For the 2024 edition of Hands On Atlanta Week, presented by Delta Air Lines, more than 3,000 volunteers supported over 50 nonprofits and schools across 300 projects! The focus for the week prioritized projects around Food Security and Hurricane Helene relief efforts, but volunteers created meaningful impact in all kinds of areas including building bikes, park beautifications, tutoring elementary students and so much more!
We’re excited to introduce our newest Hands On Hunger cohort! Since 2018, in partnership with the Atlanta Community Food Bank, we’ve led 10 cohorts of pantries through our intensive 2 year capacity-building program, with this being our 11th.
If you’ve ever seen a child light up while building a rocket, creating art, or learning how to calm their mind—you’ve seen our Discovery in action.
On April 19, 2025, we wrapped up another fun and meaningful Discovery season with our 4th Annual Discovery Pop Up Celebration—a day full of smiles, energy, and love for our amazing students. From hands-on activities to sweet treats, the celebration was all about honoring the hard work and curiosity of our young learners.
In response to the impact of COVID-19, Disco is an Olympic themed, team-based virtual experience created for students in grades 3-5 to engage in fun and interactive activities while at-home. Our goal is to beat isolation in the virtual education space and provide a safe space for students.
During these sessions, students will have the opportunity to do educational activities, connect with fellow classmates, and create a space of team comradery and creativity. The supplies are essential as they allow our students to complete the weekly activities and broaden their knowledge around important themes such as math, financial literacy, STEAM, history, and other focus areas. Traditionally, this program is known as Discovery when in-person.
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Hands On Atlanta
Attn: Tasia Limonius
600 Means Street, Ste. 100
Atlanta, GA 30318
Disco’s Title 1 Partner Schools:
Brookview Elementary School
Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School
Harper Archer Elementary School
The Kindezi School at Old Fourth Ward
The Kindezi School West
Parklane Elementary School
Scott Elementary School
Usher Collier Elementary
300+ Small Clear bags
300+ Scotch Tape Rolls
300+ Plastic Jars
25 Boxes of Craft Sticks
25 Bags of Pom-Poms for Crafts
10 Large Bags of Googly Eyes for Crafts
300+ Boxes of Crayons (24 total)
300+ Boxes of Thin Markers (10 total)
10 Large boxes of Pencils (150 count)
300+ Boxes of Colored Pencils (12 count)
300 Elmer’s Glue Sticks
300 Bottles of Elmer’s Liquid Glue
300 Olympic themed metals
300 Composition Books
300 Folders
25 Boxes of Straws
25 Boxes of Small Sandwich Bags
25 Packs of Construction Paper
25 Packs of Scissors (300 total)
10 Balls of Yarn
10 Packs of Pipe Cleaners
10 Cases of Printer Paper
Stickers
For the last 28 years, volunteers have been working with students at elementary schools teaching health and wellness, STEM concepts, social and emotional learning (SEL), and more through the Hands On Atlanta Discovery program.
To learn more about this impact program, I sat down with Candice White, Discovery Program Manager, to learn more about why Discovery is so important (now in 11 Title 1, public schools covering from Smyrna to East Point, serving nearly 1,400 students - almost 90% of them receiving free and reduced lunch) and how volunteers, like you, can get involved.
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