Tutor Children with Special Needs

The Orion School

Orion is a small school that specializes in teaching complex students who have social and emotional challenges, including Asperger's and ADHD. We offer a strength based and supportive alternative school for our students. Our teacher to student ratio is a low 1:4 in classes of four students. We need volunteers to help in both the classroom and the office.

No previous experience necessary, but a willingness and interest to help students with special needs.

Volunteers must be physically able to work with very active and impulsive students, be willing to provide 3 references and give recent background check.

*We ask that all volunteers commit to a minimum of 2 hours per week the same day and time each week for the remainder of the semester that they start volunteering. This consistency is necessary for our students.

Location:

458 Ponce de Leon Avenue Atlanta, GA 30308

Contact:

Laura Markson

404-551-2574

http://www.theorionschool.org/

Victim-Witness Assistance Program

Are you:
18 years of age or older/
Interested in community service?
Interested in working with victims of crime?
Able to work with a diverse client population?
A good communicator?
A motivated team player?
Able to respect and maintain confidentiality?

If yes, we want you to volunteer!

Volunteers play a critical role in reaching out to victims of crime and their families by supplementing the efforts of the Victim-Witness Assistance Program Advocates.

Volunteering can provide an opportunity to:
Increase existing skills
Learn new skills
Meet interesting and dynamic people
Make a difference in someone's life
Make a difference to your community

If you have questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact the Victim-Witness Assistance Program at 404-612-4986.

Volunteers Needed for Pet Adoptions

The Homeless Pets Foundation at Town & Country Veterinary Clinic
1343 Gresham Road NE
Marietta, GA 30062

Phone number for the Homeless Pets Foundation:
(770) 971-0100

Email:

kcpreci@yahoo.com

 

 WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR:

 

Every Day

 

"Cat cuddlers" - take cats and kittens out of their cages to play and be held.  If volunteers don't do this, the cats & kittens will not be taken out of their cage!

This can be done any time the clinic is open!

 

Dog walkers - mornings and evenings.  Take the dogs for a walk in the neighborhood by the clinic. 

 

 

Saturday & Sunday

Harry's Farmer's Market - Dog and Cat Adoptions

On Site: 12p - 5p

** Help also needed prior to site for walking, loading, and transport & after site for unloading and transport **

 

 

Saturday

Canton Street Adoptions - Dog Adoptions

On Site: 11a - 3p

** Help also needed prior to site for walking, loading, and transport & after site for unloading and transport **

 

 

Sunday

PetSmart Smyrna Adoptions - Dog and Cat Adoptions

On Site: 11a - 3p

** Help also needed prior to site for walking, loading and transport & after site for unloading and transport **

EFSP Seeking Applications

The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) Local Board in Atlanta/Fulton/DeKalb is seeking volunteers to review applications for the 2012 grant cycle.  Anyone who has an interest in evaluating social service programs in the metro Atlanta area is welcome.  There will be volunteer training during November, and application reviews and site visits will occur during December and January.

The time commitment for an EFSP volunteer is as follows:

Volunteer Training—2 hours

Application Reviews (8-10 applications)—3-4 hours

Site Visits (1-2)—4-6 hours

Site Visit debrief—2 hours

Final allocations meeting—4 hours

If you have an interest in volunteering, please contact Charles Sterne at csterne@unitedwayatlanta.org or 404-527-7202.  

The Bridging the Gap Project

ESL/Citizenship Literacy Assistance

Tutoring Opportunities

• Volunteer to help out adult immigrants who qualify for U.S. citizenship but need additional help with their English
• Build experience teaching reading, writing, and conversational skills.
• Enhance your intercultural communication abilities
• Gain insight into immigration procedures.
• Flexible scheduling and location

For more information please contact:

Seilavong Doeung

Email: info@btg-online.org

Phone: 770-938-1112

Arms of Love- Grocery Relief Program

We need some students to assist us in Grocery Relief Co-op Business Development in the following areas:

Customer Services

Web Design

Graphic Arts

Accounting

Public Management

Marketing

Bilingual translation (Spanish, French, Swahelee, Swahili, Japanese, Korean, vietnamese, etc.)

Pease NOTE that positions can become paid positions once things get off the ground.

