Georgia Civic Health Index, a first-of-it’s kind study for Georgia, was released this week by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at UGA (CVIOG), Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP), GeorgiaForward, and the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC). This study sought to measure civic engagement in four major categories - Social Connectedness, Community Involvement, Political Action, and Confidence …
Read more »A few days ago I had the pleasure of working with the Belk employees from the Athens store (if you missed it, you can read about it here). Yesterday I got to work with the employees from their Bethlehem location! We traveled out to Bethlehem Elementary School in Barrow County and met with Ms. Grant, …
Read more »How many of you out there are avid fans of the Belk department store? Now you can feel even more awesome about shopping with them! As a part of their 125th anniversary celebration as a company, Belk is engaging every.single.one. of their stores (over 300!) in community service projects throughout the country. To accomplish this amazing …
Read more »May is National Bike Month in the United States. As many people know, bicycling is great exercise, stress-reducing, and an all-around great way to see Athens. Here are some facts about bicycling in Athens that you may not know: Bicycles can be purchased at many locally-owned stores, such as Sunshine Cycles, The Hub, or Ben’s …
Read more »On Sunday, an article was published in the Athens Banner-Herald entitled “Nonprofits: Too Much of a Good Thing?”. The article, written by April Burkhart, outlines the abundance of non-profit organizations in the Athens community and the difficulties of competition and collaboration between these entities. While it is true that during fundraising season it seems that …
Read more »The Taste of Athens weekend took place on February 16th and 17th with the Taste 10K and A Taste of Athens events, and we are happy to announce that both were a huge success! We raised a record amount of funds for HandsOn NEGA’s parent organization, Community Connection, and we definitely couldn’t have done it …
Read more »This week is the National Random Acts of Kindness week in the United States! Small gestures can make someone’s day, so we encourage everyone to participate in the giving. Here are a couple of ideas that you can do right here in Athens: Pay for the coffee/meal of someone behind you in a drive-through line …
Read more »Sections of the internationally celebrated AIDS Memorial Quilt – a 54-ton, handmade tapestry that stands as a memorial to more than 94,000 individuals lost to AIDS – will be on view from Feb. 18th-20th at the Downtown Classic Center in Athens. This free display of The AIDS Memorial Quilt is hosted by AIDS Athens as …
Read more »Martin Luther King Jr. would have been proud this past Monday, January 21, to see his legacy of service carried out by hundreds of thousands of people all across America. “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” he said, and Athens, GA responded in a huge way. This year, …
Read more »Did you know that the month of January has been declared the national blood donor month since 1970? The American Red Cross collects and processes 40% of the blood supplied to over 3,000 hospitals across theUnited States, and they hold blood drives all over theAthensarea yearlong. Each year, the American Red Cross collects from over …
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