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Connection, fun and impact highlight the 2024 edition of hands on atlanta week

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For the 2024 edition of Hands On Atlanta Week, presented by Delta Air Lines, more than 3,000 volunteers supported over 100 nonprofits and schools across 300 projects! The focus for the week prioritized projects around Food Security and Hurricane Helene relief efforts, but volunteers created meaningful impact in all kinds of areas including building bikes, park beautifications, tutoring elementary students and so much more!

Here’s a few highlighted examples of some big, impactful projects…

The Service Shakeout kicked off the week with some fun

150 community leaders joined us at Monday Night Garage to learn about food insecurity, pack 2,000 snack packs for students in our Discovery program and laugh with Comedy and Conversations.

“Most awesome atmosphere and program I have experienced as a volunteer!” ”
— Service Shakeout attendee

Delta Air Lines showed up and showed out packing Meals4Kids

Close to 200 employees from Delta turned out to pack more than 6,000 meals for students in our partner elementary schools. The meals were distributed to students and families to help during fall break.

Meals4Kids pack with Endeavor, startups at Wild Leap Brewery

On the heels of Venture Atlanta, about 100 entrepreneurs and members of the startup community joined us in South Downtown for a huge meal pack and happy hour at Wild Leap Brewery.

Kilpatrick and Highwoods build bikes for kids

More than 100 volunteers from Kilpatrick and Highwoods built bikes at their corporate offices in Midtown and Buckhead. Each It wasn’t all building as they raced bikes for bragging rights!

Other meaningful happenings throughout the week included:

  • Tens of thousands of attendees at community events like Atlanta Pride, Decatur Book Festival, The Race Half Marathon and 5k, the Mayor’s 5k on the 5th Runway - all powered by volunteers!

  • In addition to the 40 AmeriCorps members serving at our partner elementary and middle schools throughout the week, they took a day and served with our friends at The King Center.

  • Hundreds of volunteers helped out at food pantries all across metro Atlanta.

  • Volunteers from Chick-fil-A and the community supported 500 students with STEM enrichment activities at 10 different partner schools for our Discovery program.

  • 48in48 hosted their global hack-a-thon, engaging hundreds of skills-based volunteers to build websites for nonprofits.

  • Metro Atlanta social impact leaders attended the 2024 Nonprofit Leadership Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 9 over at the Botanical Gardens.

  • Hands On Atlanta President and CEO, Jay Cranman, joined Purpose Possible for a webinar on “Failing Forward”.

  • Plus so much more impact!

“It was great experience. I really enjoyed helping and I learned more about gardening.””
— Volunteer with Wylde Center
“This experience is one that I will not forget and look forward to the next one!” ”
— Volunteer at Community Marketplace Food Pantry
“Felt very warming, almost like I wasn’t even volunteering.””
— Hands On Atlanta Week volunteer

None of this work happens without the support of all of our Hands On Atlanta Week corporate sponsors. Give these companies a high-five for joining us and supporting Atlanta’s biggest week of service.

Whew, that’s a lot of impact in just a short time, but the reality is - Hands On Atlanta Week is just a snapshot of the work volunteers do every day, and well… the work continues.

Join us and pick up where these volunteers left off and find a project on our volunteer portal or if your company is looking for a fun and meaningful way to support the community during the upcoming holiday season, learn how we can help!

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