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United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley advances the
common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all.
Our focus is on basic needs, income, health and education -
the building blocks for a good quality of life.
May 2011 |
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Students Care Day |
 Eight students from the 2011 Live United Youth Camp joined together to assist Renovation Station, April 16th during Students Care Day. The group of seventh graders helped move donated items throughout the re-store to create better displays. Customers can now locate items more easily, which should help with increasing store sales. All proceeds from the store benefit the Columbus Area Habitat for Humanity. |
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Stamp Out Hunger | |
 The 19th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive is the nation's largest single-day food drive. Want to help? Simply leave a bag of non-perishable food where your letter carrier normally delivers your mail on Saturday, May 14. Your letter carrier will pick up and deliver the food to Feeding the Valley Food Bank, a United Way funded partner. The food bank will help distribute to organizations assisting families in need throughout the Chattahoochee Valley.
Examples of non-perishable items include: canned soup, meats and fish; canned vegetables, fruits and juices; boxed goods (such as cereal); and pasta and rice.
Also, volunteers are needed from 2:30 - 6:00 P.M., Saturday, May 14 to help unload donated food items from the mail carts into portable bins that will be taken to the food bank. For more information and to sign up to help, please click here.
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Monday nights with FAST program |
 The Family Center sponsors the FAST (Families and Schools Together) Program for eight weeks in the spring and the fall. The program helps improve parent-child relationships and social skills. Volunteers are needed from 4:30 - 8:30 P.M. on Monday nights. Two-hour shifts are available and students can volunteer. No long term commitment required. For more information and to sign up to help, please click here. |
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Bike Rodeo with Safe Kids |
 Volunteers are needed from 9 A.M. - 2 P.M., Saturday, May 14 to help Public Safety personnel and Safe Kids staff with a safety/bike rodeo and help distribute free bike helmets. For more information and to sign up to help, please click here. |
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Aflac Vacation Reading Program |
 To kickoff the Aflac Vacation Reading Program, the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries will host a morning of fun and games for children and teens to promote reading throughout the summer. Volunteers age 16 and older, are needed from 9:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M., Saturday, May 21. Shifts are available. For more information and to sign up to help, please click here. |
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Mentors for adults needed |
 The Literacy Alliance and the MCSD Adult Education are offering a program for adults with low reading levels. A certified teacher will be leading classes from 9 A.M. 12 P.M. weekdays. Adult mentors are needed to be in the classroom as well, to offer personal support. Volunteers can give as little as 2 hours per week. For more information and to sign up to help, please click here. |
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Red Cross volunteers at Martin Army Hopsital |
 Volunteers are needed between 8 A.M. - 4 P.M. Monday - Friday to assist the Red Cross at Ft. Benning with transporting patients coming to Martin Army Hospital, from the parking lot to the front doors. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old with a valid drivers license. For more information and to sign up to help, please click here. |
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Flags at the cemetery |
 In preparation for ceremonies to be held honoring veterans for Memorial Day, Fort Mitchell National Cemetery needs volunteers to help place flags on 5,000 gravesites of the veterans from 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M., Saturday, May 28. For more information and to sign up to help, please click here. |
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Georgia State Soccer Tournament |
 The best youth soccer teams from around the State of Georgia will be competing in Columbus Memorial Weekend. Volunteers are needed throughout the day from 7:30 A.M - 7:00 P.M. Saturday - Monday, May 28 - 30. Shifts are available. For more information and to sign up to help, please click here. |
| Upcoming United Way Volunteer Center orientations | |
Looking for ways to meet new friends and give back to the community? Are you an adult or student needing community service hours? Learn more about how the United Way Volunteer Center can help and join us for a volunteer orientation. All it takes is one 45-minute session to help you get started.
Upcoming orientations include: - Saturday, May 7 at 10:30 A.M. at Columbus Public Library
- Tuesday, May 10 at 12 noon at Columbus Public Library
- Thursday, May 19 at 12 noon at Columbus Public Library
- Saturday, June 4 at 10:30 A.M. at Columbus Public Library
Please click this link to register for an orientation or call 706-327-3255, ext. 212.
If five (5) or more people from a group of co-workers, friends or colleagues are interested in orientation, we'll come to you! For more information, please call 706-327-3255, ext 212, or e-mail volunteer@unitedwayofthecv.org.
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| Additional volunteer opportunities |
Click here to browse more volunteer choices where you can make a difference. |
| Welcome new volunteers! |
Welcome to the following people that completed volunteer orientation in April!
Gimaris Aron, Erica Bravo, Jovan Clayton, Tabetha Collins, Maunika Cutchen, Jon Diffenderfer, Akela Fordham, Robin Harper, James Hawkins, Cosetta Hartley, Leondro Hubanks, Nicole Kerr, Allison Lank, Susan Lathan, Calvin Livesey, Kenneth Mahone, Nanisha Martinez, Scott Mayo, Rebecca O'Hara, Kari Olmstead, Malcolm Powell, Dahvonte Richardson, Robert Russell, Michelle Sabol, Jillian Starnes, Joyce Strellner, Tre'Vione Sudberry, Marshall Swanger, Mindy Thompson, Sylvia Wallace, Corey White, Dominique Williams, Pamela Williams, Tess Williams, Chris Wilson, |
| What the Volunteer Center can do |
The United Way Volunteer Center promotes volunteerism by linking people to flexible opportunities for service through programs, projects and partnerships.
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Sincerely,
United Way Volunteer Center
706-327-3255, ext. 212
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