GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY
Global Youth Service Day (April 25-27, 2025) is the longest-running annual youth participation event in the world and the only one that asks all youth ages 5-25 to work together for the common good while also recognizing the impact youth make on their communities every day of the year.
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FEATURED OPPORTUNITIES
These projects are all suitable for volunteers as young as 5!
There’s plenty of room for the whole family, but sign up fast before these spots get filled.
SVdP Food Pantry Distribution-Chamblee
APRIL 25 - 8:30AM - 12:30PM
Restock inventory, replenish refrigerators and freezers, and prepare emergency bags for families and unhoused neighbors. Roles may include checking clients in, data entry, shopping assistant, shelf stocking, delivery processing, and more.
Outreach & Volunteer Potluck Atlanta Campus
APRIL 26 - 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Make dream bags (personal hygiene & toiletries), serve and distribute hot meals, and clothing items to the unhoused community.
Food Pantry Distribution Associate Saturday
APRIL 26 - 8:00AM - 11:00AM
This volunteer will work in the warehouse to prepare food boxes for clients. They will help distribute the boxes to our clients by serving in a variety of roles: box loader, bread loader, bag loader, line director, or conveyor loader.
Free Bikes 4 Kidz Atlanta: Bike Cleaning and Repair
APRIL 26 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Volunteers clean, prep and repair bikes while having a great experience at our warehouse. No experience necessary but if you know a little about bike repair (changing a tire, adjusting gears, etc.), you'll know enough to fix almost anything.
Community Day and Earth Day Festival Preparation
APRIL 26 - 8:00AM - 10:00AM
Volunteers will help set up tents, tables and chairs as well as help vendors set up booths. In addition, this opportunity also include less physical tasks like making and organizing signage.
Five Points Farm Community Garden
APRIL 27 - 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Head downtown to help one of Atlanta's most unique community gardens - the Five Points Farm - a member of the AgLanta Grows-A-Lot program. Volunteers help with weeding, planting, watering, harvesting and doing site beautification projects.
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