To help, you can stop by Crossroads Church or email us giveloveaway@xroadschurch.net.

As work was being completed throughout the city, the true goal for ONEDAY was to make an impact in the lives of those involved in each work project.  From the workers to the people recipients of the work, ONEDAY was creating to make a real difference in the lives of those in need in our community.  We hope that throughout the day lives were touched, memories were created, and real change happened all around our community.

If you have a story we would love to hear it.  Leave a comment!

There is still room to join a project.  Here is a list of the current project opportunities.

NEW Projects – Just added:

• ***NEW *** #11 Woodie Fite Center Project #1: Pressure Wash building
• ***NEW*** #28 Inner Harbor – Arts & crafts, games and outdoor activities with children ages 5-10.  Must be 15+ years old.
• ***NEW*** #23 Douglas County Parks and Recreation – Several parks are in need of clean-up & planting flowers, etc.

Painting Projects

• #1 Douglas Senior Center Project #1 – Inside painting project: 2 rooms and a ladies room to be painted.
• #1 Douglas Senior Center Project #2- Exterior painting project: 6 benches, 3 small porches with stairs, 1 wooden awning, and some railing needs to be painted.
• #14 Share House Project #1: Interior Painting:  There are 2 bedrooms that need painting.

Family Projects

• #14 Share House Project #2: Babysitting:  Babysitting for children while house is being painted.
• #13 Shoe box project for Homeless – Children from X-Kids will fill pre-bought plastic containers with personal supplies and food to take to homeless.
• #27 Hospice Care - One on one time with the residents with activities like Bingo, checkers, and planting flowers & veggies. They have a salon with all the supplies needed and would like for some girls to do resident’s nails.
• #11 Woodie Fite Center Project #2: Sheppard’s Garden: Help elderly with gardening.
• #19 Douglasville Nursing Home – Visit one on one and in groups with nursing home residents.
• #18 Douglas County Foster Care Association – Provide Birthday Cake and Party for Foster Children.
• #21 Douglas County Animal Shelter – Volunteers are needed to walk dogs, clean cages and bathe dogs (if weather permits).  Must love animals and children must be accompanied by an adult.

People in Need Projects

• #3 Fowler Homes – Vial Project – Interview the residents and obtain a list of medications, primary care physician, and who to contact in an emergency. For this project must be able to print clearly and be able to walk a good distance.  All minors have to be accompanied by an adult.
• #12 Helping the Homeless – Wear work clothes and comfortable shoes/boots and be prepared to clean up area (woods) where homeless live & take food and shoe boxes filled by X-Kids.  Must be able to rake, use a shovel and haul trash.
• #15 The Pantry – The Pantry will be finishing up a food drive and will need food sorted and stacked.  Wear comfortable clothing.  Must be able to pickup boxes and stack food.
• #16 Hope Project #1: Pick-up trash and clean-up on Grady Street, & paint sign on Grady Street
• #16 Hope Project #2:  Tear out and remove carpet from Hope Project building
• #17 Faith In Action – Two men crews to pick-up donated furniture and appliances from donors and distribute them to those who need them.

Specialty Projects – Construction

• Various Home Repair Projects at homes for elderly – There are 7 homes that are in need of home repair.  Roofing, plumbing, electrical work, repairing decks, etc.

Outdoor work Projects

• Various Landscaping Projects at homes for elderly – There are 8 homes that need general yard work – leaves to be cleaned up, bushes trimmed, fallen branches and sticks picked up, and grass cut, etc.

ONE DAY Event Staff

• #22 Volunteer Support/Runners – Stay at the church and assist wherever needed:  Gofer, deliver lunch to work sites, volunteer table check-in, hand out T-Shirts, take water and supplies to work sites as needed, fill in at worksites as needed. Including:
  • Registration & Support Staff
  • Lunch Delivery
  • Parking Lot Team
  • Setup/Tear down Team
  • Shuttle Bus Drivers
    

It only takes ONE DAY to love our community like never before.

Our city, Douglasville, is full of neglect, abuse, hurt, poverty, and despair.  ONEDAY will allow volunteers from all over this city to help those in need in our community. On Saturday, May 1st, hundreds of volunteers will take on projects all over our community. Projects will range from skill specific projects to projects that can involved your entire family.

We have partnered with multiple organizations that are committed to helping those in need through West Georgia.  Our goal is to use these great organizations to connect us to people who need help as we provide the volunteers.

Here is a list of our partnerships:

Douglas County Senior Center

The Share House

The Woodie Fite Center

Mission on a Move

United Way

The Hope Project

Douglas County Parks and Recreation

Douglas County Foster Care

Fowler Homes

Douglas County Animal Shelter

Helping the Homeless

The Pantry

Douglas County Nursing Home

Senior Apt. Living

Faith in Action

Disaster Relief

Crossroads Church

Register in person @ Crossroads Church.

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On Sunday Feb 21, 2010 GiveLoveAway launched its newest endeavor, Give Love – Get a Tee! We have partnered with the Hands and Feet Project Orphanage in Jacmel, Haiti.  If you donate more than $25, you get a free Least of These Tee created by the folks at wethekingdom.org.

The launch was an overwhelming success.  Over 120 shirts have already been given away due to your response to helping the children of Haiti.

Thanks to those who have supported this new partnership.  There is still time get your Tee while supplies last.

You can give online at wethekingdom.org or locally at Crossroads Church in Douglasville, GA.

For our next give love away endeavor we want to help the children of Haiti.  We are partnering with the Hands and Feet Project, an orphanage in Jacmel, Haiti.  This was an area, like many, devastated by the earthquake.  The Hands and Feet orphanage was established in 2005 and houses 50 children and that number grows weekly.  We are collecting donations starting at $15. Donations of $25 or more will receive a free Least of These t-shirt. Give today and help change a life in Haiti!

***Donations can be made @ Crossroads Church in Douglasville, GA or go to www.xroadschurch.net

If you would like to help those devistated by the earthquake in Haiti, we are partnering with two incredible organizations that are mobilizing aid and support.

Help today by choosing one of these organizations:

visit Compassion International or  visit Sumaritan’s Purse

Help Give Love Away today!

Clike here to view our Help Haiti video

Our staff team will be traveling directly to Austell tomorrow to work with Courageous Church and the HopeATL team. We will meet at Crossroads at 8:15am and travel to Ewing Road Baptist Church (4699 Ewing Road in Austell) for a 9:00am meeting. We will dispurse into work teams from the school.

If you can join our team tomorrow, please let me know so I can be expecting you. If you are coming tomorrow, need you to wear a long sleeve shirt and pants with shoes you don’t mind ruining (also bring some work gloves!).

Here is a list of tools you can bring with you:
ALL tools required to demolish and build a home (hammers, carpet knives, exacto knives, screw drivers, saws, drills, bits, crowbars, wrenches, measuring tape, levels, sledgehammers, etc.)
Pressure Washers to clean mold, sewage, mud, muck, etc. off of homes

If you cannot make it during the week, we are hoping to have hundreds -maybe thousands- of people at Clarksdale Elementary this Saturday at 9am. There is so much work to do. Thanks for giving love away.

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