| Project |
Project Name |
Organization |
# Adult Vol.
needed |
Comments |
Time and Location |
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| *1 |
Children's Health Fair Extravaganza |
AUM, VIC for area children |
Filled, thanks to Emerge Montgomery and individual volunteers! |
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9:30 - 11:30
AUM Campus |
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| 2 |
Paint a Thon |
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National Association of Women in Construction, painter Rick Littleton |
Paint homes of elderly in Montgomery, Autauga, Elmore. |
8 a.m. - until |
NAWIC volunteers painted the home of an elderly woman in Autauga. |
| 3 |
Montgomery's Going Green |
Clean City Commission and BONDS |
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Distribute orange recycling bags and informational pamphlets throughout the neighborhoods to encourage EVERYONE to recycle. Only 38 percent of Montgomery recycles. |
8 a.m. City neighborhoods |
Hundreds of volunteers worked prior to Oct. 25, on Oct. 25 and after to distribute 18,000 recycle bags throughout Montgomery. |
| *4 |
Wardrobe 4 Success |
Motherly Care |
Sponsored by Metro Fitness. |
Business attire to be collected for Motherly Care's Wardrobe 4 Success |
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More than 50 Metro Fitness Members donated a truckload full of business attire in good condition to Motherly Care. A wonderul class from Brew Tech helped pack up the clothing. |
| *5 |
Bibs for Buddies |
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Sponsored by Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama. |
Scouts made bibs and catheter bagsfor Nellie Burge Children's Center, Vistacare Hospice, Hospice of Montgomery, and the Cancer Wellness Foundation. |
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Three area girl scout troops, Troop 9785, 9125 and 9469, and two volunteers from the community made bibs and catheter bags. |
| *6 |
Flower Power |
Family Sunshine Center |
Sponsored. by Capital City Master Gardeners. |
Master gardeners will be planting flowers/plants for the Family Sunshine Center. |
9 a.m. |
7 master gardeners planted flowers, trees and other plants. The husband of one gardener repaired furniture. |
| 7 |
Habitat for Humanity CANCELLED |
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TBA |
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| *8 |
Bottles for Babies |
COPE |
sponsored by Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School. |
Area Catholic students will collect funds for COPE in marked baby bottles. Funds used for cribs, car seats. |
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Montgomery Catholic students held several bake sales and collected donations to raise more than $1,000 for COPE. |
| 9 |
Cars 4 Jobs |
Motherly Care |
5+ mechanics |
Mechanics needed to repair donated cars to single-parent families needing transporation to jobs. |
8 a.m. until
Call for directions |
No cars were donated. |
| *10 |
Food Drive |
Baptist Hospice |
filled
Donor saw the listing and made a large donation. No more storage space. THANK YOU! |
Baptist Hospice looking for a group to conduct drive. |
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| * 11 |
Animal Shelter Clean Up |
Prattville/Autauga Humane Society |
15 volunteers have signed up! Might use a few more. |
Prattville/Autauga Humane Society needs volunteers to work in the shelter, cleaning cages and kennels, etc. |
FRIDAY,
8 a.m. - noon |
|
| 12 |
MANE Clean Up |
Montgomery Area Non-Traditional Equestrians |
Filled by Regions Bank volunteers |
Clean up, mow, paint, clean barn, regular maintenance activities. |
8 a.m. - noon
3699 Wallahatchie Road |
About 16 volunteers, including bank volunteers and other individuals, worked at the site. |
| * 13 |
Gardening |
King-Johns Garden for Reflection, MLK Parsonage |
Filled by Carver High School Government Club |
MLK Parsonage needs volunteers to do minimal gardening chores. Can bring tools. Some will be available. 303 S. Jackson St., behind Dexter Avenue King Parsonage and Interpretive Center.
|
8 a.m. - noon |
6 volunteers, some from Carver, worked on this project. |
| 14 |
Spruce Up |
Nellie Burge Community Center |
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Paint, shampoo carpet, clean cots, tables, chairs |
8 a.m. - until |
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| 15 |
Stride and Ride |
Muscular Dystrophy Association |
teams of volunteers |
Walk at Eastdale Mall to raise money for MDA, beginning at 8 a.m. Registration – 7:30 a.m.
Build or Join a Team - Put together a group of your co-workers, friends, family, etc and form a Stride & Ride Team. An MDA staff member will coach you and help you in your efforts to be a success.
Raise Funds - Set a goal for your team and ask everyone to help. MDA has tools for you (sample
letters, online fundraising, posters, etc.).
|
Eastdale Mall |
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| *16 |
Personal Care Bags |
Wiregrass Hospice |
Sponsored and filled by Mrs. Quantock's Vaughn Road Elementary 5th grade class |
Making personal care bags for Wiregrass Hospice clients |
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| 17 |
Personal Hygiene Packages for the Unsheltered Homeless |
Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless |
Alabama Christian Academy Middle School 7th grade has taken this project and will be spending their own money! Others may work on this, too. |
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About 65 7th graders made personal care bags for the Montgomery Area Coalition for the Homeless to distribute to homeless individuals in Montgomery. |
| *18 |
Family Sunshine Center |
Exchange Club |
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Exchange club members cut out holiday figures for the holiday tree and assembled packets for the counseling center. |
| * 19 |
Eye for Decor |
Group Homes for Children |
Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School Jr. Varsity Cheerleaders have taken this project. |
Help the kids at Group Homes for Children make their home look like a family home. Paint and supplies furnished. |
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Montgomery Catholic Jr. Varsity cheerleaders and their mothers worked several days to redecorate the living area of one home in the Group Homes for children. |
| * 20 |
Halloween Treat Bags |
Hospice of Montgomery |
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United Methodist Women's group made personal care bags that were delivered by Hospice staff. |
