Hot Projects: Week of August 5
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.