Make a Difference Day
Save the Date! Make A Difference Day 2012 will be held Oct. 26 & 27 2012!
Make A Difference Day is made possible by Mohawk Industries.
In 2011, 571 volunteers completed projects at NWGA Family Crisis Center, the Creative Arts Guild, Raisin Woods, Boys & Girls Club, Fort Mountain State Park, Valley Point Middle School, and the Conasauga River Clean-up. In total 2,229 hours of service were given. When this number is multiplied by the Independent Sector’s value of a volunteer hour, $21.36 for the current year, we get an impact to the community of $47,611.44 for 2011. Thank you to all of our volunteers who made Make A Difference Day possible! .
What happened on Make A Difference Day 2011
As Our Garden Grows at the Creative Arts Guild
Volunteers installed shrubs, cleaned sculptures, raked gravel, and weeded paths.
Changing Our Stripes at Valley Point Middle School
Volunteers prepped and painted the gym, sanded walls, and organized the concession stand.
Conasauga Watershed Cleanup
Volunteers removed garbage from the Conasauga Watershed.
Frisbee Golf Course Build at the Boys and Girls Club
Volunteers installed tee signs, trimmed brush and limbs, picked up rocks, treated the field with weed killer, planted seed, laid sod, and spread mulch.
Raisin Woods Trail System
Volunteers installed signs, dug holes for posts, and prepared the trail.
Scrub A Dub Dub at the NWGA Family Crisis Center
Volunteers painted a domestic violence shelter and pressure washed the exterior of the building.
Wing Watchers at Fort Mountain State Park (Murray County 4-H)
Volunteers attached bird trail signs to posts, cleaned out 70 fire pits, stained benches on the Big Rock Nature Trail, maintained paths, and painted trail markers.
What happened on Make a Difference Day 2010
Carter Hope Center Renovation
Volunteers removed commodes, sinks, and flooring in two bathrooms; replaced subflooring and installed new plumbing; primed and painted walls.
Repair and Improve the Humane Society of Northwest Georgia
Volunteers painted 3 buildings, raised 3 kennel floors up off the ground, and dug a drainage ditch.
Polishing the Crown Gardens & Archives 
Volunteers busted up concrete, removed chain link fence, and installed landscaping.
Playground Build at Family Support Council
Volunteers helped with yard work, trimmed trees and bushes, assembled a club house, sketched art on a storage building and painted. They also cleaned and repaired the playroom and installed carpet tile.
Paint & Mulch Extravaganza at the NWGA Family Crisis Center
Volunteers assisted in painting a domestic violence shelter and mulching the playground.
Bicycle Trail Build at the Boys & Girls Club
NWGA SORBA has been working with Boys & Girls Club to install a dirt pump track at the Dalton location. This is an off-road bicycle skills course designed for all ages. Volunteers spread mulch and packed gravel through the paths on the pump track.
Something Is Up At The Point (Valley Point Middle School)!
Volunteers painted six bathrooms, one classroom, one hallway, and hung picture frames. Volunteers also installed tile and organized the clothing closet.
Clean-Up Cross Plains
Volunteers painted interior walls, repaired dry wall, and hung photos.
Eton Playground Beautification
Volunteers landscaped the playground.
Plant Shrubs in the Sculpture Garden at the Creative Arts Guild!
Volunteers dug holes and planted shrubs.
Conasauga Watershed Cleanup
Volunteers removed more than 6 tons of garbage from the Conasauga Watershed (as compared to 3.6 tons last year). Prater's Mill was particularly popular this year - not only was trash removed there but also lots of Chinese privet, an invasive species.
Chief Vann House Preservation Led by the Girl Scouts
Volunteers helped install split rail fencing, spread mulch, weather treated buildings, installed landscaping, and seeded a half acre field with wildflowers.
Murray County Veterans Park Beautification
Volunteers dug holes and installed 2 willow oaks, 2 crepe myrtles, 2 spirea, 2 flats of pansies, and 60 lilies.
