Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026
Time: 09:00 am - 12:00 pm
Address: 4440 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, GA 30084 (if driving yourself)
Description: To sign up, please register here and on Hands on Atlanta with your student email. Volunteers are needed! Volunteers will help restore natural areas in parks and greenspaces. Instead of using toxic chemicals that harm natural places, our volunteers work with best practices that are healthiest for the environment as well as providing opportunities for great outdoors experiences and healthy exercise. Jobs include working with hand tools such as clippers, pruning saws, trowels, and shovels. Enjoy time outdoors while restoring greenspaces!
Attire: Advised clothing: Please email Jai at jgrant27@student.scad.edu if you need a SCAD SERVE shirt. Long pants and long sleeves are advised as you will be in close contact with plants that could scratch your skin and soil/mud. All volunteers need closed-toed shoes or boots, clothes that can get dirty.
Transportation: SCAD provides for this event. The bus will arrive in front of Forty at 8:30 am. The ride is of approximately 20 minutes, the bus will be leaving at 8:40 am. If you are running late, please email the site supervisor: jgrant27@student.scad.edu.
Drinking water: We strongly recommend you bring drinking water in reusable containers. No one-time-use plastic bottles, please.
Allergy medication: If you've experienced life-threatening allergic reactions to insects, please come prepared with your own emergency medicine, such as an auto-injector or oral medication. Please notify the coordinator of your need for medication in the case of an allergic attack.
You may also want: Sunscreen and bug spray as needed, snacks as needed (EcoAddendum will not provide any of these items)
