Last weekend FamilyServe hosted a service project at BikeAthens. It was awesome to see how much the volunteers accomplished in just a few hours and to know the impact they’ve had on the community. BikeAthens does a lot in the world of alternative transportation but they also recycle old bicycles and redistribute them through various …

The 2012 Athens Global Youth Service Day was certainly a success! We had over 1,400 youth volunteers who in just three short days contributed over 5,700 hours of service to the Athens community! An effort of this magnitude simply cannot be accomplished by a single organization. HandsOn NEGA is very grateful for its partnerships with …

The 2012 Taste of Athens Weekend was a great success, thanks to wonderful volunteers and generous supporters. A Taste of Athens has been a cherished annual event for 19 years and the committee is really excited to plan our 20th anniversary! We had our fundraiser for the year so now we’re done, right? WRONG! Community …

Terrapin Beer Co. is throwing their 10th Anniversary Carnival event on April 14th. Community Connection is helping them out by coordinating some AWESOME carnival games. We are even bringing back the beer-filled dunk tank.  But we need your help. If you could pick anyone in Athens to be dunked in Terrapin Beer, who would it …

Community Connection of Northeast Georgia is a tricky organization to explain. We have three primary programs, each serving a different audience, so it’s hard to simply state all of the wonderful things that are accomplished each year. I encourage you, though, to take a few minutes to flip through our 2010-2011 Annual Report and learn …

The following post is from one of our board members, Ashley Harp. She also chairs our SingleServe program.  As she refers to it, SingleServe is all about volunteering for parties of 1. I read this post on her blog this morning and couldn’t pass up the chance to share this amazing story. If this doesn’t …

HandsOn Northeast Georgia is looking for one AmericaCorps VISTA member to serve the Athens, Georgia, community. This VISTA member will work with the Whatever It Takes initiative to develop a “K-12 Liaison Advocate” program for Neighborhood Leaders. This program will provide those neighborhood leaders with the training, resources, and skills needed to advocate for families/parents …

Well, we aren’t quite done unpacking yet, but we have officially moved into our new office. Please be sure to come visit us at 1865 W Broad Street, Suite C in Athens, GA. We will still have the same operating hours of 8:30am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday. Hope to see you soon! Check out …

As many of you may know, HandsOn Northeast Georgia is one of the three programs operated by Community Connection. If any of you have visited our office, you know that it, well, has character. Shortly after I started working at Community Connection I was fishing around in one of the storage spaces in our current …

Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage – The Last R.E.M. Release Parties in Athens, GA  Proceeds from all events benefit Community Connection of Northeast Georgia & Family Connection / Communities in Schools of Athens / Whatever It Takes Night #1: Welcome to the Reconstruction – Athens Bands Play the Songs of R.E.M. Sunday, …