Volunteer
Help Your Community
Volunteering for projects that improve public spaces is a great way to connect with friends and neighbors. Livable Buckhead hosts volunteer opportunities each month along PATH400 and in other public spaces within our community. We partner with Hands on Atlanta, a non-profit who connects and manages more the 16,000 volunteers annually for our service projects. In 2023, Livable Buckhead worked with hundreds individual volunteers on dozens of projects throughout the community.
We hope to see more community members join us in making Buckhead a wonderful place to live, visit and work.
Livable Buckhead Volunteer Leadership Program
Volunteers drive our work to improve our community.
The Livable Buckhead Volunteer Leadership Program is designed to provide a rewarding volunteer experience and instill a spirit of commitment to volunteerism. With help from people like you, we’re making an impact, but there is still work to do.
Will you take the lead?
The volunteer leaders will be focused on leading volunteers at various Livable Buckhead volunteer events throughout the year. They will act as an on-site liaison between volunteers and Livable Buckhead staff, assisting in things such as checking in / out volunteers, coordinating t-shirt and equipment distribution, ensuring liability waivers are collected, describing Livable Buckhead and its mission, as well as assigning volunteers tasks and helping ensure they are working safely.
All volunteer leaders must be at least 16 years old, attend at least four volunteer events in 2023, and complete a 90-minute training session. Program acceptance is based on a one-on-one Zoom interview with a Livable Buckhead staff member.
If you are interested or have questions, connect with a Livable Buckhead staff member through email by click the button below.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
Clean Walks
Join the Clean Walks team for a community cleanup.
Eligibility: Ages: 4+
Purpose: Another area of our communities needs to be cleaned. Let’s clean up our community and have a blast doing it! Join us for 90 minutes of exciting fun. Together, we’ll make our neighborhood shine.
Role: Trash pick up
Date: Saturday, April 13 (weather permitting)
Time: 9:00-10:30am
Location: 586 Candler Park Dr., Atlanta GA
Support the Big Peach Social Ride
Date: March 24
Time: 2 – 4pm
Description: If you’re passionate about cycling, community, and making a positive impact, we invite you to join our volunteer team. On Sunday March 24 at 2pm Big Peach Ride + Run and Propel ATL will lead a 6-mile social ride along Buckhead’s PATH400. This is a great opportunity to meet the local biking community and celebrate the connections along PATH400! Livable Buckhead’s executive director, Denise Starling, will be present to provide construction updates and future connections along PATH400. Propel ATL will provide a fix it station for quick bike tune ups (air in tires, loose screws, etc.).
Eligibility: Ages: 18+
Purpose: Helping to ensure the success and safety of this social bike ride.
Role: Running Water Stations Ride Support Bike Tech (Help with Mechanical Issues) Medic (Help with Minor Cuts/Scrapes) Event Help (Setup/Teardown)
Vibe: Have fun supporting this event and riding bikes!
Location: Atlanta, GA 30324
Children’s Chalk Art on PATH400
Date: May 3
Time: 3 – 5pm
Description: In preparation for our flower themed 5K event, we want to make sure PATH400 is appropriately adorned to go with the theme!
Purpose: We invite students and families to come out & decorate PATH400 with chalk art flowers. We’ll provide the chalk – you provide the art!
Role: Drawing flower-themed chalk art along PATH400. All art materials will be provided.
Vibe: Have fun
Location: Peachtree Park Neighborhood Entrance to PATH400 (3399 Peachtree Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30305)
Parking: Free parking is available along the neighborhood streets next to PATH400 (address above). Please do not block any driveways.
buckheadRUN! 5K
Date: May 4
Time: 6:30 – 10:30am
Description: Livable Buckhead’s sixth annual 5K, returns on Saturday, May 4. A celebration of spring featuring community-wide events.
Purpose: Volunteers will have a positive impact on the community of Buckhead by physically supporting Livable Buckhead in the facilitation the event, and will joyfully encourage 5K runners to finish the race.
Role: Set up, check-in of participants, other responsibilities as needed.
Vibe: Active outdoors experience
Location: Lenox Square, PATH400, Buckhead Village District
Open Hand Atlanta
Mission: To eliminate disability and untimely death due to nutrition-sensitive chronic disease.
About the Organization: Founded in 1988 by Michael Edwards-Pruitt, who rounded up his neighbors to help cook and deliver meals to friends dying from AIDS, Open Hand Atlanta expanded its mission in 2000 to include those with non-HIV-related critical illnesses, the disabled, and the homebound elderly. Today one of the largest community-based providers of home-delivered meals and nutrition services in the United States, the organization prepares, packs, and delivers nearly five thousand meals a day and collaborates with more than a hundred partner organizations.
Volunteer opportunities available for individuals include:
- Meal Packing
- Meal Delivery
- Meal Delivery Concierge
- Culinary Assistance
- Special Events
- Administrative Support
Location: 181 Armour Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30324
2023 Volunteer Recap
Leveraging volunteers to support our mission, increase overall impact and create more advocates.
Hands on Atlanta Volunteers
- 203 Participants in 2023
- 124 New Participants in 2023
- 480 hours
- Valued at $14,000
Corporate Partnership Volunteers
- Over 120 Volunteers adding an additional 480+ hours
- Atlanta Classical Academy, Salesforce, Simon Property Group, Cousins Properties, Hyatt Centric
- Most events took place on PATH400 to raise awareness of the trail
Corporate Volunteer Opportunities
Corporate Volunteer Events
What types of corporate volunteering opportunities exist for your company?
Employee volunteering can be difficult to organize, as it’s heavily dependent on company size and scheduling. But ultimately, volunteering can have huge benefits for company culture, as it gives your employees an opportunity to build bonds while giving back to their community. In fact, a study by Cone Research found that 74 percent of employees say their job is more fulfilling when it provides them opportunities to make a positive impact.
Whether your a large office looking for a large-scale project such as mural installation, or a smaller organization which can help with invasive vegetation clearing or anything in between, Livable Buckhead can tailor a volunteer opportunity to your specifics in a way that will give back to the Buckhead community. Connecting with a Livable Buckhead staff member is the first step in crafting a custom corporate volunteer experience. Click the button below to get started.
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