Global Soap Project Warehouse Team

The Global Soap Project recovers and recycles soap from American hotels and facilitates a process by which it is sanitized and remolded into new bars, then distributed to vulnerable populations worldwide. In 2011, GSP collected over 200 tons of soap that would have ended up in the landfills, produced 60,000 new bars of soap, and distributed bars to eighteen different countries around the world. 


Volunteers are needed to: 


• Sort the soap donations from hotels and take inventory
• Inspect and clean the previously used soap of any hair or other particles; get rid of any bad soap 
• Cut bars of soap from the reprocessed soap created by the machine 
• Put soap in boxes and move boxes to storage area of warehouse 
• Break down and set up boxes as needed 
• Help keep the warehouse neat and tidy 
• As needed, drive to hotels in the metropolitan Atlanta area to pick up donated soap, and/or drive to local grocery stores to pick up donated cardboard boxes 


Requirements: Volunteers must sign a waiver to participate. This project may involve some heavy lifting and/or using a blade for cutting soap (only those 18 and over can participate in cutting soap). Make sure you wear clothing that can get dirty, closed-toe shoes.  Volunteers must be at least 12 years old with adult supervision to work in the warehouse and 18 years old to drive.  Those driving must show proof of a driver’s license and automobile insurance.  


This project is not accessible for wheelchair users and because of the strong soap scent, may not be appropriate for those with chronic respiratory conditions.  Volunteer shifts are either 9:00am-12:00pm or 1:00pm-5:00pm.  Please be on time and plan to stay for the duration of your shift.  If you are more than 30 minutes late to your shift, you may be asked to re-schedule your volunteer time.  This project site is located in Norcross.


Visit handsonatlanta.org to sign up for this opportunity.

Nicholas House

Share your talents or fun activities with our kids during Nick’s Activity Hour every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30 to 8:30pm! Watch a movie, play games, help with homework or do an arts and crafts project! The possibilities are endless and they all start with you. Because you’re fun and kids adore you. Woo-woo!

Location: 830 Boulevard SE, Atlanta, GA 30312

Background Check Required: Fill out our form: http://tinyurl.com/nickshour

Contact: Yvonne Druyeh (404) 622-0793 x 106

http://www.nicholashouse.org/

Mentor Immigrant and Refugee Youth

The Go-Betweener Mentoring Program 

Unique Philosophy:  “Go-Betweeners” 

Immigrant and refugee youth have the experience of "going between" their culture at home and American
culture at school and in the community. This can prove to be especially confusing and challenging. Often,
these youth are able to learn English and adapt to American culture faster than their parents, but with
little support and guidance present as their parents are usually working multiple jobs to make ends
meet. They are at particularly high risk for falling behind in school, dropping out, or becoming involved with
drugs and gangs.

We match both 1st and 2nd generation youth (ages 7-17) very specifically with mentors who are:
• also immigrants and refugees;
• who speak the same home language; and
• are from the same (or very similar) home culture, and if they were born outside of the U.S. they
have been in the U.S. for several years.
This way, they are able to relate to and support their mentees in a way that no one else could. They
understand the unique challenges that their mentees face, and they are able to communicate effectively
with their families - connecting them with resources in the community and helping them to learn to be
successful in American culture while maintaining their roots with their own culture.  

A mentor can:  
• be a caring and supportive adult presence
• help with school work
• help with English skills
• help their mentee to set and work towards goals
• connect their mentee (and sometimes his/her family) with resources in the community
• foster an attitude of succes
Other information about the program:
• We thoroughly screen our mentors through in-person interviews, background and reference checks.
• The program is community based. This means that mentors and mentees schedule activities together
independent of Culture Connect. They may participate in community service projects; attend cultural
festivals, or visit museums, theatres, and venues such as the Zoo. Sometimes, they just hang out and
talk while cooking a meal or walking in the park.
• The program requires mentors and mentees to spend at least 4 hours per month with each other for 1
year.
There is an application process and training required for both mentors and mentees.
Contact us for more information today!


Culture Connect, Inc.

P.O. Box 250          
Clarkston, GA  30021       
tel. (404) 292-8457 x 4 
fax (404) 292-8458 
www.cultureconnectinc.org

Volunteer Your Summer With Outreach 360

A Life-Changing Summer Adventure
If you are looking for an incredible experience this summer that will change your world and the world of hundreds of children, a volunteer experience with Outreach360 may be for you!  Children in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua lack access to basic opportunities, and most reach adulthood without the education or training needed for college or a skilled job. By volunteering in an Outreach360 neighborhood center teaching English, literacy, and community health, you help to break the dead-end cycle of poverty by giving these children a world of choice. Join us for one week to three months for this life-changing summer adventure. 

