In an effort to answer the call of the National Corporate of Community Service to celebrate the life and teaching of Dr Martin Luther King Jr., Georgia Perimeter College, the Atlanta CW 69 TV and the Georgia Personal Assistance Corps., an AmeriCorp program, is excited to tell you about the MLK Challenge!
The Challenge is an opportunity for our community to participate in service projects throughout metro Atlanta and Newton County. This year, we anticipate that more than 250 people will volunteer to participate in the Challenge and serve approximately seven different organizations. This is a wonderful opportunity to answer the national call for service.
All projects will be held on Monday, January 18, 2010 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All volunteers are encouraged to attend a Pre-Service Pep Rally, starting at 9:00 a.m. on the Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus College Center, located at 555 North Indian Creek Dr., Clarkston, GA 30021.
Bethune Elementary School - Project details: volunteers will be doing art work, building benches, cleaning, painting and landscaping. Volunteers must be at least 5 years old with adult supervision. Location- 220 Northside Drive, Atlanta (Project Capacity: 72)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta/ Whitehead Location - Project Details: Volunteers will paint interior, minor repairs and organize. Volunteers will work to make the club facilities a positive, clean place for kids to come every day after school. Location - 1900 Lakewood Ave., Atlanta (Project Capacity: 50)
Dunwoody Nature Center - Project Details: Volunteers will be working on a carpentry project that will serve about 150 campers in 2010. They will also help with trail maintenance which provides service to over 25,000 park visitors per year. Location - 5343 Roberts Drive, Dunwoody (Project Capacity: 50)
Friends of Washington Park - Project Details: Volunteers will be doing landscaping projects, building benches and picnic tables, installing a butterfly fountain and adult swings throughout the woodland areas. Volunteers must be at least 10 years old with adult supervision. Location - 102 Ollie Street, Atlanta(Project Capacity: 75)
Keep Covington/Newton Beautiful - Project Details: Volunteers will work to mulch and edge the newly constructed flower bed at the intersection of 1-20 and Hwy. 278, adopt-a-highway at the GPC College entrance, beautify Denny Dobbs Park, and begin construction of raised vegetable beds for the Community Garden. Location - 1124 Clark Street, Covington (Project Capacity: 100)
Open Hand - Project Details: Volunteers will assist in delivering meals to homebound seniors and individuals living with HIV/AIDS and other critical, chronic and terminal diseases. Location - 555 North Indian Creek, Clarkston (Project Capacity: 25)
Georgia Perimeter College Fine Arts Building - Project Details: Volunteers will assist in cleaning and sorting theater sets, costumes and participate in general clean up activities. Location – Fine Arts Building, Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus 555 North Indian Creek, Clarkston (Project Capacity: 25)
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeepers - Project Details: Volunteers will help in the preservation of one of our most precious resources! Proctor Creek is also one of te most environmentally impaired creeks in metro Atlanta. We will be picking up trash out of the creek, and also in surrounding abandoned homes and empty lots areas. Location - 3 Puritan Mill, 916 Joseph Lowery Blvd., Atlanta (Project Capacity: 50)
Share Your Story
Take photos or videos of your service engagement (cameraphones ok) and we'll consider giving you a starring role in our upcoming video! Extra points awarded for clarity and focus--hey, isn't that what your professors always say?
Here's what you do: when you pick up that shovel or paint brush for your service project, have a friend or colleague snap photos or roll some video. If it's video, feel free to talk about why you're willing to give your time and energy to the project; what it means to you; why service is important to you. That kind of thing.
Next, email gpcmpr@gmail.com to tell us where we can find your photo or video--FaceBook, YouTube, Blip or Vimeo (for high-definition video), or wherever it is. Be sure to save a high-quality original for us, in case we call you later!
