University of Georgia Staff Council

Opportunites for Community Involvement

These are philanthropic endeavors that UGA staff are personally involved with.
If you would like to have an organization posted here, please contact the Staff Council Communication Committee at www.uga.edu/ugasc/suggest.html

Our Daily Bread: Our Daily Bread Kitchen is a soup kitchen offering hospitality and feeding persons in distress. It operates the five working days of the week at noon from the dining facility in the Oconee Street United Methodist Church. There are 26 churches representing 9 denominations, as well as individual volunteer groups who help in buying , preparing and serving food. The kitchen program is our ?flag ship?. Other services branch off from it. www.emmanuel-athens.org/Data/Outreach_Agencies/ourdaily.html

PAX: The Program for Academic Exchange is a non-profit educational organization that promotes and arranges international student exchange to foster the positive development of the world’s young people and to support international peace, friendship, and cross-cultural understanding.

These high school exchange students come from 40 countries all around the world and are between the ages of 15 and 18. Profiles are available upon request, in order to match common interests, particularly if the host family includes high school student(s).

If you are interested in hosting a student for the coming academic year, please contact Rebecca O'Grady at 706-621-3736, or 1-800-555-6211, or visit the PAX website at www.pax.org.

Recording for the Blind: The purpose of the Georgia Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic is to create opportunities for individual success by providing, and promoting the effective use of, accessible educational materials. Its vision is for all people to have equal access to the printed word.

RFB&D is located adjacent to UGA Campus at 120 Florida Avenue near the Hull Street parking deck. Volunteers should feel comfortable reading college-level textbooks, have basic computer skills, and be able to give 90 minutes a week of their time (one recording session). There are recording sessions at 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Monday-Friday; 1:00 p.m. & 2:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 5:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday; and 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. www.rfbd.org/Georgia_Unit.htm

Staff Council cannot ensure that the information contained within this page or any information contained on links to other websites is accurate or up to date; nor does it assume responsibility or liability associated with participation in any of the organizations linked from here.

Last Updated on 3/31/2005