| Organization | Description | Type of Help Needed | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Day Care Center | Adult day care center, M-F, for the elderly and/or disabled | To provide companionship services, including reading, singing, arts & crafts, music, anything to stimulate, for the elderly and disabled | Annie Lumpkin 706-548-6476 |
| AIDS Coalition of Northeast Georgia | N/A | Needs volunteers to provide support for administration, fund-raising, marketing, public relations, internships, special events, and database update and maintenance | 706-542-2437 |
| Almost Home | A chapter of the Athens Area Homeless Shelter that provides transitional shelter for single women and families with children | To tutor and/or mentor families, or purchase/prepare meals. If you have a small group of people that wants to prepare a meal one night, just sign up | Jenny 706-354-0423 |
| Athens Area Child Abuse Prevention Council | An early-intervention program assisting parents in establishing positive, nurturing relationships with their children | Volunteers are trained to act as paraprofessionals, making in-home visits and providing parents with support and information | Grace Alter 706-546-9713 |
| Athens Area Habitat for Humanity | Coordinates the non-profit construction of low-cost housing | Many aspects of home building | Elizabeth 706-208-1001 |
| Organization | Description | Type of Help Needed | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Area Humane Society | Primarily a cat/dog/small animal shelter | Desperately need "playmates" for the animals to help with socialization and grooming | 706-353-2287 |
| Athens Canine Rescue | Animal rescue and pet services | Foster homes, Pet Washes, Claws n' Paws, and Adopt-a-Pet Program support | email web site |
| Athens Community Council on Aging | Organization to support the elderly in Athens | Administrative support, help with fund-raising and assist with services such as the Foster Grandparent program and the Independent Living Coalition | 706-549-4850 |
| Athens Creative Theater, Dept of Leisure Services | Arts/theater | Needs volunteers to help with most aspects of theatrical production for its seasonal performances | 706-613-3628 |
| Athens Transit | Provides free and low cost transportation to hundreds of Clarke Countians | Various duties | 706-613-3637 ext. 24 |
| Organization | Description | Type of Help Needed | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens-Clarke County Library | Athens public library | Special event assistance, library store clerk, periodicals volunteer, shelf reader, Talking Book Center aide and recorder, Heritage room aide and Homework Helper | 706-613-3650 ext. 342 |
| Boys and Girls Club | After-school recreation programs for children between the ages of 6 and 18 | Needs marketing students to do an assessment of perceptions of their organization and then devise a marketing strategy | Ann Buchholtz |
| Catholic Social Services (HABLAS ESPANOL?!) | The area's only organization to support the Hispanic community in Athens | Translations (oral/written), and light office work (it's ok if you don't speak Spanish for office work) | |
| Clarke County Correctional Facility GED TUTORING | Prison tutoring program | GED tutor needed, Tuesday nights from 7:15 to 8:45 on a semi-regular basis, to tutor inmates on GED skills and basic literacy. | J.D. Whitlock 706-613-5301 GED Program contact: Mr. Stuart McGarity 706-543-6085 |
| Clarke County Mentor Program | Program designed to get adults to mentor/interact with young elementary through high school students | To mentor and tutor school-age children in the Clarke Country School District 1 hour a week | Trudy 706-549-6800 |
| Organization | Description | Type of Help Needed | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Center Volunteer Usher Program | Enjoy free shows while offering a smile or helping hand to Classic City patrons. There's a short orientation, and then you're set to usher any shows you'd like, with no minimum volunteer requirement. | Mandatory (short) Volunteer Usher Program Training will be on Tues, 9/16/03 at 6pm in the theater. It is really more like an orientation. You will be asked to fill out a form and then you will be given an opportunity to sign up for any shows that you want to work this season. | Kathy Fields 706-255-6063 www.classiccenter.com |
| Even Start Family Literacy Program | GED and ESL services | Needs volunteers to provide GED and ESL (English as a Second Language) tutoring for parents and children, also needed are childcare volunteers for children age 6 weeks to 4 years | 706-357-5315 |
| Garnett Ridge Family Support Center | Several community-based programs servicing the African-American and Hispanic population. | ESL, Spanish, and literacy classes, nutrition classes, childcare, and after-school and leadership programs | |
| Georgia Museum of Art | Art museum | Needs volunteers to provide support for educational programs, acquisitions, publications, receptions, special exhibits, and other special events | 706-542-4662 |
| Lyndon House Arts Center | Offers gallery exhibitions and art classes | Needs special event assistance, a resource room aide, gallery shop clerking and tour guides | 706-613-3623 ext. 224 |
| Organization | Description | Type of Help Needed | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make a Wish Foundation | Foundation that grants wishes to children 2 ½ - 18 yrs who suffer from life-threatening illness | Translation, admin support, wish-granting, fundraising, special events, and public relations | 770-916-9474 ext. 14 |
| Oglethorpe Child Development Center | A low-cost day care for low-income families | Seeks volunteers in Oglethorpe County | 706-743-8995 |
| PAWS (Pet Assistance and Welfare Society of Athens, Inc.) | Spaying/neutering of cats and dogs in Athens | Looking for animal lovers to help arrange the spaying and neutering of Athens pets | 706-310-0663 |
| Potter's House | Thrift store | Needs volunteers to maintain the sales floor | 706-546-5596 |
| Project R.A.P. (Reaching Adulthood Prepared) | N/A | Needs mentors to work with African-American males, ages 12-19, with a focus on teen pregnancy prevention | 706-549-1435 |
| Organization | Description | Type of Help Needed | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Safe | Battered women's shelter | Administrative, child care, playing music, cooking/helping out in the kitchen, mentoring, tutoring, counseling — anything | Donna 706-549-0922 |
| The Athens Tutorial Program | A non-profit, volunteer organization that provides one-on-one tutoring for children at risk of being high school dropouts | Not only do volunteer tutors have the opportunity to help students with learning academic skills that will improve their chances of excelling in their academic career, but the benefits are far-reaching in the community as well | Elizabeth Pape 706-542-3828 www.uga.edu/atp |
| The Boys and Girls Club of Athens | After-school recreation programs for children between the ages of 6 and 18 | Work with kids playing or coaching sports without a fixed commitment, this is for you! They also need tutors for homework help, arts and crafts, computers, the game room, the gym, and general outdoor play | Donna or Derrick 706-549-7017 |
| The Y.W.C.O | N/A | Homework tutoring, arts & crafts (always with a "Theme of the Week"), sports activities, gymnasium, outdoors activities | Wade 706-354-7880 |
| Organization | Description | Type of Help Needed | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Care Hospice | Provides support for terminally-ill individuals and their families | Patient Care, Admin, or Bereavement | Kathy 706-369-9998 |
| WatchDawgs | UGA organization that provides a safe ride home for students on the weekends | Volunteer drivers | 706-369-6601 |
| Vistas | A resource center providing educational services to the visually impaired and otherwise disabled, needs volunteers | Administrative support, career counseling, a speakers bureau, translation, and special |
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