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CURRENT AND UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
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MARCH 2008
Television
Pledge Drive
– Georgia Public Broadcasting
The
mission of Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) is to create, produce and
distribute high quality programs and services that educate, inform and
entertain audiences and enrich the quality of their lives. GPB's nine public
television stations deliver quality PBS and locally produced programming to
every county in Georgia,
and to significant portions of surrounding states. Since 1984, GPB’s
listener-supported, 15-station public radio network has been Georgia's
source for great music and National Public Radio (NPR) news. AGA members will volunteer their time
during GPB’s television pledge drive. We will answer phones and take pledges when
viewers call to give their support.
This has been a fun and successful event in years past and GPB has
come to count on AGA to participate in this annual fundraiser. And it’s great for AGA visibility as we
wear our AGA tee shirts. The date and
time of our shift will be determined at a later date.
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APRIL 2008
MS
Walk – The Multiple Sclerosis Society
The
MS Walk is sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. We will be volunteering with the Georgia
Chapter for their 2008 MS Walk at the Piedmont Park
location. This is one of the major
fund raisers for the year and helps raise thousands of dollars for research
on this devastating disease. AGA
members will be volunteering their time at the registration desk or at rest
stops along the route. The date, time,
and actual volunteer duties will be determined at a later date.
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COMPLETED ACTIVITIES
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NOVEMBER
2007
The
Salvation Army Angel Tree
The
Salvation Army Angel Tree is the largest Christmas assistance program in Atlanta and assisted
over 27,000 needy children and senior citizens in 2006. AGA members adopted a specific child or
senior angel from the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program for the holiday
season and bought gifts for them, which were delivered to the charity. We received age and size information, along
with some general guidelines for selecting gifts for children and senior
citizens. By contributing to this
worthy cause, we partnered with the
Salvation Army to bring joy to those who would otherwise have nothing on
Christmas.
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
2007
Partnership Against Domestic Violence
The Partnership Against Domestic
Violence (PADV), the largest nonprofit domestic violence organization in Georgia, provides professional, compassionate,
caring and empowering support to battered women and their children in metro Atlanta. PADV supports women and their children in
their efforts to live violence free by offering shelter and services to
families, as well as educating the public.
Their programs include a 24-hour crisis line, two emergency shelters,
parenting groups, children and youth programs, community based and
transitional services, legal advocacy, community support groups, welfare
assistance, and counseling. PADV’s Face to Face program surgically repairs facial and
dental deformities that are a result of domestic abuse. In conjunction with
counseling, domestic violence survivors who need facial plastic and
reconstructive surgery will receive treatment at no cost helping to heal
their psychological and physical scars.
PADV also offers programs to educate police officers, judges,
hospitals, businesses, legislators, child protection agencies, clergy,
schools, the business community, and media about the issue of domestic
violence and the toll it exacts on society.
AGA members will collect and donate items on the charity’s wish list,
such as toiletries, children’s clothing, cell phones, etc.
AUGUST 2007
On Friday, August 3, 2007, the Atlanta Chapter of AGA held its
annual golf tournament at the Golfers' Club at Fort McPherson.
Proceeds from the event were donated to a local charity.
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JUNE 2007
Spellbound – The Literacy Volunteers of America’s Annual Scrabble
Tournament
The Literacy Volunteers of America – Metro Atlanta (“LVA-MA”) provides free,
confidential tutoring to adults who read below a fifth grade level and to
recent immigrants who need help with survival-level conversational
English. In addition to one-on-one
tutoring, the LVA-MA has a family literacy program that targets parents of
pre-school children to help break the cycle of illiteracy in Atlanta.
The LVA-MA provides these services with the help of a dedicated
network of volunteers who work one-on-one with students in need. All proceeds from the event and auction
benefit the programs of LVA-MA. AGA
members volunteered their time to keep score for the tournament. The tournament is held each year to raise
money and awareness of LVA.
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APRIL 2007
MS Walk – The Multiple Sclerosis Society
The MS Walk is sponsored by the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society. We volunteered with the Georgia
Chapter for their 2006 MS Walk at the Piedmont Park
location. This was one of the major fund raisers for the year and
helped raise thousands of dollars for research on this devastating
disease. AGA members volunteered their time at the registration desk
and at rest stops along the route.
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MARCH 2007
Television Pledge Drive
– Georgia Public Broadcasting
The mission of Georgia Public
Broadcasting (GPB) is to create, produce and distribute high quality programs
and services that educate, inform and entertain audiences and enrich the
quality of their lives. GPB's nine public television stations deliver quality PBS
and locally produced programming to every county in Georgia, and to significant
portions of surrounding states. Since
1984, GPB’s listener-supported, 15-station public
radio network has been Georgia's
source for great music and National Public Radio (NPR) news. AGA members volunteered their time during GPB’s television pledge drive. We answered phones
and took pledges when viewers called to give their support. This was a fun and successful event as in years
past. GPB has come to count on AGA to
participate in this annual fundraiser.
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NOVEMBER 2006
The Salvation Army Angel Tree Program
The Salvation Army Angel Tree Program
is the largest Christmas assistance program in Atlanta and assisted over 27,000 needy
children and senior citizens in 2005.
We provided
a monetary gift to the Salvation Army for the angels that didn’t get adopted.
The Salvation Army used the monetary gifts to purchase Christmas gifts for a
mix of angels – both children and senior citizens. AGA members chose the gender of the unadopted angel they want their contributions to go
to. We arranged for several convenient
drop-off points to collect the monetary gifts.
By contributing to this worthy cause, we partnered with the
Salvation Army to bring joy to those who would otherwise have nothing on
Christmas.
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006
Partnership Against Domestic Violence
The Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV), the largest
nonprofit domestic violence organization in Georgia,
provides professional, compassionate, caring and empowering support to
battered women and their children in metro Atlanta.
PADV supports women and their children in their efforts to live
violence free by offering shelter and services to families, as well as
educating the public. Their programs
include a 24-hour crisis line, two emergency shelters, parenting groups,
children and youth programs, community based and transitional services, legal
advocacy, community support groups, welfare assistance, and counseling. PADV’s Face to
Face program surgically repairs facial and dental deformities that are a
result of domestic abuse. In conjunction with counseling, domestic violence
survivors who need facial plastic and reconstructive surgery will receive
treatment at no cost helping to heal their psychological and physical
scars. PADV also offers programs to
educate police officers, judges, hospitals, businesses, legislators, child
protection agencies, clergy, schools, the business community, and media about
the issue of domestic violence and the toll it exacts on society. AGA members collected and donate items on
the charity’s wish list, such as toiletries, children’s clothing, cell
phones, etc.
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