Includes opportunities for medical professionals and other individuals to help with the COVID-19 response, encouragement to donate blood and how to donate with the American Red Cross, how Manufacturers and Distributors can help with critical health care supply needs, and how Atlantans can sign up to receive cCOVID-19 updates and donate to help residents in need through the city of Atlanta’s #ATLStrong site. 

If you’re passionate about helping people and looking for a  volunteer career with a visionary humanitarian organization, you can  make a difference with the American Red Cross.

Volunteer Drivers Needed to Deliver Lifesaving Blood  Products to Local Hospitals

How does it feel to help  save a life? This is your chance to find out! If you have a little free  time, love driving, and enjoy meeting new people, the Red Cross has a  great volunteer position for you.

Volunteers carry out 90% of the humanitarian work of the Red Cross.

Thank you for your interest in helping to end hunger in Coastal Georgia. Many of our programs are entirely volunteer run; without the enthusiasm of our volunteers, these programs could not exist. The volunteer time, energy, and dedication mean that thousands of families in our 21-county service area are able to live without the uncertainty and fear of being at risk for hunger. For information about making a donation, types of donations and designating your donation, please click here. Your support is greatly appreciated!

How You Can Help

Donate

Please mail  all offline gifts to Atlanta Community Food Bank, 3400 North Desert  Drive, Atlanta, GA 30344. 

Start a “Virtual” Food Drive

Create a Facebook Fundraiser 

Volunteer

Follow the Food Bank on Social Media

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for timely updates on our COVID-19 response. Please click here to read more.

 Our Mission

To provide a safe and adequate supply of blood and blood components, in a cost-effective manner, to every area patient in need.

Blood Assurance is a nonprofit, full-service regional blood center serving healthcare facilities in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina. More than 540 volunteer blood donors are needed every day in order to adequately supply these hospitals.

The  Chattanooga Area Food Bank's mission is to lead a network of  partners  in eliminating hunger and promoting better nutrition in our  region.  

• Host a Food Drive 

Thank you for your interest in hosting a food drive! Food drives provide needed donations for those facing hunger in our region. We are grateful for all non-perishable food, but are especially in need of the items listed below.

URGENT NEEDS:

Canned ready-to-eat meals (examples: ravioli, pork & beans, chili, beans and rice)

Canned fruits and vegetables (examples: peaches, pears, green beans, corn, peas)

Cereal

Canned protein (beans, meats, chicken and fish)

*Single servings of mac & cheese are included in our Sack Pack program which provides food to children who face weekend hunger. In our service area of 20 counties in southeast Tennessee and northwest Georgia, 1 in 5 children does not know where their next meal will come from.

• HOST An Online Fundraiser

Please click here for more information. 

 "…We appreciate the passion, sense of urgency and desire to help others in our community, but feel that the safety of everyone is of utmost importance. We will assess the situation regularly and if we feel that there are no concerns about safety, we let the community know. If you would like to help us in another way, please make a monetary donation through our website. Every dollar counts and will enable us to provide food for more families in our community. A $10 donation can provide 60 meals for a family in need ...” ~ Frank Sheppard, President and CEO 

Please click here to read more and donate.

“… How can you help? Our primary need is financial contributions to ensure a constant supply of food for our agencies and clients. You can donate at our website, foodbanknega.org. We are also accepting donations of food at our warehouse, 861 Newton Bridge Road, Athens and 46 Plaza Way in Clayton.”

~ Chuck Toney, Executive Director

Please click here to read more and donate. 

Stay-At-Home Volunteer Opportunity – Write A Note To A Family in Need:

Golden   Harvest is collecting notes of encouragement for families who are   struggling during the COIVD-19 crisis. The notes will be included in   boxes of emergency food that are distributed across our service area.   This is a simple but meaningful way for our community to stay connected   and encourage one another during this difficult time. 

Because of  shelter-in-place orders in effect across Georgia and South Carolina  and  out of deep concern for your safety, we have shut down all of our   on-site volunteer programs at this time. 

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a sense of urgency for ATLiens to unite in service. We’re rallying our community to help fight food insecurity and tackling our city’s most pressing needs. Explore how you can help today and ensure all of our neighbors can thrive tomorrow. 

Our Mission

Our  mission is to investigate and then raise public awareness about the  many problems that are facing families and individuals that are at risk  of slipping into poverty or that are living in poverty, and then to  mobilize financial resources, products and volunteers to solve those  problems and stabilize those households.

Our ability to satisfy this unexpected demand is contingent upon an  increase in public support, foundations and corporations.  We need  additional resources for our children and families.  These additional  resources will enable our team to expand our food distribution  quantities to over 200,000 meals in the month April.  By the end of  2020, we are projected to serve over 10 million meals to mitigate the  rising rate of food insecurity.

Please help us serve over 40,000 – 50,000 meals every week by giving today.

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In an effort to help the many at-risk students and their families who do not have enough food during the closing of schools due to the coronavirus, MUST Ministries is coordinating a MUST FOOD Rapid Response program. We are distributing food at our 3 pantries and helping every week to distribute meals for CCSD. Along with food and monetary donations, we need a small number of volunteers to carry food out to cars. To help, please click here. 

Until further notice, our volunteer opportunities are restricted due to COVID-19.  Please click HERE for more information.

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Second Harvest of South Georgia has a variety of different volunteer  opportunities to fit almost everyone! Whether you’d like to roll up your  sleeves and break a sweat in our warehouse or you prefer a less  hands-on approach, we can find something for you.  As a non-profit, we  strive to run our organization as efficiently as possible, one way we  accomplish that is through volunteer help.  We couldn’t accomplish all  we do without our dedicated volunteers.

If you’ve not yet volunteered with us, read on to find out more about how you can fight hunger by donating your time.

Mission Statement: Sewing Masks for Atlanta is a ZERO human contact distribution network that transports handmade cloth fabric masks from local home sewing volunteers to Atlanta Area Healthcare Facilities in a safe and an efficient manner. 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SMAHAtlanta/

 www.SMAHAtlanta.org 

Behind all of our work, there are people like you who get involved to ensure a better future for our children and community. 

United Way of Greater Atlanta brings together people and resources  to tackle complex issues and drive sustainable positive change to help  our community thrive.

Getting involved in United Way is easy. Just pick your path and start today!