Volunteers Needed in Decatur

Lee Ann Harvey, the volunteer coordinator for the City of Decatur, recently sent out this email with volunteer opportunities.

If you are 21 or over and would like to volunteer in the fall at the or the Decatur Wine Tasting Festival, please remember that you will receive priority placement at those festivals if you have volunteered at a qualifying event during the year. The Decatur Book Festival is the last qualifying event before those festivals. There is usually a waiting list to volunteer at the Craft Beer and Wine Tasting Festivals, so take advantage of this opportunity.

 Please note – I am not signing up volunteers for the Craft Beer or Wine Tasting Festivals at this time. You will receive an email when the sign up begins. Volunteers who participated at multiple qualifying events and/or took a leadership role are moved higher up on the priority list. Qualifying events include 2011 Decatur Holiday Candlelight Tour of Homes, 2011 Decatur Season of Giving, 2012 Decatur Martin Luther King Jr. Service Project, 2012 Decatur Old House Fair, 2012 Decatur Arts Festival, 2012 Decatur Beach Party, and 2012 Decatur Book Festival. I appreciate everyone who supports Decatur throughout the year, so the priority list is a way to thank you for all you do for Decatur.

August 31 through September 2

The AJC Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country. This is YOUR festival! Visit www.decaturbookfestival.com for a list of authors and more information about the festival. It is once again time to get excited about BOOKS!

Quite a number of volunteer positions have been filled but there is still a wide variety of volunteer opportunities to choose from at the festival, including Set Up, Close Down, Author Talk/Book Signing Venue Support, Book Market and Street Fair Support Services, and more.

There are areas that are perfect for groups.  Please let me know, if you have a school, civic, book club, business or other group that would like to volunteer.  Invite your friends, family and coworkers to volunteer.  Please forward this information to anyone that you think might enjoy helping at this event! We are especially looking for high school and college groups to sign up to help with Set Up and Close Down of the Book Market.

To volunteer, fill out the form that is available at city hall or by emailing leeann.harvey@decaturga.com. 

If you have filled it out by hand, you can fax it to me at (404) 371-1593 or drop it off at Decatur City Hall (Decatur Downtown Development Authority office on the second floor) at 509 N. McDonough St. (at the corner of Trinity Pl.).

Please note: If you signed up for a volunteer position that requires that you attend an orientation, please add the orientation to your calendar. If you are unable to attend one of the scheduled orientations, we can make other arrangements.

If you have any questions, contact Lee Ann Harvey, Volunteer! Decatur, at leeann.harvey@decaturga.com or (678) 553-6548. Volunteer forms (Word & PDF) are also available at www.decaturga.com/volunteer. 

Volunteers

Saturday, August 18, 9am-2pm

Decatur High School Performing Arts Center

310 N. McDonough Street, Decatur

City Schools of Decatur is looking for volunteers to help at the Family Resource Fair. Organizations will provide parents information on after school resources, assistance finding employment, special needs resources and more. There will be a variety of fun activities for children to enjoy.  Volunteer opportunities include:

Parking Attendants 9:00 am - 9:45 am: Guide vendors to correct parking spaces

Vendor Set up 9:00 am - 9:45 am: Help exhibitors with table set up/guide them to location in Performing Arts Center

Family Greeters (10 am - 11 am) , (11 am - 12 pm): Welcome the families, pass out itineraries, and count the numbers of attendees as they enter

Vendor break down 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Help exhibitors with loading their tables in their vehicles

For more information, please contact Cheryl Grant, Family Engagement Specialist, cgrant@csdecatur.net or 404-370-4400 x942.

CORE Volunteer Party

Thursday, August 30, 6:00pm-7:30pm

Eddie's Attic Rooftop Restaurant

515 North McDonough St. Decatur, GA 30030

If you are interested in being a part of CORE's volunteer team next season, we would like to invite you to a fun gathering to learn more on August 30 from 6-7:30 p.m. at Eddie's Attic. Eddie's Attic, CORE's Volunteer Sponsor, is offering free appetizers for the event.  You can meet other volunteers, talk with the CORE staff and get the scoop about the events that are happening in the 2012-13 Season. CORE (formerly Several Dancers Core) is a professional dance organization that creates, performs, and presents contemporary dance, and is dedicated to opening channels of communication and education between artists and the community.

Visit http://www.coredance.org/ for more information about CORE. Please RSVP to our Volunteer Coordinator, Rose Caudle atrosec@coredance.org if you plan to attend the CORE Volunteer Party. We look forward to seeing you! The next volunteer opportunity at CORE is:

CORE Lunchtime in the Studio Event Volunteer Opportunity

Thursday, September 6, 11:00am to 1:30pm

CORE (formerly Several Dancers Core) Studio

Decatur Square, 133 Sycamore St.

