Hop Skip & Serve

Happy Sunday Hop Skip & Serve volunteers!

Hope you are all staying warm and enjoying the little bits of snow in the Atlanta area :)

Tomorrow is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and we regret to share that we will not be hosting our annual community service event. Due to the current state of covid and the low temps, we believe it would not be safe to gather at this time. We miss the energy of our gatherings with the excitement of our youth volunteers, but as soon as it is feasible, we will coordinate something great!

Keep serving and supporting your neighbors in need and hope you carve out time tomorrow to honor Dr. King and do a little something special to help someone out.

Here are some suggestions if you and your family and group of friends would like to try something different:

www.free99fridge.com
A program of fridges and pantries in various locations in the Atlanta area where neighbors in need can shop for free. Community members stock the fridges with produce, dairy, sandwiches, home cooked packaged meals, etc. Pantries take dry goods, toiletries, baby food, hygiene products. *If you prepare something at home, please list ingredients and it must have the date for health safety reason, otherwise it will be tossed.
We bring food to the fridge located outside of Hodge Podge twice a week, it needs stocking throughout the day every day.

Blessing Bags of Warmth
https://www.blessingbagsofwarmth.com/
A local Mother Daughter team supports our unhoused neighbors in need with food, blankets, backpacks stocked with hygiene products, and occasionally will help locate emergency shelter/housing. They maintain an Amazon wishlist and accept monetary donations.

Stay warm, safe, and keep volunteering!

Our own William Teasley has been doing this for years and our kids participated and enjoyed it. Check it out to see if it works for your family.

A lot has been going on the past few weeks but virtual classes start soon. Visit our website to find a schedule that works for you and sign-up your young one for a class.