United Way Volunteer Center

Purpose: Bringing volunteers and organizations together to make a better community and enrich volunteers' lives.

United Way of Northwest Georgia’s Volunteer Center is managed by a committee of volunteers chaired by Barbara Ward, a United Way board member.  

Get Connected to Local Volunteer Opportunities- Find a volunteer opportunity that matches your interests, desires, and passions with a community need.

·    Log on the United Way of Northwest Georgia Virtual Volunteer Center.

·    Call 211 from a landline phone or 706.can.help from a cell phone.

·    Email our Volunteer Center at andrea.dobbins@unitedway.org.

Corporate Volunteerism

United Way also facilitates corporate volunteer programs by helping local businesses and organizations realize the benefits of corporate volunteerism, and match employee knowledge, skills, and abilities to local needs which impact our community.

Employee Volunteer Program

Email andrea.dobbins@unitedway.org if your company is interested in participating in our Corporate Volunteer Council.

Community Days of Service

The United Way Volunteer Center brings hundreds of volunteers together for the following events-

MLK Jr. Day of Service                                                                    January 2007

Family Volunteer Day                                                                        Spring 2007

Hands on Georgia Week                                      September 30 – October 7, 2007

Make a Difference Day                                                               October 27, 2007

Volunteer Recognition

United Way honors local community volunteers by annually presen1ting the following to community volunteers:

·    The Presidential Service Award

·    Connie Woodward Award for Volunteerism in Whitfield County

·    Elaine Butler Award for Volunteerism in Murray County

·    Adult Group Volunteer Award for Volunteerism in Northwest Georgia

·    Individual & Group Awards for Youth Volunteers

United Way – Kiwanis Youth Volunteer Banquet is annually held in the Spring at the Northwest Georgia Trade & Convention Center.

Service Learning Support

Our Volunteer Center works with teachers and administrators to develop service projects that tie directly to educational objectives.  Contact Andrea at 706.876.1580 for more information.

What is Service Learning?

“The highest reward for a person’s work is not what they get for it, but what they become because of it.”  -John Ruskin, Victorian era philosopher