City of Dunwoody hosts MLK Jr. Day of Service
The city of Dunwoody invites citizens and community members to volunteer at the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. In partnership with the Dunwoody-Atlanta Chapter of Jack and Jill of America Inc. and in corporation with Brighton Gardens, the Community Assistance Center, Country Gardens, the Dunwoody Nature Center, I Care Atlanta Inc., The Daffodil Project and Trees Atlanta have come together with the city to host the second annual MLK Jr. Day of Service in Dunwoody.
This is a free event for all ages to give back to the community. Sign-up for an opportunity to participate by visiting the Dunwoody Parks Registration Portal. Opportunities include: planting trees, cleaning up a Dunwoody park, daffodil planting, sharing time at local senior living centers, or completing projects at the CAC or at I Care Atlanta, Inc. Volunteers can also make a donation of a new or gently used coat or non-perishable food items to one of the donation bins on the day of the event at the pavilion at Brook Run Park.
Volunteers will check-in at 8:30 a.m.at the pavilion at Brook Run Park where the morning will begin with registration, donuts, coffee, music and cool giveaways. Volunteers can either stay in Brook Run Park or drive to their selected volunteer location with a goal of concluding activities at noon.
When: 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 15 at Brook Run Park, 4770 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody
Information: Ashley Butts, Communications Manager, at 678.382.6700 or ashley.butts@dunwoodyga.gov.
Register: Sign-up at the Parks Registration Portal by clicking on the following link, signing in or creating an account and choosing your volunteer location: https://secure.rec1.com/GA/dunwoody-ga/catalog. Registration ends 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14.
Meals on Wheels seeks volunteers for pet food program
According to Meals on Wheels America, seniors with pets are less likely to exhibit depression, report feelings of loneliness and experience illness. Owning a pet, however, can become a financial burden to seniors on a fixed income. More often than not, a devoted animal lover will feed their hungry pet before they feed themselves.
Meals on Wheels Loves Pets is a grant program from Meals on Wheels America aimed to help ease the cost of pet ownership and keep pets and seniors together. Senior Services North Fulton, a nonprofit that has been supporting older adults in the North Fulton community since 1991, received a $2,500 grant from Meals on Wheels America to help grow this important program.
It needs volunteers to sort 30 days’ worth of pet food and deliver it to their clients.
In total, Meals on Wheels America has granted $300,000 to 193 Meals on Wheels programs through the Meals on Wheels Loves Pets initiative this year. Funding is made possible in part through a donation from Banfield Charitable Trust. To date, the grant program has distributed more than $2.4 million in funding and pet food donations.
When: first Friday of every month
Where: Senior Services North Fulton office, 3060 Royal Boulevard South Suite 130
Information: www.ssnorthfulton.org or 770-993-1906.
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