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Hands On Atlanta News                                                                                                  JUNE 2016
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Soirée for Hands On Atlanta  

ON SATURDAY, MAY 21ST, HANDS ON ATLANTA hosted its annual Soirée in celebration of the outstanding service of leading community volunteers while raising funds for Hands On Atlanta's year-round Impact Programming. See more

This year Hands On Atlanta honored Billiee Pendleton-Parker with the Holly Palmer Rhodes Volunteer of the Year Award. A Hands On Atlanta volunteer for nearly 25 years, Billiee's advice to her students is "Strive for significance and not success. Because success is finite and significance has a ripple effect that never ends."

Guests had a fantastic time dining, dancing and bidding on some amazing items and travel packages.  At one point during the live auction, Jay Bernath, Chair of Hands On Atlanta's Board of Directors, came to the stage with "Emilia," a second-grader from a local school, to share her story about how she and her classmates raised over $1000 for the Discovery program.  Click on the video below and hear Emilia's story.  
"I think that if kids can give back to help the community we live in, then I know
grownups can too."
-Emilia
  THERE IS STILL TIME TO BID!

If you weren't able to bid on items at Soirée but would still like to participate, take advantage of the reduced prices and bid until June 2nd at 11pm!  
BID NOW!
Proceeds benefit Hands On Atlanta and its Impact Programs which provide under-served communities with educational enrichment, weekend meals, tutoring & mentorship, as well as parental support which helps families
 become more self-sufficient.
COMMUNITY IMPACT
TUTOR FORCE FELLOWSHIP
High Impact Tutoring in Atlanta Public Schools
 
Earlier this year, Atlanta Public Schools (APS) partnered with Hands On Atlanta to help support APS' high impact tutoring initiative. Through this partnership, Hands On Atlanta brought 40 full-time tutors to eight APS schools from January 2016 through May 2016. These Tutor Force fellows provided daily literacy tutoring to nearly 900 3rd-5th graders who were at the greatest risk of not meeting their academic milestones.

The program consists of 45 minutes of daily tutoring for each student. The sessions begin with 15 minutes of learning concepts on the computer, followed by 15 minutes of one-on-one time with the tutor. The final part of the session is for individual work time to give the student a chance to apply the concepts that were learned during the session.  Hands On Atlanta will be helping APS with their summer academy and the Tutor Force Fellowship is expected to resume in the 2016-2017 school year. 
SERVICE SPOTLIGHT
MERCEDES-BENZ USA
LEGO Build Competition
 
On February 18th, Mercedes-Benz and Hands On Atlanta came together for the first ever LEGO competition to help benefit The Discovery Program. The Pre-owned & Fleet Operations teams were each separated into two groups before competing against each other in this fun competition.

The goal of the activity was for one group to lead while the other group attempted to build structures out of LEGO play-sets while blindfolded. The employees of Mercedes-Benz USA were able to see how to effectively lead and communicate with others, especially when challenges are thrown into the mix.

At the end of the competition, all of the LEGO play-sets were donated to our Discovery Kids! Thank you to Mercedes-Benz USA and everyone who contributed to and participated in this workshop!
 

LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS
Summer Bike Build for Discovery Kids

On May 4th, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, with the help of Westside Bikes and Supply, brought together 37 volunteers to build 40 bikes for students enrolled in Hands On Atlanta’s flagship Discovery Saturday enrichment program!

This past academic year, the Discovery program served more than 700 Students. These 40 bikes will be donated to the students who had the BEST attendance during this year’s program. Thanks to everyone at LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Westside Bikes & Supply, these kids will look forward to a summer vacation on their new wheels!

Click here to learn more about the Hands On Atlanta Discovery Program!
FOR VOLUNTEERS
PARTNERSHIP W/ THE ATLANTA BELTLINE
 Pittsburgh Rise
 
On May 21st, many Hands On Atlanta volunteers served at the Pittsburgh Rise neighborhood festival to celebrate the budding revitalization of a series of neighborhoods along the Atlanta BeltLine Southside Trail corridor. 

The festival consisted of a 3 v 3 basketball competition, a basketball tournament, a sampling of local restaurants from Atlanta's Southside, a tour of homes, fireworks, hot air balloon rides and more!

Hands On Atlanta has partnered with The Atlanta BeltLine Partnership in an effort to recruit volunteers interested in bringing the BeltLine vision to life. From neighborhood festivals to the popular Run.Walk.Go! Race Series, Hands On Atlanta is the official source for a wide variety to ways to get involved in serving in and around the Atlanta BeltLine.

See More Opportunities to Serve the BeltLine With Hands On Atlanta
HOT PROJECTS
Volunteer Where You're Needed Most!

Hands On Atlanta is always in need for volunteers. The Hot Projects List is our way of keeping you informed about service opportunities that are always in need of dedicated volunteers. Whether you love being outdoors, working with children or working special events, the Hot Projects List has a wide variety of opportunities to choose from. Make an impact and volunteer where your needed most! View the Hot Projects List
MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
            
            
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