Volunteer with Green Market, Piedmont Park’s Local Farmers Market
Have fun volunteering while enjoying the fresh air, learning about locally grown produce and listening to live music! Green Market volunteers play an important role in supporting healthy lifestyles and encouraging sustainable communities. Our Green Market encourages sustainable communities in the most basic way – by providing shoppers with direct access to local farmers and merchants.
Volunteers will primarily assist vendors with unloading their vehicles, general clean-up; market set-up and market break down. Volunteers may also lend a hand at the Green Market Information booth and our Education Garden. Must be able to life up to 20 pounds. This is a rain or shine event, so volunteers must be willing to work in all types of weather conditions. Age requirement is 18 and up. All volunteers must sign a liability waiver. Court-ordered volunteers are accepted but must be pre-approved by the Conservancy.
Where: Piedmont Park
When: 7 a.m. to -2 p.m. Saturdays through Dec. 2
Contact: Piedmont Park Conservancy - volunteer@piedmontpark.org or 404-875-7275
Crossroads Hospice & Palliative Care seeks student volunteers
Crossroads Hospice & Palliative Care is seeking caring, compassionate volunteers to provide comfort, companionship and a helping hand to terminally-ill patients and their families in their homes, in assisted living facilities and nursing facilities.
Crossroads welcomes student volunteers who are 16 years or older to donate time to hospice volunteering. By donating as little as 45 minutes per week, students can help fulfill community service hour requirements while honing their social abilities, boosting self-confidence and developing new skills.
Volunteers are also welcome to help Crossroads staff in the office, including planning a “Gift of a Day,” which asks a patient to describe a perfect day and then makes it a reality, and writing life journals that chronicle the history, events, and blessings of a person’s life.
Volunteers share their favorite activities like reading, card games, playing music, or arts and crafts. They can also run errands and provide respite for family members.
Before becoming a Crossroads Hospice “Ultimate Giver,” participants must complete an application, TB skin test, and training session led by members of the Crossroads team. Potential volunteers must wait a minimum of one year after the death of an immediate family member or loved one before applying.
When: ongoing
Where: 1957 Lakeside Pkwy. Suite 500, Tucker
Information: www.crossroadshospice.com/hospice-volunteering/hospice-volunteering/ or on.fb.me/1oO8s1n.
Contact: Monica Laguaite or Jessica Miller at 770-270-9898 or volunteerATL@crossroadshospice.com
MedShare Southeast needs medical supplies sorters
MedShare volunteers typically work to sort and package surplus medical supplies to be sent overseas. The sorting sessions are three hours long in the sort room of our Decatur facility, which is heated / air conditioned. Volunteers must be at least 14 years of age or older to volunteer on their own. An orientation is performed at the beginning of the session, so punctuality is important. If you would like to volunteer as an individual, simply note your availability for the days you would like to sort with us and we will plan to have you in at those times.
When: ongoing
Where: 3240 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur
Information: www.medshare.org/volunteer or 770-323-5858
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