Hot Projects: Week of July 20th
Coca-Cola Week of Service: Truly Living Well
Monday July 27, Wednesday July 29th and Friday July 31st from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Ashview Heights Neighborhood, Atlanta)
Truly Living Well is a 501C3 nonprofit educational Center for Natural Urban Agriculture. We grow food, we connect people to the food, and we build equitable and sustainable food communities. It is our mission to grow better communities by connecting people with the land through education and training. Volunteers will be working together to complete farm tasks in order to keep the farm operating at peak level and its herbs and plants flourishing. Tasks may include: weeding and cultivating beds, filling raised beds with soil, planting of seedlings and watering, mulch designated areas with wood chips, processing compost, harvesting and processing produce, light landscaping and other projects as needed.
Coca-Cola Week of Service: Patchwork City Farm
Monday July 27th, Tuesday July 28th and Wednesday July 29th from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Oakland City Neighborhood, Atlanta)
Patchwork City Farms (PCF) is a 1.2 acre independently-owned urban farm located in the city of Atlanta GA. Its original inception began in the Historic West End neighborhood of Atlanta and has now moved to is permanent location of Oakland City. PCF continues to be at the leading edge of Farm to Table, Slow Food, and Sustainable Agricultural movements to name a few. The farm is Certified Naturally Grown and we are committed to growing produce that is safe and nutritious. Volunteers will be weeding, mulching walkways, filling raised beds with soil, and planting.
Coca-Cola Week of Service: West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
Daily Monday July 27th - Friday July 31st from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (SW Atlanta)
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance believes that a healthy environment equals a healthy community, our overall efforts are focused on growing a cleaner, greener, healthier, and more sustainable West Atlanta community. Coca-Cola Week of Service volunteers will be weeding, mulching, harvesting, planting & doing beautification at the 2 acre Bush Mountain community garden.
Coca-Cola Week of Service: Open Hand Driver
Monday July 27, Wednesday July 29th and Friday July 31st from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Lindbergh/Atlanta)
Open Hand helps homebound seniors and others suffering from disability or chronic disease by providing Comprehensive Nutrition Care™(CNC), a combination of nutritious, home-delivered meals, and nutrition education. Open Hand prepares, packages, and delivers 5,000 nutritionally-appropriate meals a day, six days a week with the support of volunteers. Volunteer drivers are a critical part of the service Open Hand provides to the community, since a majority of the organization’s clients are homebound. In fact, a volunteer driver is quite often the only person a client may see on any given day. Volunteers will pick-up meals, deliver meals to clients using their own vehicles and gas, and return the delivery list and delivery bags back to the Open Hand site. Delivery routes are available throughout Metro Atlanta, and the Open Hand team will work with volunteers to select a route where they will feel comfortable. Training and detailed, turn-by-turn directions are provided for all volunteer drivers. The routes are for a specific area of town and the drop offs are only a few miles apart.
Coca-Cola Week of Service: SVdP Chamblee Food Distribution
Saturday April 4 From 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Newnan, GA)
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Georgia is an independently funded, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Funding comes from individuals, foundations, corporations, religious institutions and the community at large. Everyday more and more families are left without food due to the COVID-19 pandemic. SVdP has been working to provide food to families all over the Atlanta-metro area. As needs increase we are working to make sure families are being fed. Our food pantry has turned to a mobile model to best fulfill the needs of our clients, all while staying with in CDC COVID-19 guidelines. Clients will be able to pick up food via drive thru and we need your help to do it! Volunteers will help with Food Pantry Client & Delivery Check-In and Food Pantry Product Distribution.