Hands-On Atlanta has a database of additional volunteer opportunities you can search by age, distance, and type of service – Click to visit Hands On Atlanta website
PARISH-AFFILIATED SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
Become a mentor in Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Mentor Program - Email Ann Curvin for more information
Serving meals on Thursday and Sunday nights at the Gift of Grace House – Email Jen Gossett for more details
Serving meals at Hagar House – Email Lauren Hoade for more details
Volunteer in the Parish Nursery during the 9 am Sunday Mass – Email Mary Ann Brock for more details or Click to sign up to volunteer
Serving as a Mass Ambassador - Email Leigh Holbrook for more details
FEED THE HUNGRY
Volunteer at the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ages 8+) – Click for details
Donate food to the Decatur-area Emergency Assistance Ministry – Click for details
Make sandwiches or snack bags for the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception’s sandwich ministry – Click for details
Serve a meal at St. Francis Table (ages 13+ and COVID vaccine) – Click for details
Prepare and/or deliver food with Open Hand Atlanta (ages 16+) – Click for details
Help on Concrete Jungle’s farm or with farmer’s market donation pick-ups – Click for details
Help feed the homeless with 7 Bridges to Recovery – Click for details
GIVE ALMS TO THE POOR
Collect bikes for donation and/or help refurbish old bikes for kids – Click for details
CARE FOR THE SICK
Donate blood (ages 17+) – Click for details
Donate plasma (ages 18+) – Click for details
Visit a sick relative or neighbor
Children’s Hospital’s Young Friends program (ages 5-14) – Click for details
Volunteer at Agape Hospice Care - Email Lucia Maldonado for information
BURY THE DEAD
Visit a cemetery and say prayers for those buried there, or volunteer to help care for the grounds – Click for details.
HELP OUR NEIGHBORS
Rake leaves or do other yard work for a busy or elderly neighbor (have a conversation with them first about what help they would like, if any!)
TEACH THE YOUNG
Become a Refugee mentor to the youth in the Clarkston community through Catholic Charities Atlanta - Email Catholic Charities for information.
Volunteer with Catholic Charities Atlanta Afterschool Program for 2nd and 3rd grades in Clarkston - Email Catholic Charities for information.
Volunteer to tutor, help with homework, or read with a younger child through a school or library
Volunteer with an art, music, or sports program
RESPECT WORKERS
Leave out water and snacks for delivery drivers
Write cards and give gifts to workers (check company rules first)
Participate in Operation Gratitude for First Responders and Soldiers – Click for details
CARE FOR CREATION
Plant a tree – Click for details
Volunteer with Trees Atlanta – Click for details
Volunteer with Adopt-a-Stream or Rivers Alive through DeKalb County – Click for details
Volunteer for a park clean-up – Click for details