students pushing a wooden structure up in Habitat for Humanity event

*This location is not currently offering volunteer opportunities.
Contact: Laura Johnston
Address: 490 Pulaski St., Athens, GA
Phone: 706-353-1645
Website: www.redcross.org
Service Type: Cleaning, office work, answering phone calls
Instructions and Restrictions: Apply online. Complete the application and background check. Volunteers must work or be assigned a minimum of 40 hours.
Transportation: Walking Distance of UGA/Athens Transit 

Contact: Ellen Everett
Address: 135 Hoyt St., Athens, GA
Phone: 706-549-4850
Website: www.accaging.org
Service Type: Kitchen help, serving food, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning, light clerical work, and set up-break down for events.
Instructions and Restrictions: Students need to call to set up their hours. The agency is open Mon-Fri, 8:00am-4:30pm, with some additional Saturday hours available. Students will be required to complete a background check and pay a $35 processing fee.
Transportation: Walking Distance of UGA 

Contact: Brad Turner (brad@athenshabitat.com)
Address: Eastside location: 532 Barber St., Athens, GA 30601. Westside Location: 4125 Atlanta Highway Athens, GA 30606 
Phone: 706-354-0936
Website: www.athenshabitat.com
Service Type: Typical thrift store work
Instructions and Restrictions: Volunteers must contact Brad. ReStore is open 9am-5pm Tuesday-Saturday. Volunteers must work at least 4 hours to receive community service credit. Dress is casual. Close toed shoes required. Volunteers must purchase a $10 t-shirt. No felony level offenders or individuals with charges resulting from theft, violent crime, or trespassing accepted. Athens Restore requires community service volunteers to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19. 
Transportation: Athens Transit

Contact: Jed Kaylor
Address: 1030 Mitchell Bridge Road Athens, GA 30606
Phone: 706-769-9155
Website: www.athenshumanesociety.org
Service Type: Doing dishes, laundry, mopping, sweeping, and potentially the lifting of dog and cat food bags.
Instructions and Restrictions: Students must stop by the shelter in order to sign up for volunteer hours and orientation. Hours are on a first come, first serve basis. Please dress appropriately with no open toed shoes. Available hours are Mon-Fri, 9:00am-12:00pm. No individuals with charges resulting from theft or violent crime accepted.

*This location is not currently offering volunteer opportunities.
Contact: Joy Ovington, jovington@athenslibrary.org
Address: 2025 Baxter St., Athens, GA
Phone: 706-613-3650 ext. 342
Website: www.athenslibrary.org
Service Type: Recycling, sorting, filing, cleaning, and organizing materials
Instructions and Restrictions: Volunteers must contact Joy to set up a short interview prior to beginning their service hours. Volunteers must schedule their hours in advance. Email contact is preferred. Students found in violation of regulations 3.3 or 5.1-4 may not complete their hours at this site. Dress code: no revealing clothing or items that contain inappropriate language or gestures. This site does have some night and weekend hours available.
Transportation: Athens Transit

Contact: Tammy Ward or Janiqua Keyes Address: 2415 Jefferson Rd Ste D., Athens, GA Phone: 706-357-9240 Website: www.atlantamission.org Service Type: Take in donations, carry out donations, push racks of clothes, stocking, light maintenance, and light cleaning. Instructions and Restrictions: Must be 18 years old and physically able. Please dress appropriate: no short pants, no sandals or open toed shoes. Smoking cigarettes must take place off property, no cell phones at work, no profanity, and you must work in 2 hours or more time shifts, Mon-Fri 11:00am-5:00pm. Students must wear a mask. No individuals with charges resulting from theft or violent crime accepted. Transportation: Athens Transit

Contact: Justin Bray (justin@booksforkeeps.org)
Address:420 Athena Drive, Athens, GA 30601
Website: https://www.givepulse.com/group/114518-Books-for-Keeps
Service Type: Sorting, inventorying and boxing books in the Books for Keeps warehouse, or other tasks assigned as needed by the organization
Instructions and Restrictions: Volunteers must wear close toed shoes and weather appropriate clothing that may get dusty or mildly dirty from working in a warehouse environment. Click here to view available volunteer shifts. If you’d like to discuss further volunteer opportunities not shown here, please reach out to Justin Bray.
Transportation: The BFK warehouse is not directly on any bus route but is 0.6 miles from an Athens Transit stop near the intersection of Old Hull Road and Athena Drive on Route 1 – North Ave. evening route and Route – 24 Athens Tech. However, the stretch of Athena Drive from the stop to the warehouse does not have a sidewalk and has high speed traffic. On-site parking is available.

Contact: Brandon Stroud
Address: 300 N. Thomas Street, Athens, GA
Phone: 706-357-4400
Website: www.classiccenter.com

Service Type: Indoor and outdoor opportunities with parking and housekeeping departments. Duties may be clerical or involve labor.

