Atlanta BeltLine Northside 5k

Saturday, April 6 From 6:30 AM - 9:30 AM (Buckhead)

The Atlanta BeltLine is sparking a fun culture of health, activity, and community in Atlanta. Now in its 8th year, the Atlanta BeltLine Run.Walk.Go! Race Series is the perfect chance to explore various trail segments and stay active. This event takes participants through Tanyard Creek Park and on new BetlLine connector trail on the Northside. Volunteer tasks include greeting participants, helping with set up, directing parking, registration, cheering & directing runners.

Load/Unload Native Plants for Spring Plant Sale

Thursday April 4 From 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Stone Mountain)

We are looking for volunteers who enjoy being outdoors and getting a little dirty. Our spring plant sale is a wonderful way to meet experienced gardeners who understand and love native plants of Georgia. We need volunteers to help sort, pack and load plants at Stone Mountain, then travel to McFarlane Park in Marietta to help unload the plants at our sale site. It is a great opportunity to see plants not usually available at nurseries and learn ways that native plants attract wildlife, reduce the need to water and fertilize, and promote a balanced ecosystem.

Open Hand Meal Packing

Various Weekdays 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Lindbergh)

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 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!

Changing a Generation Mobile Food Pantry

Saturday, April 6 From 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM (Greenbriar)

Our mission is to provide services to those in need and programs that will lead to the enhancement and development of communities around Atlanta. It is our intent to carry out this mission in line with the philosophy of Matthew 25:34-40 Join us as we serve the community by serving approximately 400 families a week. Tasks for the drive through mobile food pantry will include; while working outside: set up tables, breakdown of deliveries into food groups, packaging of individual items, loading groceries as clients drive through, breaking down of boxes and assisting with clean-up.

Thrift Store Associate- Morrow

Saturday, April 6 From 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM (Morrow)

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 merchandise Placed approved donations on the sales floor, work closely with clients who have vouchers to ensure they receive the correct amount of items stated on the voucher and stocking book shelves.