Provides a child with a backpack of healthy food to address weekend hunger for one month.
Provides 4 children with healthy food and snacks in school for two weeks.
Allows 2 women to receive a full credit report and one-on-one credit assessment to help with financial stability.
Allows 2 veterans to access resources and safe places to live.
Helps a teenager get support and guidance from a mentor for a year.
Supplies two books a month for 25 preschool children.
Can provide training for 8,000 early childhood teachers — ensuring 160,000 children enter kindergarten ready to learn and primed for academic success.
Can create one six-month Family Leadership Institute, which helps parents learn how to advocate for themselves, their children and their community.
Helps 65 families learn how to manage their money and build better budgets through financial literacy classes.
Provides 5 months of on-the-job training for someone learning a new vocational skill.
Can create one Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site that will help put $400,000 back into the pockets of working families and nearly $1 million back into the community.
Can provide job training and job placement assistance to 6 parents.
Provides 48 hours of support for expectant families from health professionals, ensuring a healthy start for their babies.
Gives treatment at a medical clinic for 5 families of four.
Can provide home health visitation services to two chronically ill individuals.
Can help 20 people avoid emergency room visits — saving Greater Atlanta taxpayers $30,000/year.
Provides 25 hours of training to a homeless veteran for trade certification.
Provides six weeks of professional support to get 10 people off of the street.
Can provide move-in support for 4 veterans (includes: application fees, 1st month’s rent, security and utilities deposits as well as continued case management and follow-up.)
Can provide move-in support for 10 veterans (includes: application fees, 1st month’s rent, security and utilities deposits as well as continued case management and follow-up.)
United Way of Greater Atlanta provides a perfect platform to give, advocate and volunteer through leadership giving societies and affinity groups. Through generous giving and personal commitment, these groups are transforming lives today while laying the foundation for future generations.
Volunteering through United Way of Greater Atlanta is a great way to give back and meet your peers. Get involved in helping some of the most important issues facing our community today.
companies partnered with us to create volunteer projects for their staff
total volunteer projects
(that’s more than one project per day!)
total number of volunteers
(that’s a 30% increase over last year!)