Instructions and Restrictions: Students should email brandon@classiccenter.com and plan to attend a 30-minute orientation which needs to be scheduled with Brandon. Students must be on time and commit to their scheduled shifts that may fall between 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday or on weekends as needed.

Transportation: Walking Distance of UGA and Multimodal Center is on the UGA University Village Bus Route 

Contact: Stefanie Murray
Address: 185 Newton Bridge Road, Athens, GA
Phone: 706-395-8715
Website: www.gshg.org
Service Type: Office work including: labeling, stuffing, shredding, and filing; additional projects with more experience. Other projects may include outdoor work.
Instructions and Restrictions: Please contact Stefanie Murray Mon-Thurs 9:00am-5:00pm or Fri 9:00am-12:00pm to set up possible hours. Appropriate dress should be worn for the type of service being completed. Must follow COVID-19 procedures in place. 
Transportation: Athens Transit

Contact: Mary Haddon, mhaddon@project-safe.org
Address: 995 Hawthorne Ave., Athens, GA
Phone: 706-549-0922
Website: www.project-safe.org
Service Type: Sort donations, donation pick up, loading and unloading, hang up clothes, straighten up shelves, and organize the store, recycling.
Instructions and Restrictions: Please email Mary to establish time to meet and discuss times to complete service hours and complete paperwork. There is a mandatory background check and anyone with charges related to theft or violence will not be permitted to volunteer. The process for meeting, completing paperwork and background check can take up to a few weeks. Hours are completed during the Thrift Store’s business hours, Mon-Sat 11:00am-5:00pm. Dress comfortably and wear closed toed shoes. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all volunteers are required to wear a mask while completing their hours. 
Transportation: Athens Transit

 

Contact: Joseph Bottoms
Address: 484 Hawthorne Ave., Athens, GA
Phone: 706-543-5350
Website: www.salvationarmyathens.org
Service Type: Soup kitchen: cleaning, stocking and organizing walk in cooler and pantry, cleaning, organizing, prepping kitchen, prepping meals and serving meals, clean up and resetting dining room before and after meals. No restrictions, must adhere to food safety, and serve safe guidelines. Hours range from Monday-Sunday 4:30-6:00pm
Instructions and Restrictions: Please contact volunteer coordinator Joseph Bottoms to schedule volunteer opportunities and come by the office the day before to sign up. All volunteers will be required to fill out a volunteer form. Dress code: comfortable. Closed toed shoes, jeans and t-shirt. Please no shorts or tank tops.
Transportation: Athens Transit

Contact: Shannon Bennett
Phone: 706-542-4491
Website: https://mlc.uga.edu/
Service Type:  Cleaning and straightening furniture, Wiping down window seals, untangling mini blind cords and adjusting the blinds, Replacing broken sign holders on classroom doors, bathroom stalls and exterior doors as needed, Tidy up in the internal stairwells as needed, Building assessment – making note of repairs or damages that need addressing.
Instructions and Restrictions: Contact Shannon Bennett (706-542-4491 or sbennett@uga.edu) to set up meeting for expectations and work schedule. Volunteer hours available beginning the first week of September.
Transportation: On Campus

Contact: Rachel Dingley, ugarden@uga.edu
Address: 2500 S. Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA
Phone: 706-542-2471 (This phone number will get you to the Horticulture main office, but we do not have an office number here at UGArden. Email is the preferred method of contact.)
Website: https://uga.givepulse.com/group/116117-UGArden
Service Type: Student volunteers help manage and provide the primary labor to grow approximately 4 acres of vegetables, fruits, shittake mushrooms, and herbs using organic practices.
Instructions and Restrictions: Due to COVID-19 guidelines, volunteer events are limited to 5 people. Students can sign up for volunteer opportunities on their website.
Transportation: On Campus

Contact Us

Student Conduct
706-542-1131
conduct@uga.edu
247 Memorial Hall, Athens, GA 30602

Hours
Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Location
The Office of Student Conduct is located on the 2nd floor of Memorial Hall. It is the white building located next to Sanford Stadium. When visiting our office, check in at room 247, which is most easily found through the upper-level entrance on Hooper Street.

Report a Potential Conduct Violation
Individuals interested in submitting a report of potential Code of Conduct regulation violations should do so in writing. Reports not submitted in writing will be independently verified prior to beginning a conduct investigation. Reports should be submitted as soon as possible after the alleged violation. For individuals filing a report, a meeting can be arranged with a staff member in the Office of Student Conduct to discuss the conduct process. Reports should be submitted to Rebecca Scarbro, Director for Student Conduct, by calling 706-542-1131 or emailing rcw34@uga.edu.