Donations needed: Stand Up for Stand Down Toiletry Drive
When: through Sept. 5
Where: please contact
Benefits: Atlanta VA Medical Center’s Stand Down Event for homeless veterans
Cost: donations of travel or regular-sized toiletry events
Contact: infoatppcoa@yahoo.com
Volunteers needed: Back to School Children’s Party
When: Aug. 2
Where: 85 Mt. Vernon Highway (corner of Sandy Springs Circle and Mt. Vernon Highway), Sandy Springs
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Benefits: local children with back to school supplies
Cost: free
Contact: www.liftupatlanta.com
Life Teammates Night
When: Aug. 13
Where: Coolray Field, 2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Benefits: Will to Live Foundation and Mending a Million Minds program designed to educate teachers, administrators and students, about the signs of suicide
Cost: prices vary per ticket
Contact: will-to-live.org
Volunteers needed: mentoring and career coaching
When: ongoing
Where: Cafe Clarkston, 3895 Church St., Clarkston
Time: flexible schedule
Benefits: Friends of Refugees, meet people from all over the world to provide career advice and basic computer assistance for job searches.
Cost: free
Contact: sclaxton07@gmail.com, laurenmitchell@friendsofrefugees.com
Volunteers needed: Kids in Need!
When: ongoing
Where: Atlanta Community Food Bank, 732 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., Atlanta
Time: please contact
Benefits: provide school learning supplies for students whose academic success is threatened by poverty
Cost: free
Contact: www.acfb.org
Adult volunteers needed: sports programs for children with special needs
When: ongoing
Where: please contact
Time: schedule dependent on practice and games
Benefits: Exceptional Kids Athletics Inc.
Cost: free
Contact:www.exceptionalkidsathletics.org
Volunteers needed: pack summer lunches
When: Monday - Friday
Where: Community Assistance Center, 1130 Hightower Trail, Sandy Springs
Time: ongoing
Benefits: summer lunches for low-income children
Cost: donations of juice boxes, snack bars, etc. or $35 to provide lunch for one week
Contact: assistance@ourcac.org; volunteer@ourcac.org
Cook and serve dinner to homeless families
When: ongoing
Where: Nicholas House, 830 Boulevard, Atlanta
Time: please contact
Benefits: homeless families
Cost: free
Contact: 404-622-0793
Volunteer music teachers needed
When: ongoing
Where: please contact
Time: flexible schedule
Benefits: youth ages 7-16 in Caminar Latino, a comprehensive domestic-violence intervention program for Latino families.
Cost: free
Contact: www.caminarlatino.org
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