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Junior Achievement
Work alongside middle school students as they navigate Biztown learning life skills from finances to time management. All registrations must be made through their website as signing their waiver is required |
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United Way of Forsyth County
United Way works to make sure children and youth have a foundation to reach their full potential. Help us build out literacy kits for Elementary School Students or put together soup packages for food pantries! All supplies will be provided by United Way. |
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Forsyth County Senior Services - At Forsyth County's YMCA
Make a senior smile! Craft valentine, notes of encouragement and greeting cards to be distributed to local home-bound seniors by Forsyth County Senior Services staff. Make a senior's day and close-out the MLK Week of Service during this project on-location at Forsyth County's YMCA right before our wrap-up celebration. |
Cumming Home Ministries - Project Complete!
Cumming Home Ministries (CHM) has provided a Christ-centered home to over 150 homeless men needing and wanting to make positive, long-term changes in their lives. Since 2010, CHM has been the ONLY free-admission transitional housing ministry in Forsyth County assisting homeless men. A great project for individuals, small groups or families. Come help sort donations!
Cumming Home Ministries (CHM) has provided a Christ-centered home to over 150 homeless men needing and wanting to make positive, long-term changes in their lives. Since 2010, CHM has been the ONLY free-admission transitional housing ministry in Forsyth County assisting homeless men. A great project for individuals, small groups or families. Come help sort donations!
The Place of Forsyth County - Project Complete!
The Place is a nonprofit Social Service Organization that has passionately served residents of Forsyth County since 1975. The Place assists resident families with emergency basic needs in difficult times. In addition, The Place also operates a thrift store onsite that provides affordable merchandise to the public. Come help sort donations at the thrift store!
The Place is a nonprofit Social Service Organization that has passionately served residents of Forsyth County since 1975. The Place assists resident families with emergency basic needs in difficult times. In addition, The Place also operates a thrift store onsite that provides affordable merchandise to the public. Come help sort donations at the thrift store!
There's Hope for the Hungry - Project Complete!
There's Hope for the Hungry serves throughout North Georgia to share the Gospel with everyone and provide boxes of groceries to those in need. Assistance is needed with building food kits!
There's Hope for the Hungry serves throughout North Georgia to share the Gospel with everyone and provide boxes of groceries to those in need. Assistance is needed with building food kits!
Full Circle - Project Complete!
The FullCircle Program is a staff-facilitated sobriety support group for teens (age 13-17) and young adults (age 18-25). They focus on providing young people with an alternative support group in a fun, loving, and safe environment. Their goal is to work with young people to help them discover a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle, while also working with families to discover how to best support their loved ones.
Full Circle is expanding their program space! Help them by painting the floors and walls! No supplies needed. Wear clothes you can get dirty! Families are welcome to participate in this project.
The FullCircle Program is a staff-facilitated sobriety support group for teens (age 13-17) and young adults (age 18-25). They focus on providing young people with an alternative support group in a fun, loving, and safe environment. Their goal is to work with young people to help them discover a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle, while also working with families to discover how to best support their loved ones.
Full Circle is expanding their program space! Help them by painting the floors and walls! No supplies needed. Wear clothes you can get dirty! Families are welcome to participate in this project.
Meals by Grace - Project Complete!
Meals By Grace partners with school social workers to identify children who come to school hungry on a regular basis. We take hot meals and shelf-stable food to these children and their families so that they can eat during the week, on weekends and during school breaks.
Volunteers are needed to deep clean and organize the Meals by Grace pantry for incoming shoppers. These shopping families may have limited or unreliable transportation, experience frequent food insecurity or are working to overcome with a major health or work loss event.
Meals By Grace partners with school social workers to identify children who come to school hungry on a regular basis. We take hot meals and shelf-stable food to these children and their families so that they can eat during the week, on weekends and during school breaks.
Volunteers are needed to deep clean and organize the Meals by Grace pantry for incoming shoppers. These shopping families may have limited or unreliable transportation, experience frequent food insecurity or are working to overcome with a major health or work loss event.
FurKids Animal Rescue - Project Complete!
Furkids is a 501c3 nonprofit charitable organization that operates the largest cage-free, no-kill shelter in the Southeast for rescued cats and Sadie’s Place, a no-kill shelter for rescued dogs. Help clean and fill supplies in the cat shelter at the FurKids headquarters!
Furkids is a 501c3 nonprofit charitable organization that operates the largest cage-free, no-kill shelter in the Southeast for rescued cats and Sadie’s Place, a no-kill shelter for rescued dogs. Help clean and fill supplies in the cat shelter at the FurKids headquarters!
SERVE AT HOME
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Forsyth County Family Haven
Help to stock the pantry at Family Haven with children's snacks and pantry items for residents. This organization does not allow onsite volunteers due to confidentiality needs of their residents and clients. Thus, donations can be dropped off at McDonald & Sons Funeral Home, located at 150 Sawnee Drive in Cumming, GA. |
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Keep Forsyth County Beautiful
Help keep Forsyth beautiful with some storm drain marking! |
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Cumming Home Ministries
Donations are needed of clothing, furniture, books, housewares, furniture. These donations can be easily sourced and delivered to the location - something the entire family can participate in! |
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Bald Ridge Lodge
This project can be done off-site/remotely. Volunteers can prep food to bring to the lodge for the boys! Volunteers would supply a meal recipe to feed approximately 14 (12 teen boys and 2 adult staff) and the pantry ingredients for the meal. BRL would add meat and/or fresh vegetables when the meal is prepared. Volunteers could supply grocery/Walmart gift cards to help with the cost of meat/vegetables if desired. |
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Family Promise
Family Promise of Forsyth County, Inc. serves families who are experiencing homelessness. In cooperation with community churches and volunteers, we provide a safe place to stay and meals along with programs and supports to help the families gain or regain sustainable independence. PJ Collection! All sizes needed for both girls and boys. Pick out a fun pair of pajamas to give to the children staying at the Family Promise overnight shelters. All PJ's will be given to the kids on Valentines Day! |
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The Forsyth Descendants Scholarship
The Forsyth Descendants Scholarship was formed to acknowledge the racial expulsion of 1912 in Forsyth County and honor those expelled by providing college scholarships to some of their descendants. To encourage the 9 inaugural scholarship recipients throughout the year and especially during finals, we'd love to send them letters of encouragement and small care packages. |
LOG YOUR HOURS
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Pick Your Own Project!
OneForsyth's MLK Week of Service initiative seeks to engage our entire community in service to others in celebration of the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. This service work does not have to be limited to the list on this site! Do you volunteer regularly already in our community with plans to do so between January 13th and January 19th? Do you know an organization not listed here that could really use your help? All of these efforts contribute to OneForsyth's goal! Help us tally our total hours of service by logging your own efforts (any efforts not included in the projects listed above) with us. Hours contributing to the projects listed above will be included in our 2023 tally! |
