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A Friends House is a non-profit organization that helps children in crisis. Children in crisis could encompass working with children that have: been removed from their home by the Division of Family and Children Services, parents who are incarcerated or general problems. A Friend's house serves children from newborn to 18 years of age. Children in their care may spend up to 90 days at the facility.
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Diamond in the Rough
Diamond In the Rough (DITR) is a faith-based, non-profit youth
development and leadership program that serves girls ages
10-18. Our organizational purpose is to motivate, educate,
inspire and provide guidance to girls through a variety of
preventative programs and enrichment activities that build
self-esteem, character, and leadership.
DITR provides a wide
variety of activities including weekly mentoring, leadership
training, college and career coaching, family enrichment
activities, and special workshops and events offered to girls in
a safe, structured, fun environment. DITR seeks to empower girls
physically, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually and
financially. Our program is designed to help girls walk in
their purpose and take hold of the promises and the
possibilities of God.
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Everybody Wins! Atlanta, a local affiliate
of the Everybody Wins! National non – profit organization, is
dedicated to promoting children’s literacy through shared
reading experiences with caring individuals. The mentor meets
the child during the school lunch break and together they read a
book once a week while the child eats lunch.
Everybody Wins! Administers the program and will notify the mentor if the student is not at school during the designated reading day. Everybody wins is assigned to Heritage Elementary School. Heritage's reading days are Tuesday and Wednesday. The program begins around September 10, 2007 and runs through school year. Volunteers can begin any time and are asked to at least complete a full semester.
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First Team is a non – profit mentoring program for middle school
and high school boys in Clayton County. The program operates out
of the Recreation Outreach Center of First Baptist Church
Jonesboro. The program begins around September 10, 2007 and runs
through the school year. Volunteers can begin at any time. The
program is also seeking interns to assist with programming and
other administrative functions.
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Hands On Atlanta is a non-profit organization that helps
individuals, families and corporate and community groups find
flexible volunteer opportunities at more than 400 service
organizations and schools. Hands On Atlanta volunteers, now
37,000 strong, are at work every day of the year building
community and meeting critical needs in schools, parks, senior
homes, food banks, pet shelters, low-income neighborhoods and
more.
Hands On Atlanta is an affiliate of the Hands On Network, an umbrella association of "Cares" and "Hands On" organizations across the United States, U.K. and other countries.
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Healthfield Hospice provides physical, emotional, spiritual and psychosocial support for terminally ill patients and their caregivers. This care is provided in homes, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and our in-patient hospice unit. Patients are accepted for hospice care based on their health needs, not their ability to pay. One of the team members providing care for patients is the volunteer. Our volunteers play an important role in administrative and patient support roles and are a valued part of the hospice team.
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International Rescue Committee
The International
Rescue Committee serves refugees and communities victimized by
oppression or violent conflict worldwide. Founded in 1933, the
IRC is committed to freedom, human dignity, and self-reliance.
This commitment is expressed in emergency relief, protection of
human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement
assistance, and advocacy.
The International Rescue Committee opened its regional resettlement office in Atlanta in 1979, at a time when many refugees from southeast Asia were being resettled in the United States following the Vietnam War. Since then, the office has helped more than 16,500 refugees from over 20 countries rebuild their lives in the greater Atlanta area. The IRC provides a wide range of services to refugees in all stages of resettlement and seeks to promote each refugee family's search for self-sufficiency.
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National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The Georgia Chapter of the National MS Society is a non-profit organization that provides programs and services for the more than 8,500 Georgians living with multiple sclerosis. All funds for this effort are raised privately. Along with hundreds of volunteers, the Chapter raises more than $1.5 million annually from events such as the Bike MS and Walk MS events throughout the state. The funds support a wide range of programs and services and national research to stop MS. Eighty-one cents of every dollar raised go directly toward local programs and national research to create a world free of MS.
Volunteer Opportunities include events, programs, client services, administration (reception, finance, filing data entry) and advocacy. No matter what your skill level includes, feel free to contact our Chapter and we will be able to provide a way for you to help us do something about MS NOW. Volunteers can volunteer for a few hours, a day, a weekend or for months at a time.
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Founded in 1986, Samaritan House of Atlanta transforms lives by helping homeless
men and women gain self-sufficiency through personalized employment readiness
and life-stabilization programs. We fulfill our mission through two core
programs: Café 458 and The EDGE. Samaritan House of Atlanta transforms lives by
helping homeless men and women gain self-sufficiency through personalized
employment readiness and life-stabilization programs.
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Southwest
Christian Care is more than a care facility. It is a place full
of friendly, caring faces filled with laughter, hugs and
sometimes tears. Whether we are serving terminally ill
patients, providing respite for medically fragile and special
needs children, or offering a time of fellowship for senior
adults with mild and moderate memory loss, our goal is to give
the very best care possible in a nurturing and accepting
environment. Our entire ministry is based on spiritual care of
our patients and their families.
Volunteers are vital. We couldn’t do it without you! Because
all of our services are provided at no cost to our patients and
their families, we depend solely on the generous gifts of,
churches, civic groups, corporations, businesses and individuals
just like you.
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