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Each week, Volunteer Emory offers students the opportunity to work in collaboration with a community organization to meet their goals. We provide free transportation, orientation information, diverse opportunities to serve, trips on different days of the week at different times, and reflection and debriefing after your service.
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Mondays
Refugee Family Services: Volunteers will help with the after-school program, by playing with kids, helping with homework, and working on computer programs. There will also be the option to get involved in the one-to-one program, which involves tutoring one specific child for the entire semester. Volunteers will help kids stay on top of their school work, practice language skills and adjust to life in the US by just having fun in a safe and friendly environment.
Time: 2:45—5:45 pm
Meet: Behind the Carlos Museum
Contact: Whitney Iuvone (wiuvone@emory.edu)
Tuesdays
Clifton School: Play with kids ranging from infants to toddler and assist with educational activities. Since you will be working with children, it would be best to make it a weekly commitment in order to build relationships with them.
Time: 2:45– 5 pm
Meet: Clairmont Shuttle Stop behind the DUC
Contact: Johnny Yung (jkyung@emory.edu)
Drew Charter School: Volunteers will tutor and mentor kids K-8. This is a great way to get involved in Atlanta because of the remarkable social development within the East Lake community!
Time: 3:50 – 6 pm
Meet: Behind the Carlos Museum
Contact: Tiffany McDonald (tmcdona@learnlink.emory.edu) and Romina Savova (rsavova@learnlink.emory.edu)
IMAGE Program: Located in the Edgewood Court community, IMAGE has volunteers work with children to complete homework, talk, play games, and do art. Volunteers provide love, support and motivation so that children can reach their full potential.
Time: 4 – 6 pm
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Matt Fine (mhfine@emory.edu) and Ijeoma Okoro (iokoro@emory.edu)
United Methodist Children’s Home: Volunteers will tutor middle and high school students who live on campus at the Children’s Home, in all academic areas. You can be a part of improving society by helping improve a child’s educational experience, and provide a source of encouragement for the child.
Time: 5:30—7:30 pm
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Becca Cutts (rcutts@emory.edu)
Wednesdays
Oakhurst Community Garden: The Oakhurst Community Garden teaches environmental awareness to diverse local students through hands-on gardening and outdoor education programs. Respect for the earth and each other underlies all our efforts. By teaching about wellness, teamwork, and conservation, we hope to empower youth to take charge of their own health, as well as that of the environment. Volunteers will be maintaining the garden by mulching, weeding, and planting.
Time: 2:30 – 5:30 pm, every other Wednesday
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Safiya Jetha (sjetha@emory.edu)
Clifton School: See description under Tuesdays.
Time: 2:45– 5 pm
Meet: Clairmont Shuttle Stop behind the DUC
Contact: Moon Hee Hur (mhur@learnlink.emory.edu)
Nicholas House: Helps homeless families achieve self-sufficiency by providing a temporary place to live. We will be working in the after-school program to help children develop their own interests and talents and help with any homework the kids have. Our goal is to act as caring adult role models and mentors. Nicholas house is located very close to Emory (on LaVista Rd. between Houston Mill Rd. and Briarcliff).
Time: 3:45—6 pm
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Morgan Congdon (mcongdo@emory.edu)
Atlanta Community Food Bank – Product Rescue Center: Help sort, pack and ship donated food and household products for distribution to ACFB’s partner agencies. The Food Bank’s mission is “to fight hunger by engaging, educating and empowering our community.”
Time: 5:15 – 8:45 pm
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Tony Longhini (alonghi@emory.edu)
Feminist Women’s Health Center: Volunteers help with the Center’s women’s rights advocacy needs such as organizing mailers, assembling packets, tabling preparations, and more. Volunteers will become more educated about women’s rights and can pass on their knowledge to their peers, helping to spread awareness of women’s rights and related current events.
Time: 5:30 – 8:30 pm; every other Wednesday
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Sara Raiser (sraiser@emory.edu)
Caminar Latino: Come join us as we create a happy, safe environment for children who are witnesses of domestic violence. Play and share with children ages 0 - 12. Share your knowledge with our adolescent group. Bi-lingual skills a plus but not necessary.
Time: Wednesdays, 6:30—9:30 pm
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Camille Hart (cnhart@emory.edu)
Thursdays
Atlanta Children’s Shelter: The Atlanta Children's Shelter's mission is to provide loving, high-quality child development and support services for homeless families striving for self sufficiency. As volunteers, we will be spending quality one on one time with the children during their daily activities and play time. Open orientation is every Thursday from 2:30pm-3:00pm which includes information on their mission, an overview of homelessness in Atlanta and a tour of the shelter.
Time: 2:30- 5:30 pm
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Lindsey Whitlock (lwhitlo@emory.edu)
Atlanta Union Mission: Volunteers help sort clothing in the clothing closet, do yard work, and prepare meals. The agency is a Christian ministry that allows volunteers to be supportive to people in this rescue and recovery program.
Time: 4:30 – 7:00 pm
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Won Eun (deun@emory.edu)
Fridays
PAWS Atlanta: Volunteers will reinforce obedience training in dogs, love the animals and assist in any work that needs to be done in the largest no-kill shelter in the Atlanta area.
Time: 3 - 6 pm
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Danny Denton (dcdento@emory.edu)
Jones Boys and Girls Club: Help kids with homework, supervise sports and games, and assist with arts and crafts. The Boys and Girls Club strives to guide children from Atlanta in a positive direction by providing after-school services, and volunteers work alongside professional staff members.
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Meet: Behind the WoodPEC
Contact: Kristen Holm-Hansen (kholmha@emory.edu) and Kay Hua (khua@learnlink.emory.edu)
Open Hand: Open Hand is a nonprofit that provides comprehensive nutrition care. The programs and services are designed to help clients meet their personal goals and objectives for good health and to assist clients and healthcare providers in the early identification and treatment, as well as the prevention or progression of many nutrition-related illnesses. The Prepared Meals Program provides freshly cooked meals to low-income men, women, and children who are dealing with critical, chronic, or terminal disease; and homebound seniors. For Volunteers, packaging involves portioning food into individual containers and snack bags on the packing assembly line. Group of 5-20 Volunteers needed.
Time: 4 to 7 pm
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Sally Mengel (smengel@emory.edu)
Saturdays
Initiative for Affordable Housing: Initiative for Affordable Housing, Inc. provides permanent affordable housing to homeless and low-income families. We achieve that goal in our single family housing, that homeless families live in, as well as, the 355 units of affordable housing in our 4 apartment complexes. Volunteers will help clear a walking trail and build exercise stations for families living in an apartment complex in south Decatur.
Time: 1—3:30 pm
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Max Blau (mblau@learnlink.emory.edu)
Sundays
Wesley Woods: Participate in a variety of activities with the residents of Wesley Woods, the nation’s only freestanding geriatric hospital and a part of Emory’s healthcare system.
Time: 1:45 – 4:30 pm
Meet: Behind the DUC on the Harland Cinema side
Contact: Anthony Sofia (msofia@emory.edu)
Other Opportunities
Youth Pride: Interact with youth at Youth Pride, an organization that serves LGBTQ youth in Atlanta. Volunteers will mentor, tutor and plan projects with the youth.
Time: tba—soon!
Meet: WoodPEC Circle across from Peavine
Contact: Aaron Rutledge (aaron.j.rutledge@emory.edu) | 
