Schedule of Events

Emory Votes Initiative is looking for passionate, dedicated and energized Emory Votes Volunteers to volunteer and help encourage folks in in the Emory community to vote this fall! Sign up here to join the team.

Emory Votes will provide you with tools and resources to get started with tabling in your department, building, organization, etc. Once you sign up here, a member from our team will reach out to you via email to schedule an info session and training call. 

*Please note that you will also need to register via the form in your confirmation email.

• 30-minutes of Pre activity gathering/networking
• 60-90 minutes of gardening related activities
• 30 minutes wrapping up.

Sign Holiday cards for clients of Wellroot Family Services. Holiday cards will be provided to team members. Cards will be dropped off to interested participants starting November 1 and should be completed by November 12 by 11:00 a.m.

The task is to write a short note, sign the cards and put them in a blank envelope.  The holiday cards will be given to approximately 250 of Wellroot's clients - foster parents, foster children, residents in the Transitional Living program and Independent Living Program.

*Participants must be 12 years or older.

Emory Law alumni and current students will volunteer with Common Cause - an organization dedicated to protecting the right to vote.

*Participants must be 18 years or older.

The Nurses' Alumni Association is hosting a Blood Drive with the American Red Cross to celebrate Emory Cares on November 8th. We are seeking Donors to give blood.

Volunteers played a vital part in our daily operations by helping us sort through donated food and ensuring that it is safe to go back out to the community. Much of what we do at Feeding South Florida depends on volunteer help in the warehouse. Food donated from food drives, supermarkets and other food industry companies needs to be sorted, checked, and repackaged. 

To celebrate Emory Cares, we will sort and pack donated food items in the distribution center warehouse. 

Learn more about Feeding South Florida here.

*participants must be 16 years or older.

This wonderful local charity was founded by an Emory alumnus, Dr. Marvin Hardy. We are going to beautify the outside of their building - pressure wash, pull weeds, collect trash. Please come out and show your support!

Learn more here.

Sandwich making, community clean up, and sorting clothes to help the homeless crisis in San Francisco. 

*Participants must be 14 years or older.

Learn more here.

Lotus House improves the lives of women, youth and children experiencing homelessness by providing sanctuary, support, education, tools and resources that empower them to improve the quality of their lives on every level, achieve greater self sufficiency, and build safe, secure lives.

Join the Emory Palm Beach Network as we volunteer with Boca Helping Hands and pack boxes for children’s weekend backpack program to provide meals to elementary school children in the local community who are food insecure for distribution the following Friday.

Our #EmoryCares event runs from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and there are 20 spots for volunteers. This is a family-friendly event and children 12-15 can volunteer with a parent or guardian and those 16+ can volunteer on their own. Register today!

Boca Helping Hands provides food, medical and financial assistance to meet basic human needs as well as education, job training, and guidance to create self-sufficiency. They are able to serve more than 23,000 people in need each year via their feeding programs, Resource Center, and job training and mentoring programs – all thanks to supporters in the community.

Volunteer with The Durham Branch of the NC Food Bank, which is a distribution site for a network of partner agencies in the area. Common projects might include: sorting/bagging fresh produce, sorting through retail and food drive donations, boxing supplemental senior boxes, labeling products, and much more. 

Each volunteer will need to register directly with the Durham Food Bank. The event organizer will send you a registration link once you sign up!

*Participants must be 12 years or older (age 12-16 can attend only with parent/guardian).

Join Emory Cares - Gainesville and the Alachua Conservation Trust to help with Saturday morning setup and cleanup for the opening of the new Santa Fe River Preserve (South).

Activities will include pre-event setup of chairs, tables, tents, and refreshments, as well as post-event cleanup and other tasks as needed. Stay and enjoy the event and refreshments between setup and cleanup.

You do not have to be affiliated with Emory to participate. There is no minimum age for this event, but we ask that all participants under 18 be accompanied by a parent.

All participants will be asked to complete the Alachua Conservation Trust Waiver of Liability, which will be available on site.

ABOUT THE PRESERVE Santa Fe River Preserve protects 1,067 acres on the banks of the Santa Fe River near Worthington Springs. The preserve includes high bluffs along the river and an interesting tangle of floodplain forest where the New River converges with the Santa Fe. The preserve has an interesting mix of flora which in turn support a wide diversity of wildlife. There are wild azaleas and rain lilies along the banks; river birch, cypress and tupelo in the bottomland; patches of longleaf pines and sand post oaks with wiregrass groundcover in the uplands, and a rich slope forest that surrounds Santa Fe Creek along the Gracy Trail. Bears frequent the river corridor, and rare and endangered mussels persist along the river bottom (Source).

Work with Friends of Herbert Taylor Park to restore native habitat in this park.

*under 18 must be accompanied by adult

Repairs of the Breach is a thrift store in Covington, GA that provides showers (60/week) , clothing (150 outfits a week), and dinner meals (26k Lbs per year) for the homeless in Newton County.

We will help organize the store so they can accept new donations that will help give back to the community. Additionally, we will also be packing boxes and making sandwiches for the homeless. 

This Volunteer Opportunity includes the distribution of food and/or toys for families in need, hospitality, and client check-in as needed.

Learn more here.

*Minimum age to participate: 14 years old

Come join our Chicago Emory Alumni team as we share and extend love to our Illinois Veterans on Veterans Day! We will write encouraging letters, provide in kind donations to the veterans served by VOA Illinois, and beautify the space both inside and outside of Hope Manor II! Volunteers should wear comfortable clothes and bring in-kind donation items to be given to the Veterans served by VOA Illinois. List of needed items can be found at voaillinois.org/in-kind-donations.

*minimum age for participants: 8 years old

Pack snack packs with food and water for unhoused and food insecure persons with Glenn Church and Intown Collaborative Ministries.

*No minimum age, but those under 10 need to be accompanied by an adult.

Work alongside TCM to help clean and organize their facility closets.

Serving free lunch to those in need in downtown Portland.

*Participants must be 16 years or older.

Learn more here.

Home Repair Project for Veteran Seniors. Learn more here.

We will be working together to care for the Teaching Farm. You may perform a range of farm tasks from shoveling and raking, to mulching and planting seeds and seedlings. Exact plans will fluctuate with the weather but we will start the morning off with an overview and specific instructions.

Join the Emory Tallahassee Network as we help serve dinner to the less fortunate. 

*participants must be 14 years or older.

Learn more here.

Pack Food Bags for Homeless Families to have for Thanksgiving.

Learn more here.

*Participants must be in middle school or older.

Assisting local food bank. Learn more here.

*Participants must be 14 years or older.