Every year, IMPACT works with community partners around Athens, which are the cornerstone of our effort to create active citizens. Every trip serves with a community partner before departing in order to develop a sense of how their topic applies in the Athens community and how they can make an impact.
If you come back from your trip and are feeling inspired to get involved, see the list below containing our community partners, other local organizations, and how to get started.
If you come back from your trip and are feeling inspired to get involved, see the list below containing our community partners, other local organizations, and how to get started.
Addressing Human Need
Shelter and Resource Access | Affordable Housing
Shelter and Resource Access | Affordable Housing
Name of Organization |
Location |
Brief Summary about Service |
How to Sign up |
2018-2019 Partner? |
Athens Area Homeless Shelter |
620 Barber Street, Athens, GA 30601 |
AAHS is a transitional housing program for mothers with dependent children. Volunteers from the Athens community are able to provide an evening meal for AAHS families 365 days per year. |
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Hope Haven |
795 Newton Bridge Rd, Athens, GA 30607 |
This non-profit organization provides an environment and the resources where adults in the Athens-Clarke community can be independent and self-sufficient. This organization strives to prepare, empower, and support individuals with developmental disabilities and their families to participate fully in the community. |
Call : (706) 548-4361 And ask for Amy Moore! |
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Food Bank of NEGA |
861 Newton Bridge Rd Athens, GA 30607 |
The food bank recovers and recycles foods and distributes it to human service agencies. As volunteers, we would assist with organizing the food donations and aiding with the daily operations of the food bank. |
Community Health and Well-being
Community Health and Well-being | HIV/AIDS Awareness and Advocacy | Disability/Ability Awareness & Advocacy | Food Justice
Community Health and Well-being | HIV/AIDS Awareness and Advocacy | Disability/Ability Awareness & Advocacy | Food Justice
Name of Organization |
Location |
Brief Summary about Service |
How to Sign up |
2018-2019 Partner? |
Extra Special People |
189 VFW Drive P.O. Box 615 Watkinsville, Ga 30677 |
You can make a difference in the lives of others with disabilities through increasing your interaction and awareness of how these individuals can overcome limitations that any disability might put on them. This organization empowers the individuals to become more comfortable with community involvement. |
There summer and winter camps that this organization puts on! Get connected/involved here: ESP |
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Learning Ally |
320 S Hull St, Athens, GA 30605 |
Learning Ally records all forms of text (from school books for all ages to fiction pleasure reading) to empower those with dyslexic, blind, or visually impaired. Volunteers will help by recording and editing voice recordings of these texts. |
Human Rights
Education Access and Advocacy | Youth Empowerment | Gender Appreciation | Human Trafficking Awareness & Advocacy
Education Access and Advocacy | Youth Empowerment | Gender Appreciation | Human Trafficking Awareness & Advocacy
Name of Organization |
Location |
Brief Summary about Service |
How to Sign up |
2018-2019 Partner? |
Oasis Católico Santa Rafaela (Oasis Tutoring) |
Trail Creek Drive Athens, GA 30601 |
This is an after school tutoring program for children in the Pinewood Estates community. Many of these students do not have the funds or ability to receive outside help and their parents work long hours to provide for their family and are unable to help them with their school work. Run by a wonderful group of wonderful Sisters, local college students are able to help these amazing kids improve their test scores and academic skills. |
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Whatever It Takes at UGA |
Rocksprings Community Center 291 Henderson Ext. Athens, GA 30606 East Athens Community Center 400 McKinley Dr. Athens, GA 30601 |
The organization provides various services such as tutoring, student mentors, and after school programs for young students within the Clarke County School System. They host special events such as fundraisers and activities for the children as well, and their overall goal is to provide students of all backgrounds the opportunity for success regarding their education. |
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Clarke County Mentor Program |
246 West Hancock Avenue, Athens GA 30601 |
“The Mentor Program began in March, 1991, as a joint initiative of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce and the Clarke County School District. Beginning with 30 mentors, the program has grown tremendously. Today, the Mentor Program trains more than 100 new volunteers each year. In any given month, approximately 400 mentors make weekly visits to meet with their mentee at one of the Clarke County Schools; over time, mentor and mentee may spend time together at a variety of community events. Some mentor-mentee pairs have been together for over a decade, continuing to meet long after the student has graduated from high school.” |
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Thomas Lay After School Program |
Thomas Lay Park Community Center 297 Hoyt Street Athens, GA 30601 |
The Thomas Lay After School Program aims to provide local students age 5 and up educational assistance as well as help them foster meaningful relationships in a safe environment. As a volunteer, mentors are expected to commit to coming one day a week, Monday- Friday 3-5 pm during the academic semester. Mentors will have a chance to tutor elementary and middle school age students with their schoolwork. After this is complete, mentors are encouraged to partake in sports or crafts with the participants to help form positive relationships. |
