Short term opportunities to fulfill Course Requirements:
If you are looking to volunteer because you have a short term service requirement for a course, then we try to refer to groups or agencies that DO NOT requires a commitment. Any agency or group that MATCHES students to children, families, or elderly people is a commitment. We don’t want students putting in their 20 hours with a child who forms an attachment, and then leaving because they are finished with their hours. The hope is that in doing the service work, students will enjoy their time serving and then get hooked, but we don’t want to take that chance.
There are a couple areas for short term service work. Some good places for short term service work are:
Clerical Work: AIDS Athens - Art Odoqui, 706-542-2437 or art@aidsathens.org
Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services - Cathy Padgett 706-613-3625 or cathypadgett@athensclarkecounty.com
Catholic Social Services - Stella Sailors at 706-548-9421 or cssath1@bellsouth.net
Red Cross - Jennifer Pennington at 706-353-1645 or redcrossbridges@charter.net
United Way for Northeast Georgia - Rubielen Norris at 706-543-5254 or rubnuw@negia.net
Manual Labor: Botanical Gardens - Andrea Fisher at 706-542-6195 or sbgvol@uga.edu
The FoodBank of NE GA: David Williams, 706-354-8191, food@foodbanknega.org
Sandy Creek Nature Center: Carly Robinson, 706-613-3615 ext 227, info@sandycreeknaturecenter.com
Other work: Athens Area Humane Society – 706-353-2287 or volunteer@athenshumanesociety.com
The Salvation Army - 706-543-5350, Major Patty Price at geopatpri@aol.com or Juanita Archer at nitaarcher61@hotmail.com
Athens Area Homeless Shelter – 706-354-0428 or aahs@negia.net
Goodwill Industries of North Georgia – Alicia Battle at 706-433- 1908 or abattle@ging.org
Recording for Blind & Dyslexic – Kane Stanley at 706-549-1382 or kstanley@rfbd.org
Red Cross
To volunteer at UGA blood drives or at the Athens Donor Center, Contact Janet Jarrett at 678-227-4650 or jarrettja@usa.redcross.org |