This summer, volunteers will make a lasting difference by conducting learning camps for the many children we serve in rural communities, many of whom would not have this type of opportunity without you! Join us in the Dominican Republic or Nicaragua for 1 week to 3 months for this life-changing adventure! 

For more information visit http://www.outreach360.org/programs/summer 

The Borgen Project

The Borgen Project believes that leaders of the most powerful nation on earth
 should be doing more to address global poverty. We're the innovative, national
 campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy.
The Borgen Project's Regional Directors serve as ambassadors
 for The Borgen Project in their city and play a crucial role in efforts to improve
 living conditions for those surviving on less than $1 a day.

Key Responsibilities:
- Attend one (30-60 minute) conference call every week with the President of The
Borgen Project and Regional Directors from across the United States (6PM PST, 7PM
MST, 8PM CST, 9PM EST).
- Meet with local congressional offices and lobby for legislation that improves living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day.
- Mobilize people to contact congressional leaders in support of timely povertyreduction legislation.
- Manage and implement fundraising campaigns.
- Build a network of people engaged in the cause. - Serve as The Borgen Project's ambassador in your city.
Opportunities:
- Regional Directors will have the opportunity to utilize their background and come up
with new ideas for furthering the cause.

Details:
Regional Directors operate independently from home and maintain contact with The
Borgen Project's Seattle office. Regional Directors sign a 6-month contract. The
position is volunteer and roughly 4-6 hours per week. Directors attend a conference
call every Monday evening.
http://www.borgenproject.org

HOW TO APPLY 
To apply, send your resume to directors@borgenproject.org. If selected for an
interview, please spend extensive time on the website beforehand. Applicant’s
knowledge of the cause is a deciding factor in the hiring process.

AseraCare Hospice

Are you a licensed barber, beautician or nail technician?  Or certified to provide Healing Touch or massage?

Do you enjoy reading to others, playing a musical instrument, listening to music, watching videos, playing cards, or working with arts and crafts?

Would you want to share your time by helping others with minor chores like picking up their mail, doing light housekeeping jobs or filling their bird feeder?

Would you be interested to hear someone share the story of their life with you?

If any of these interests apply to you--and you have as little as two hours of free time each month--then you are qualified to make a big difference in someone's life as an AseraCare Hospice volunteer! 

Our volunteers provide care and services to patients every single day.  You may volunteer to spend your time with a patient near your own home, or you may provide services in other communities.

If you are ready, willing and able to become an AseraCare Hospice volunteer, we want you on our team!  Please call our volunteer coordinator Sonji Brown at 800-974-4677 or 770-698-8785.


Requirements for volunteers (provided by AseraCare at no cost to you):

• 4-10 hours of training
• Background check
• Physical exam, drug test, TB test
• Proof of current driver's license and auto insurance

Families First

Families First is a local nonprofit organization that has many volunteer opportunities for groups and individuals who are interested in making an impact on children and families in the Atlanta community.

To see a list of available volunteer opportunities, please visit:
http://www.familiesfirst.org/get-involved/volunteer-services/C1-volunteer-opportunities

City of Refuge

City of Refuge offers both life-saving resources and life-building tools to individuals and families living on the margin.  We understand the need for integrated programs that span multiple areas of need--from food, clothing, and shelter to job training, placement, housing, healthcare and education.

For the full listing of volunteer opportunities, please visit http://www.cityofrefuge.cc/volunteer.htm.  

Trinity Community Minsitries

We are looking for volunteers to help with our Literacy Initiative and Computer 101 programs. Volunteers would be paired one on one with men in our program to develop a plan to teach basic literacy and computer skills. Hours are flexible and ongoing.

We are also looking for volunteers to "Create an Opportunity". In this program we encourage volunteers to plan a social activity such as a sporting event, a cooking class, or anything you can imagine. We will then assist you in making the outing happen.

John Hannula

404-577-6651 ext. 28

johnh@tcmatlanta.org

tcmatlanta.org

Volunteers Needed for Equine Assisted Activities/ Therapeutic Riding

Parkwood Farms Therapy Center, Inc.

Our volunteers also help out with the grooming and exercising of the horses, keeping the tack clean and neat, and fulfilling the general cleaning duties of the barn, arenas and grounds. No experience is necessary. The only requirements are that you like to help others, are dependable and responsible and have a positive attitude


Our volunteers experience the satisfaction of knowing that they have made a difference in a child's life. It is gratifying to see the progress the children are making in their therapies. And, if not for our volunteers, these kids would be denied the opportunity to experience the benefits that can improve their Quality of Life. A desire to give back and help someone else is what drives our volunteers. What a great group we have!

Sessions are Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 to 6:30 PM, Sunday 7:30 - noon.

2519 Parkwood Rd Snellville, Georgia 30039

(678) 344-6821