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On January 16, our city marked the 10th anniversary of the MLK Day of Service in Athens. What a day! The weather was a bit chilly and cloudy, but that did not stop over 750 people volunteering at 36 projects sites to make it a Day On and not a Day Off. One of the …

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 …

Plans for the MLK Day of Service are really coming together. Looking forward to the Kick-Off Breakfast at the 40Watt. I’m going to bring cans of baby formula for the community food drive at the breakfast. All the canned goods are going to the Food Bank. Go Athens! Rumor has it – The Heap will …

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 …

What a night! Monday was R.E.M.’s CD Release Party in Downtown Athens. The festivities began with dinner at Cine. Local eateries prepared and donated delicious delicacies for the event. I volunteered to serve food and bus tables, so I got to do some sampling. Yum. Just one of the perks of volunteering! The celebration continued …

19,499!! – that’s how many volunteer hours have been accrued so far during all of the MLK days of service in Athens. Amazing! Check out the website http://athensmlkday.org/ and the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/athensmlk I think its great how a small city like Athens has so many caring people willing to spend the day helping others. …

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, …