Meals on Weekends
Volunteers are needed to provide lunch and supper on the weekends, and occasionally during the week. Individuals drop off prepared meals from home, or restaurants. Volunteers can pick one meal a month or be on a rotating schedule with another volunteer.  To email our Meals on the weekend coordinator click here. 
Tutoring
Volunteers are needed to assist residents with educational needs. Volunteers will receive training for working with the youth, and must complete an application, interview and criminal background check. Tutoring volunteers usually can work with residents on a weekly basis assisting with current educational assignments.   
Project Safe Place
Volunteers are need for various support requirements with this program. Project Safe Place is a national program that gives teenagers in trouble a place to go for help. Stores and other public locations in the community display the Safe Place sign on their premises. When a teenager comes to a Safe Place location, their employee calls the Shelter. The Shelter sends a trained volunteer to the site to assist the youth. The volunteer can transport the youth to the Shelter or call the parents. Volunteers can be anyone who wants to help youth in the community. Volunteers attend training on Safe Place and crisis intervention procedures. Although this is an "on call" opportunity, volunteers are not expected to stay at home or wait by the phone. If a volunteer is not available to respond when called, another will be called. Volunteers must have a valid drivers license, auto insurance, pass a criminal background check and attend training provided by the Shelter. 
In addition to being able to respond to youth at Safe Place sites,  volunteers can also help out with the following:  

• Site Preservation: Check Safe Place Sites for training needs and proper placement of Safe Place signs.  
• Safe Place Phone Help: Assist in answering Shelter phones in the evenings and on weekends. Phone volunteers will also be responsible for initially responding to incoming Safe Place calls and calls from youth or parents. 
  
• To learn more about Project Safe Place, click here. 
  Activity Assistant
  Volunteers can assist staff and residents with daily activities. Volunteers who are interested must attend complete an application, interview, criminal background check and attend training provided by the Shelter. 

Community Liaison

Volunteers can assist and serve as educators at community health fairs and events by giving out information about the Shelter and the services we provide.

Shelter Work Project
Volunteer groups are frequently needed and used at the Shelter to complete various projects to not only maintain the facility but continue to make the Shelter a warm and inviting facility for youth. Volunteer projects may consist of:

• Indoor cleaning and improvements
• Office and clerical work such as filing and assistance with bulk mailings
• Events hosted by the Shelter
  

Shelter work projects do not require a criminal background check or an application. Groups interested in volunteering may contact the Shelter at 678-546-8770 or click here to contact us through email.

Donations

Groups or individuals may also wish to collect items from our wish list. This list consists of items that we use frequently at the Shelter and we are always in need of. To view our wish list click here. 

Fund-raising and Monetary Donations
Monetary donations support our many educational counseling and recreational programs that we provide for our residents. We also can use volunteers to assist with fund-raising activities at various levels such as assistance with mail-outs, organizing and coordinating an event, and participating in events.  If you are interested our assisting with our financial needs or would like to help with our fund-raising activities, click here to contact our Fund Development Director.