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My name is Sherrie. I’m a public defender (best job title in the world right?), and I also teach karate at the East Athens Community Center here in Athens. I’m 28 years old, and like a good friend of mine a few years ago, I am looking for ways to enrich my life, make a …

In such a beautiful place as Athens, it’s easy to forget or never even realize that our youth struggle with issues and pressures that are often beyond our comprehension. You might be amazed to know that our high schools and even our middle schools suffer from significant gang activity. It’s shocking to think that a …

Thursday, August 23rd is Dine Out For Kids day. Eat out early and often that day at great restaurants and support the work of Family Connection-Communities In Schools of Athens, Inc. (Whatever It Takes)! Participating restaurants will donate a percentage of their sales (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) that day to their work for children. Restaurants …

So what’s all this TeamServe hub-bub about anyway? Can’t you just find a volunteer opportunity on the HandsOn site that’s suitable for a group of your size and just go there? Yes, yes you can. But is that volunteer opportunity tailored specifically to your group’s needs and interests? Maybe, maybe not. HandsOn NEGA offers the …

A recent ammendment to House Bill 1176 now also includes volunteers in the group of people who are required to report child abuse. From the bill: “‘Child service organization personnel’ means persons employed by or volunteering at a business or an organization, whether public, private, for profit, not for profit, or voluntary, that provides care, treatment, education, …

Well folks, it’s official! My two year anniversary with Community Connection was just last week (Um, edit … I started writing this post in May, just after my May 17th anniversary … it’s now June. Things get so crazy here!). Can you believe it? I can’t! What is hardest to believe is the amazing things …

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 …

“They go by in a blur!” That is what I always say at the Athens Twilight Criterium. The cyclists race so fast it is hard to keep an eye on them, and this year’s Terrapin Twilight was no different. Community Connection was there signing up and managing the hundreds of volunteers it takes to run …

Check out these photos of families volunteering together.  That’s what FamilyServe is all about.    HandsOn has this great program going which gives families the opportunity to work on a community service project together with other families.    What makes FamilyServe really terrific is the program benefits both our community and the volunteer families involved. …