Email the volunteer coordinator at thomaslayvc@gmail.com. |
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Boys and Girls Club of Athens |
440-4 Dearing Extension, Athens GA, 30606 and 705 Fourth Street, Athens GA, 30601 |
The Club provides a clean, healthy, and safe environment for youth through empirically-based youth development afterschool activities. The Club staff works to provide positive experiences for youth on a daily basis to play, work, and learn about life and possibilities the future holds. |
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CLASE Tutoring |
Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School |
This two-day-a-week after school program partners with the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education. Tutors and mentors work with 3rd to 5th grade English Language Learners either individually or in small groups to build motivation and increase academic achievement through homework help, read-alouds, and learning games |
Email ugaclase@gmail.com |
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Books For Keeps |
440 Dearing Ext, Athens, GA 30606 |
BFK is a research-based program that collects books 11 months out of the year only to give them away in May to Athens-Clarke County children in an effort to prevent "summer slide", a loss of reading skills acquired over the academic year. Volunteers may spend time sorting books, assisting at a distribution, or staffing the book sale! |
Sign up through Givepulse: https://www.givepulse.com/group/114518-Books-for-Keeps or email program manager Justin Bray: Justin@booksforkeeps.org |
The Earth and the Environment
Environmental Justice | Animal Rights & Advocacy
Environmental Justice | Animal Rights & Advocacy
Name of Organization |
Location |
Brief Summary about Service |
How to Sign up |
2018-2019 Partner? |
Athens Land Trust |
685 N. Pope St. Athens, GA30601 |
ALT’s mission is to “conserve, empower and sustain communities through responsible and visionary land use”. The organization works towards preserving many types of land (wetlands, forests, steams, open spaces in low income neighborhoods, etc) in order to preserve key components of our ecosystems such as clean air and drinking water. ALT has also made great strides in creating both affordable and energy efficient housing for the Athens community and growing an agricultural network of urban farming and community gardens. |
Environmental Justice (South Florida, New Orleans (hyper link demo)) |
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Sandy Creek Nature Center |
205 Old Commerce Rd, Athens, GA 30607 |
There are multiple volunteer opportunities such as Animal Care, Garden Growers, Trail Keepers and more. Some responsibilities volunteers will be given are cleaning animal habitats, monitor health of the animals and collect data, tending the garden, and maintaining the nature trails. It is a great way to be outdoors and help take care of the beloved Athens nature! |
*For general information contact Rhonda Smith. *For information on volunteering with Animal Care contact Carmen Champagne. |
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Rivers Alive |
Athens, GA (Rivers, Lakes, and Streams |
Athens area residents wade into local rivers, lakes and streams as part of the continuing statewide campaign to clean and preserve over 70,000 miles of Georgia’s rivers and streams. The effort is part of Rivers Alive, a joint program of the Environmental Protection Division Outreach |
Find a cleanup here |
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Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful (KACCB) |
725 Hancock Industrial Way, Athens, GA 30605 |
The non-profit has a program called “Down & Dirty Cleanups” in which organizations and civic groups can be matched with a roadway or public space that needs a cleanup or beautification. KACCB provides all necessary materials for the cleanup and provides pickup of collected trash as needed. |
Call KACCB at 706-613-3501 or email Stacy Smith |
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The Lunchbox Garden Project |
Barnett Shoals Elementary, 280 Gaines School Road, Athens, GA, 30605 Rocksprings Community Center, 291 Henderson Extension, Athens, GA, 30606 |
The Lunchbox Garden project is a student organization at UGA that works to teach kids environmental literacy through food. By giving kids the opportunity to grow their own food, the project teaches kids about where healthy food comes from. We can’t grow food without taking care of the environment that nurtures it, so the project also serves as a way to show kids why environmental stewardship is important. |
Understanding Marginalized Communities
American Indian Cultural Awareness & Advocacy | LGBTQ+ Awareness & Advocacy | Immigration Awareness: Farmworker Justice | Immigration Awareness: Refugee Resettlement | Ageism
American Indian Cultural Awareness & Advocacy | LGBTQ+ Awareness & Advocacy | Immigration Awareness: Farmworker Justice | Immigration Awareness: Refugee Resettlement | Ageism
Name of Organization |
Location |
Brief Summary about Service |
How to Sign up |
2018-2019 Partner? |
Oasis Católico Santa Rafaela (Oasis Tutoring) |
Trail Creek Drive Athens, GA 30601 |
This is an after school tutoring program for children in the Pinewood Estates community. Many of these students do not have the funds or ability to receive outside help and their parents work long hours to provide for their family and are unable to help them with their school work. Run by a wonderful group of wonderful Sisters, local college students are able to help these amazing kids improve their test scores and academic skills. |
Note: We have done our best to ensure contact information is up to date, but if you find something incorrect, contact the Participant Coordinator at impactuga.pc@gmail.com.
