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Medshare
Duties: Sort, identify and package medical supplies
MedShare is a 501c(3) humanitarian aid organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people, communities, and our planet by sourcing and directly delivering surplus medical supplies and equipment to communities in need around the world. MedShare's deliveries of vital medical supplies and equipment have decreased our nation's carbon footprint and brought health, healing, and the promis of better lives to 100 countries and countless patients.
Nicholas House
Duties: Sort, identify and package medical supplies
Make care packages, prepare meals and organize heavily trafficked areas
Nicholas House is a nonprofit agency that operates an emergency shelter as well as scattered apartment sites for homeless families of any composition.
Olmsted Linear Park Alliance
Duties: landscaping: weeding, mulching and removal of invasive plants
In August 1995, local residents and non-profit organizations joined forces to come up with a strategy to stabilize and rehabilitate the Olmsted Linear Park. All six park segments have been rehabilitated, work that has included the addition of nearly 6,000 linear feet of paths and the installation of 2,600 new trees and shrubs.
Piedmont Park
Duties: General landscaping (spreading mulch, pulling weeds, watering trees, trail maintenance, etc.)
The Piedmont Park Conservancy, a nonprofit organization, is a member and donor-funded organization working in partnership with the city of Atlanta to fulfill its mission: to enhance and preserve Piedmont Park as a vital, urban green space, and as a cultural and recreational resource that enriches the quality of life for all Atlantans. The Conservancy contributes to the Park's beautification through detail-focused landscaping, volunteer clean-up projects, and capital improvements.
Decatur Campus Gardens
Duties: General landscaping tasks to maintain and beautify the Decatur Community Garden and Native Plant Botanical Garden
Located on the Georgia State Decatur campus, the Decatur Community Gardens feature ferns from around the world and over 4000 species of plants indigenous to the Southeast and U.S. – some rare and endangered. The mission is to educate the public about native plants and temperate ferns by providing a teaching environment. The garden grows 1,000 pounds of food each year, which is donated to students, staff and the community.
Keep North Fulton Beautiful
Duties: Guide customers to the correct bin for their recyclables, assist in collecting items, sort incoming recyclables and bale cardboard and plastics so that our materials are ready to be recycled into new products.
Keep North Fulton Beautiful is an environmental non-profit that provides education and conservation programs to the communities of Johns Creek and Sandy Springs. Our mission is to educate and activate our community in the beautification and conservation of our environment.
Open Hand Atlanta
Duties: Portion food into individual containers and snack bags in an assembly line
Atlanta Community Food Bank
Duties: Sort, organize and pack food and personal care products in a fast-paced environment
Atlanta Community Food Bank fights hunger by engaging, educating and empowering the community. They work with more than 700 nonprofit partners to distribute over 65 million meals across metro Atlanta and north Georgia.
Meals On Wheels
Duties: Write letters and notes of encouragement to home-bound seniors. Notes will be included in meal deliveries to Meals On Wheels Atlanta clients throughout Fulton County. All supplies and pre-shipped envelop included.
The average life expectancy is at a record high of 79 years. As we get older, even the most independent among us may experience physical declines or financial hardship that strips away our independence. Add to that an increase in geographic mobility of our families, and the result is millions of seniors left behind, hungry and alone.
Meals on Wheels has been guided by a single goal since the first known U.S. delivery by a small group of Philadelphia citizens in 1954 – to support our senior neighbors to extend their independence and health as they age. What started as a compassionate idea has grown into one of the largest and most effective social movements in America, currently helping nearly 2.4 million seniors annually in virtually every community in the country.
Learn how Meals On Wheels helps.
Past Days of Service
