Youth Mentoring
When: Ongoing
Where: 1230 Hightower Road N.W. Atlanta
Time: Shifts Vary
Benefits: The Young Adult Guidance Center
Cost: Free
Contact: Aja Ellis, ajaellis@gmail.com
Move-In/Design Day Volunteers
When: Today
Where: Please contact
Time: 9 a.m. – 1p.m.; 1 – 5 p.m.
Benefits: Decorating homes for disadvantaged families
Cost: Free
Contact: 770-605-7291, www.projectliveproud.org
Sorting and Packing Cookies
When: Feb. 23
Where: 6755 Majors Road, Cumming
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Benefits: Treat The Troops
Cost: Volunteers asked to bring at least one dozen cookies
Contact: Linda Jones, 770-887-1142
Park Work Day
When: Feb. 25
Where: 2125 Tribble Mill Parkway, Lawrenceville
Time: 9 a.m. – noon
Benefits: Tribble Mill Park
Cost: Free
Contact: www.gwinnettcounty.com
LaAmistad Buckhead 5K
When: Feb. 25
Where: 3434 Roswell Road, Atlanta
Time: 8 a.m.
Benefits: Child, youth, and family programs
Cost: $25; $30, race day
Contact: Jon Naphin, 404-493-1703
HotJog 6K
When: Feb. 25
Where: 1082 Al Bishop Drive, Marietta
Time: 8 a.m.
Benefits: Metro Atlanta Firefighters Association
Cost: $25
Contact: www.maffc.org
Haiti’s Heroes 5K
When: Feb. 26
Where: Greater Atlanta Christian School
Time: 2 p.m.
Benefits: Eternal Hope in Haiti
Cost: $20 until Feb. 20; $25
Contact: www.active.com, 678-795-0115
Community Blood Drive
When: Feb. 28
Where: 2753 Watts Drive, Kennesaw
Time: 2 – 7 p.m.
Benefits: American Red Cross
Cost: Free
Contact: 770-422-9714
Warthog Waddle 5K
When: March 3
Where: 4480 Crossville Road, Roswell
Time: 6:45 a.m.
Benefits: Wiphan Care Ministries
Cost: $25 until Feb. 26; $30, race day
Contact: Mike Buckelew, 404-542-7123
Benefit Concert for A Future Not A Past
When: March 10
Where: 148 Church St., Marietta
Time: 6 p.m.
Benefits: Awarness for child sex trafficking in Atlanta
Cost: $5+
Contact: Cameron Harris, chcameron@gmail.com
Saturday Sort Day: Wheelchairs, Prosthetics, etc.
When: March 10
Where: 151 14th St., Atlanta
Time: 10 a.m. -2 p.m.
Benefits: Embraced Atlanta
Cost: Free
Contact: raul@embracedatlanta.org
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