hear from our Community + Civic Engagement team about food insecurity across Atlanta and the importance of the activation.
Pack Kit
Volunteers will work together in an assembly line style led by table captains and logistics volunteers to efficiently pack meals at scale.
Wrap Up
We’ll share kit pack totals, snap a group photo and then our team will take care of the rest - including delivering the meals to our partners.
“I had an amazing time volunteering for Hands On Atlanta 9/11. I was volunteering for registration and I really enjoyed myself and the team.””
End-to-End Management + Fulfillment
Your team will sign up, show up and we’ll handle the rest from start to finish!
Our team will:
Assign a dedicated project manager
Scope the project
Order all materials and supplies
Work with the venue of your choice
Recruit and manage event staffing
Provide volunteer training
Set up/break down the project
Deliver kits to nonprofit/school
$15,000 minimum project budget
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Comfort Kit Pack
ENGAGE 25-100 Volunteers
PACK UP TO 5,000 Kits
OPTIONS “Projects in a Box”
SUPPORT Metro Atlanta families
GREAT FOR On-site activations
There are 300,000 children living in poverty in the metro Atlanta area. Government assistant programs like WIC SNAP don't allow for diaper or other healthcare purchases.
Hands On Atlanta's partner agencies include non-profits benefiting single parents, families in housing transitions, and homeless individuals, all in need of essential healthcare items. Volunteers will pack care kits for families, adults and children of all ages. Items to be packed will include items such as bath soap, lotion, toothbrush, wash cloth, feminine items, hand sanitizer, tooth paste and/or training pants.
Comfort + Hygiene Kits are recommended by:
how it works
Listen & Learn
You’ll hear from our Community + Civic Engagement team why this activity is essential for improving lives for metro Atlanta families.
Pack Kit
Volunteers will work together in small groups and in an assembly line style to pack various hygiene and essential items in the kits.
Wrap Up
We’ll share kit pack totals, snap a group photo and then our team will take care of the rest - including delivering the kits to our partners.
ask us about our “Project in a Box”
This project qualifies for our “Project in a Box” option. It is exactly what it sounds like.
We’ll package and deliver this volunteer activation in a large bin and pick up the bin with completed kits, and distribute them to our nonprofit/school partners.
You’ll get:
Complete community impact
And more - like a custom playlist (safe for work ;)) you can access to keep the energy high throughout the event
All materials and supplies
Complete Instructions, event run of show, and “How-To” Video
Issue education
End-to-End Management + Fulfillment
Your team will sign up, show up and we’ll handle the rest from start to finish!
Our team will:
Assign a dedicated project manager
Scope the project
Order all materials and supplies
Work with the venue of your choice
Recruit and manage event staffing
Provide volunteer training
Set up/break down the project
Deliver kits to nonprofit/school
$5000 minimum project budget
Explore other Projects + events
Teacher Support Kit Pack
ENGAGE 50-200 Volunteers
PACK UP TO 1,000 Kits
OPTIONS “Projects in a Box”
SUPPORT Up to 1,000 teachers and students
GREAT FOR On-site activations
It’s no secret, teachers across metro Atlanta are the unsung heroes responsible for developing the next generation. Their incredible efforts often go unnoticed, while they rise to the occasion to meet the growing needs of their students. Teachers regularly use personal funds, on an already tight budget, to purchase essential school items and necessary things to ensure their scholar success.
In this activity, volunteers will assemble support and preparedness kits that contain daily items used by students throughout the year - pens, pencils, markers, rulers, etc. Each teacher will receive a supply kit, as well as a class set of STEAM Kits for their students. Volunteers will also write notes of encouragement to students and teachers as well as assembling school specific needs.
Teacher Support Kits are recommended by:
how it works
Listen & Learn
You’ll hear from our Education Programs team on the challenges teachers face and how important this activity is in improving educational outcomes.
Pack Kit
Volunteers will work together in small groups and in an assembly line style to pack support kits, adding a personal touch throughout the project.
Wrap Up
We’ll share kit pack totals, snap a group photo and then our team will take care of the rest - including delivering the kits to our partners.
ask us about our “Project in a Box”
This project qualifies for one of our “Project in a Box” options. It is exactly what it sounds like.
We’ll package and deliver this volunteer activation in a large bin and pick up the bin with completed kits, and distribute them to our nonprofit/school partners.
You’ll get:
Complete community impact
And more - like a custom playlist (safe for work ;)) you can access to keep the energy high throughout the event
All materials and supplies
Complete Instructions, event run of show, and “How-To” Video
Issue education
End-to-End Management + Fulfillment
Your team will sign up, show up and we’ll handle the rest from start to finish!
Our team will:
Assign a dedicated project manager
Scope the project
Order all materials and supplies
Work with the venue of your choice
Recruit and manage event staffing
Provide volunteer training
Set up/break down the project
Deliver kits to nonprofit/school
$8500 minimum project budget
Explore other Projects + events