Decatur-based CORE is looking for volunteers to help with set up and break down of our Lunchtime in the Studio event from 11:00am-1:30pm on Thursday, September 6th. It is a free event with lunch. the topic is “Meet CORE Performance Company.” Some new dancers are joining the company this season and they will discuss their backgrounds and how they came to CORE. It will also be an opportunity to learn more about the upcoming show, SHIFT, and the choreographers’ process of creating the new works.

Sharing dance and lunch with the Decatur community, Lunchtime in the Studio showcases the many aspects of CORE in an informal setting.  The audience gets a free lunch provided by local restaurant sponsors while enjoying a free dance event! To sign up, contact Rose Caudle at rosec@coredance.org or 404-373-4154.

Walk Children to Glennwood Elementary School Throughout the School Year

Are you an early morning walker? Looking for some motivation? Decatur Safe Routes to School has the perfect solution!

Glennwood Elementary School is seeking volunteers to walk with children approximately one mile from Allen Wilson Terrace to Glennwood School. The children love walking to school and will appreciate your time and reward you with big smiles.

Volunteers have the option of walking twice weekly on Walking Wednesday and/or Fun Friday.  Volunteer as often or as little as you like. You can walk one or two days a week or month, or be on call. It’s up to you! And yes, you get to wear a cool orange vest!!

Volunteers would meet the children at 7am, and the walk to Glennwood Elementary takes no more than 30 minutes. For more information or to volunteer, contact Lisa Coronado at glennwoodwalkstoschool@gmail.com.

Saturday, September 15th,   5:00 – 8:00 PM

Decatur Family YMCA

1100 Clairemont Ave, Decatur, GA 30030

The Garden of Eatin’: A Taste of Decatur is a fun, family-oriented event that provides guests with the rare opportunity to sample a wide variety of delicious food from over 20 of the Decatur area’s most popular restaurants for just one price. This event is a fundraiser for Decatur Cooperative Ministry, a faith-based cooperative providing a continuum of services to homeless and at-risk families to enable them to become self-sufficient.

We are seeking VOLUNTEERS to help with:

1. Pre-event supply preparations and silent auction packaging, September 10th – 14th

2. Pre-event decorating on Friday evening, September 14th, 6 – 9 pm

3. Event-day set up, September 15th, 10:30 am – 3:30 pm

4. Event assistance, September 15th, 3:30 – 8:00 pm

5. Post-event cleanup, September 15th, 8:00 – 11:00 pm

6. Post-event inventory storage & returns, September 17th, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm

Contact Sue E. Holec at sue@decaturcooperativeministry.org or (404) 377-5365 ext 7, if you’re interested in helping.  Volunteer Applications are available at http://www.decaturcooperativeministry.org/TasteOfDecatur/html/volunteer.htm.

We are still collecting SILENT AUCTION items.  If you would like to donate an item, call 404-377-5365 ext 7.  TICKETS are on sale now!  Individual adult tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door, but we also have family packages. Call Ms. White at 404-377-5365 ext 6.  Tickets are also available at 17 Steps and Pastries A Go GO at Commerce Plaza.

Literacy Alliance of Metro Atlanta (LAMA) 2nd Annual 5K Run/ Walk for Literacy

September 29, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.

Decatur Square

Literacy Alliance of Metro Atlanta (LAMA) will host the 2nd Annual 5K Run/ Walk for Literacy to engage its 34 member organizations, over 1500 individuals and volunteers. Starting at the Decatur Square, LAMA will promote awareness of the nearly 900,000 adults in the metro area's population with low literacy skills through a family friendly event in downtown Decatur, Georgia. 

Anyone interested in volunteering to serve as Course Marshalls or Registration Support, please contact Erika Williams, LAMA Coordinator at 404-333-9256 or erika@albireogroup.com. For more information, visit http://literacyallianceatlanta.org/.

SkaterAid 2012

Sunday, Sept. 30, 2pm - 7pm

East Decatur Station (College Avenue, near the Avondale Marta Station) 

SkaterAid is an annual skateboard and music festival to raise funds for the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children and honor the life of Ian Wochatz.

Volunteer NOW to help with the 8th Annual SkaterAid event!  There will be two volunteer shifts, 2p-4:30pm and 4:30p-7pm (arrive 15 minutes early to sign in and obtain instructions).  There are also opportunities to help earlier in the day with set up and from 7pm-8:30pm with equipment break-down.

Contact Cathy Keeler at ckeeler@emory.edu to sign up for a volunteer shift. Please visit our website:  http://www.skateraid.net and join the SkaterAid fan page on FaceBook!

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Help Decatur Housing Authority Start Library for Seniors

Decatur Housing Authority is nearing completion of its new senior residence, Oliver House. We are looking for anyone willing to donate gently used books for the library that will be in our senior community. We are also seeking volunteers, especially those with a library background, who can help create and organize this new library. Please contact Melvin Whitlock, Resident Services Supervisor, at (404) 373-4491 ext. 12 or mlw@decaturha.org to sign up to volunteer or to make arrangements to drop off books.