Trees
Atlanta
All events are Saturday
mornings, 9 AM until noon. Pizza will be provided to all volunteers afterwards.
Contact person: Susan Pierce 404-522-4097 or susan@treesatlanta.org.
Volunteers can also sign up at www.treesatlanta.org.
No cost to volunteer. Please bring gloves and a bottle of water. Trees Atlanta
provides all tools and instruction.
Ongoing Volunteer
Opportunities, Dates are Flexible:
Earth Share of Georgia-Location: 1447 Peachtree Street, Suite 214,
Atlanta, GA.
Earth Day volunteers needed! We will need help collecting silent auction items,
and preparing for our three big Earth Day events, as well
as day-of assistance. These are the dates for our three events this year:
Leadership Breakfast, TWELVE Hotel Atlantic Station, Friday,
April 18, 2008, 8-10 am
Party in the Park, Atlantic Station, Saturday, April 19,
2008, 7-10 pm
Corporate Green Day Challenge, various locations throughout
Atlanta, Saturday, April 26, 2008, 9 am-12 pm, After Work Party at Chattahoochee
Nature Center at 12:30 pm.
For more information on all three events please visit: www.earthsharega.org/earthday2008
Contact person:
Andrea Hansberry 404-873-3173 or andrea@earthsharega.org.
Cellphone Collection Coordinator. Volunteers needed to contact businesses and office buildings in the metro Atlanta area regarding collecting used cellphones to benefit Earth Share of Georgia. Dates and hours flexible. Contact person: Elizabeth Patrick 404-873-3173 or elizabeth@earthsharega.org. No cost to volunteer. Volunteer work can be done from a remote location!
Georgia Organics-Highland Avenue, Atlanta. Need help distributing newsletters and Atlanta Local Food Guide around the state of Georgia. Also needs help with annual conference planning. Dates and hours are flexible. Contact person: Alice Rolls, alice@georgiaorganics.org, or 678-702-0400. No cost to volunteer.
Georgia Wildlife Federation- Mill Creek Nature Center, 2205 Mall of Georgia Boulevard, Buford, GA. Adopt-A-Stream Monitoring, dates and hours are flexible. Adopt-A-Stream is a unique effort to involve the public and local communities in water quality protection. Volunteers, such as the Georgia Wildlife Federation, adopt a section of stream, river or lake for one year. Adopt-A-Stream groups conduct visual surveys and clean-ups, improve stream habitat and/or monitor water quality. To volunteer, please contact Robert Phillips at 770-787-7887 or rphillips@gwf.org OR Christina Marr at cmarr@gwf.org.
Gardeners needed (year-round)
for Georgia Wildlife Federation. Volunteers are needed to
assist with the seasonal maintenance of the gardens and trails at our headquarters
in Covington. This includes:
Regular walk &
inspection of trails for any safety hazzards such as down limbs or trees,
holes and overgrown vegetation
Removal of Japanese honeysuckle in several woodland areas
General weeding - around main building and WingSong gardens near Log Cabin
Keeping bird feeders cleaned and filled in the garden areas
Garden pond and stream maintenance.
Please contact 770-787-7887
for more information. If you are a new volunteer, please complete the online
application.
Visit
our member organizations websites for more volunteer opportunities.
Visit
our Calendar for more events.
