"If you want to cheat death, it's not how much you earn or how good you look-It's in every small act of kindness you share with someone else. That is how you live on."

-Mitch Albom

Service Opportunities

Main Street Farmers' Market
& Celebration South Event Support
» Sunday, April 13 - Saturday, April 19
Times & Locations Vary (call for details)
Agency: Main Street Statesboro

The first Main Street Farmers' Market will take place from 9am-2pm in the Sea Island Bank parking lot in downtown Statesboro and will run concurrently with the 2nd Annual Celebration South Music Festival. This year there will be a Car Show, Fashion Show, BBQ Cookoff and People's Choice Contest, Kiddie Coral, and feature a performance from the winner of GSU Idol and a Step Show in addition to several great musical acts lasting until 10PM.

Volunteers are needed to help distribute information about the event throughout the week, assist with setup on the day of the event, and staff the various activities. Shifts start as early as 7am on Saturday and go as late as midnight.

HOO Book Drive
» April 14 - May 3
Times & Locations Vary (call for details)
Agency: Hands On Ogeechee

Just in time for Earth Day, HOO is kicking off it's first Book Recycling Drive of the year. Volunteers are needed to help pack, lift, transport, unpack, separate, sort, and catalog donated books which will be redistributed to literacy programs, sold for revenue or recycled.

Relay for Life Event Support
» April 14 - April 19
9:00AM - 5:00PM | The Outreach Center
Agency: American Cancer Society

The annual Relay for Life walks are happening throughout the region. The Bulloch County office of the American Cancer Society manages the 12-hour long events in 11 counties in Southeast Georgia. In preparation for the Bulloch County Relay, the ACS needs volunteers to help in the office with assembling information packets, folding t-shirts, and other office work like answering phones. Contact Delinda at 912-764-7410 directly to volunteer.

Picnic for Prevention
» Tuesday, April 15
11:00AM - 2:00PM | Bulloch County Courthouse
Agency: Prevent Child Abuse Bulloch County

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Every year, to raise awareness of the problem of child abuse in Bulloch County, PCABC places pinwheels into the ground on the lawn of the Bulloch County courthouse.

Each pinwheel represents one reported case of child abuse in Bulloch County during the previous State Fiscal Year. Volunteers are needed to help setup the Picnic for Prevention, serve food, and assist with clean-up.

Great American Cleanup Week
» April 19 - April 26
Times & Locations Vary
Agency: Keep Bulloch Beautiful

The Great American Cleanup is an annual event held in over 15,000 communities across the country. Started in 1999, the Great American Cleanup brings community members together each spring to cleanup roadways, neighborhoods and rivers, improve buildings and structures, and landscape natural areas. Everyone in Bulloch County is encouraged to participate in the Great American Cleanup each spring. Teams typically consist of families, neighbors, friends, co-workers, church groups, volunteer organizations and others and can range in size from two people to fifty. Projects can be selected by the team or from a list of priority projects identified by Keep Bulloch Beautiful. Each team is provided with the tools and materials they need to complete their project. In addition, Keep Bulloch Beautiful gives every volunteer a Great American Cleanup t-shirt and other free goodies.

Keep Bulloch Beautiful has expanded the Great American Cleanup to an entire week this year to support the many great community activities on the calendar. Mark your calendars for April 19-26. This includes Earth Day on April 22.Contact Keep Bulloch Beautiful to sign-up for an activity. Email
kbb [ at ] keepbullochbeautiful.org or call 912-764-6147.