We can be contacted at 404-589-{G.I.V.E.} 4483 and we are located at 100 Edgewood Ave. Suite 805, 

Atlanta Ga. 30303 

First Quality Healthcare

Expand your horizon and join in volunteering your time with a loving agency. Become a companion/sitter, office support, or spiritual supporter and assist with the comforting care for someone in need. Help out with hospice care for an older individual by reading or just visiting. 

Experience or no experience necessary just a sense of caring and love is needed! If you are interested please contact us!

Phone: 404-696-4126
Email: nzinghasamuels@bellsouth.net

Culture Connect Mentor

The Go-Betweener® Mentoring Program

Immigrants and refugees, especially children and adolescents, 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 as these youth are often able to learn English and adapt to American culture faster than their parents. Sometimes, there may be little support and guidance present as their parents are working long hours at multiple jobs to survive. These children and adolescents are at particularly high risk for falling behind in school, dropping out, and becoming involved with drug abuse and gangs.

We match these youth very specifically with adult mentors who share 3 important characteristics with them:

1. They are also immigrants or refugees.
2. They are from the same (or similar) cultural background.
3. They speak the same home language.

This way, they are able to relate to and support their mentee 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 the United States while maintaining their roots with their home culture.

What are the requirements? You must:

• Be between 18-50 years old
• Be 1st/1.5/2nd generation immigrant or refugee
• Have reliable transportation
• Speak English fluently
• Speak the target language fluently
• Commit to spend time with your mentee at least twice per month for a minimum of 1 year

Want more information about being a mentor? Download our informative PDF. If you cannot read the PDF, download Adobe Reader for free.

If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please download and fill out this application and email it to volunteer.coordinator@cultureconnectinc.org, fax it to 404-292-8458, or send it by mail to P.O. Box 250, Clarkston, GA 30021. If you have questions about this program please contact us.

High Museum of Art

We invite you to become a volunteer at the High Museum of Art. As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to engage with patrons through educational programs, greeting visitors, and helping at special events, just to name a few. Volunteers are an essential part of the High. They work together with Museum staff to make visiting the High Museum of Art a pleasant experience for all of our patrons.

 Downloand application @ WWW.HIGH.ORG

Volunteer Positions: 

• Lecture Programs
• Information Desk
• Exhibitions
• Film Series
• Education Programs
• Special Events: Friday Jazz, Family Day, College Night

Contact: Erika Gilbert at erika.gilbert@woodruffcenter.org

Hope Center

MISSION
The Hope Center exists to encourage hope among the people of Gwinnett Estates by sharing the love of Jesus through caring, serving, equipping, and educating. 

Here are many ways to get involved at the Hope Center. Below are some of the programs where you can volunteer to serve others:

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM

On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, The Hope Center is filled with children from 2 years old to middle school. We need volunteers to help with homework, play games, read, serve juice and snacks, and give hugs.

ENGLISH CLASS

Don’t be afraid! You DO NOT have to teach, and you DO NOT need to speak Spanish. We meet on Tuesday evenings and need volunteers to listen and talk with small groups of adults as they practice the English skills being taught.

WOMEN’S EXERCISE PROGRAM

Can you teach aerobics, dance, walk/run, or lead any type of exercise activity? We need your help for 1-2 hours each month. You will love the women who are a part of this ministry!

WOMEN’S HAIRCUT MINISTRY

It is so much fun to see the women of the neighborhood come out for a little pampering. We need stylists to cut or wash hair. You can volunteer once a month or once a year.

CLOTHING CLOSET MINISTRY

Help provide clothing to children and families in the neighborhood. There are opportunities to sort or distribute clothing.

KIDS’ SOCCER PROGRAM

You can share the love of Christ by playing soccer with the kids!

HOPE CENTER SUMMER CAMP

Play games, create art and teach the Bible to the kids of Gwinnett Estates.

SEASONAL EVENTS

There are 3 BIG Community Events throughout the year—Fall Festival, Christmas Sponsorship, and the 5K/Back-to-School Party. On these days, we bombard the neighborhood with the love of Jesus through giving, serving, and having a great time.

For more information on any of these programs please contact Jim or Melinda Hollandsworth at hopecenter@graystonechurch.com.

Location:

222 Howe Lane

Loganville, GA 30052