Organizations
Charitable
- Atlanta Community Food Bank.
"Founded in 1979, the Atlanta Community Food Bank currently
distributes almost 2 million pounds of food and other donated
grocery items monthly to more than
800 nonprofit partner
agencies in
38
counties in Metro Atlanta and North Georgia. Distributing these
donations to low-income Georgians, our partner agencies provide
dynamic links between the local community, the Food Bank and our
supporters.
In addition to our core business of food distribution, the Food Bank
has a number of projects that help build community including
Atlanta's
Table,
Community Garden,
Hunger 101,
Hunger Walk/Run,
Kids In Need,
Product Rescue Center and
The Atlanta
Collaborative Kitchen (TACK)."
- Atlanta Community ToolBank.
"The efficacy of community-based organizations relies on the
availability of several types of resources. Typical resources
include funding, volunteers, and competent leadership, among
others. One often-overlooked resource is the availability of tools
for use in service projects facilitated by the agency to advance the
mission. The non-availability of tools is overcome through two
typical approaches. First, the agency may ask volunteers to bring
their personal tools, placing their volunteers at risk of tool
breakage, loss, or even theft. Second, the agency may own an
inventory of tools, resulting in maintenance and repair costs, the
complexity of secure storage, and inevitable ‘shrinkage’.
The Atlanta Community ToolBank provides a unique and simple solution
by making tool lending and all associated functions the sole mission
of the agency. An independent steward for a community-wide
commodity, the Atlanta Community ToolBank is a vast ‘tool library’
that lends tools and equipment to community-based organizations for
use in mission-advancing service projects. Over 140 distinct tool
types are available for borrowing, including power tools, ladders,
safety and custodial gear, as well as tools for landscaping,
carpentry, masonry, drywall, demolition, and plumbing projects. New
types of tools are added periodically, as requested by borrowing
agencies..."
Nature
- Environment Georgia.
"Environment Georgia is a statewide, citizen-based environmental
advocacy organization. Our professional staff combines independent
research, practical ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the
opposition of powerful special interests and win real results for
Georgia's environment. Environment Georgia draws on over a decade of
success in tackling our state's top environmental problems."
- Georgia Conservancy.
"The Georgia Conservancy is a catalyst for the stewardship of our
natural environment through education, principled advocacy, and
inclusive decision-making in order to make Georgia a premier
environmental state."
- Georgia Forest Watch.
"Our mission is to protect and restore the native ecosystems of
Georgia's Mountain and Piedmont public lands, and to inform the
citizens of Georgia about the values of these landscapes.
- To promote and support the protection of the Chattahoochee
and Oconee National Forests, and to add to the land base of
these two forests from willing sellers.
- To promote and support the protection of other public
forests within north and central Georgia, and to add to the land
base of these forests from willing sellers.
- To educate the public through teaching, scientific
understanding, and citizen participation of the values of
Georgia's public forests.
- To advocate and promote the protection and increase of
wilderness areas and other areas of biological, scenic and
recreational significance in north and central Georgia.
- To monitor compliance with all laws, rules, regulations,
standards, and guidelines relating to the publicly owned land of
north and central Georgia.
- To promote and support activities within the publicly owned
land of north and central Georgia that allow native forest
functions to remain unimpeded."
Networking
Outdoor
- Atlanta Outdoor
Club. "The Atlanta Outdoor Club (AOC) is an outdoor
event-oriented social club established in late 2000. Our focus is
offering a wide variety of outdoor events to young-hearted, active
adults. Whether you are new to the Atlanta area or have lived here
your whole life, the AOC is a great way to explore the outdoors of
Georgia and the Southeast (and sometimes beyond) with a fun,
friendly and active group.
Each month we have regular outdoor activities such as hiking,
camping, backpacking, caving, mountain biking, white water rafting,
kayaking and canoeing as well as a monthly social event, and
"special" outdoor activities such as survival skills classes,
hang-gliding, sailing, scuba diving and environmental support
projects..."
- Hotlanta Adventures.
"Hotlanta Adventures is a younger-adult (18yo-40's) volunteer-based
club that provides the opportunity to make new acquaintances and
build friendships while experiencing the adventures of the great
outdoors and other similar shared interest. Our main goals are fun,
fitness, and friendships while engaging in adventurous, social, and
educational activities that create an appreciation of our
surroundings.
Some of our excursions include hiking, camping, urban/mountain
biking/cycling, whitewater rafting, caving/spelunking, horseback
riding, canoeing, kayaking, rappelling, rock climbing, cabining,
fishing, geocaching, and other outdoor activities.
Other social functions may involve mixers, movie nights, cookouts,
dinners, potlucks, pool parties, Braves games, or going to the zoo
or the Georgia Aquarium.
We also participate in activities that promote environmental
stewardship such as clean up programs for parks, hiking/biking
trails, and/or streams/rivers.
Most of our group members are novices to many of our outdoor
activities with some being more experienced outdoor enthusiast. We
welcome all experience levels who are egger to participate in our
fun, fitness, and friendship activities."
Social
-
Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS). "The
mission of the Young Professionals program is to internationalize
the thinking of young professionals, balancing a responsibility to
be an educational resource, an avenue for career development and a
social outlet for globally minded young professionals."
Sports
- Atlanta Singles Golf
Association. "The Atlanta Singles Golf Association, formed
in 1996, is a not-for-profit organization with a current membership
of approximately 150 members. The club was founded based upon the
principal of getting single men and women together to enjoy their
favorite game … the game of golf.
Our Monthly Gathering is held each month at a location in the
Atlanta area. At this meeting members and guests have the
opportunity to network, socialize, and sign-up for our many social
and golf events. Our home page will have the location of our next
Monthly Gathering..."
- Atlanta
Ski Club. "Since its inception in 1964, the Atlanta Ski
Club has always been centered around people. As a non-profit
organization, the ASC is not about revenue, growth, or
profitability. The Atlanta Ski Club has grown to be one of the
largest and most successful ski clubs in the world because it is run
by our members - the very people who you'll meet at ASC functions.
Guests and new members are encouraged to participate in just one
event, be it an evening concert at Chastain, or a week-long
ski/board trip, and they will uncontrollably discover new friends.
Our monthly socials draw hundreds of people, anxious to catch up
with the friends they made from past trips. Another pride of the ski
club is that most members remain members throughout their lives,
often returning even through relocations and the rest of changes
life offers. No, you do not have to live in Atlanta to be a member
of the Atlanta Ski Club! In fact 20% of our members live outside the
state of Georgia, some reaching as far as Europe..."
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