Eco-Conscious Initiatives
FROM LATENT TO ENGAGED
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OBJECTIVE: To provide engagement activities to improve community aesthetics and standing. and organizational processes that aim to do as least harm as possible to the community in which we serve.
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Closure Dates:
December 28, 2025 to January 17, 2025
March 29, 2025 to April 18, 2025
May 28, 2025 to June 18, 2025
September 27, 2025 to October 17, 2025
December 27, 2025 to January 16, 2026
ADOPT-A-ROAD: Old National
CVS, 7055 OLD NATIONAL HWY, 30349​
Provide opportunities for residents to clean, improve, and sustain their local communities.​
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- Ensure streets are safe and clean: Adopt A Road.
- Restore community pride on Bethsaida Rd, Old National Hwy, West Rd.
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Saturdays
8:00am - 11:00am
(MEET AT 8AM IN THE CVS PARKING LOT).
ADOPT-A-ROAD: West Point
2514 W Point Ave, ATL 30337
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Provide opportunities for residents to clean, improve, and sustain their local communities.​
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- Ensure streets are safe and clean: Adopt A Road.
- Restore community pride on West Point Ave (from Sullivan Rd to Wickersham Dr).
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Saturdays
11:00am - 1:00pm
(DO NOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY. PARK ACROSS THE STREET UNDER THE TREES)
COMMUNITY CLEAN-UPS
2514 W POINT AVE, ATL 30337
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Provide opportunities for residents to clean, improve, and sustain their local communities.
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- Ensure communities are safe and clean through neighborhood clean ups.
- Provide plants and flowers to replant in home gardens or on porches.
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2nd Fridays
11:00am - 12:00pm
(DO NOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY. PARK ACROSS THE STREET UNDER THE TREES)
COMMUNITY GARDEN
2514 W POINT AVE, ATL 30337
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Help build garden containers, plant fruits and vegetable seeds, and harvest produce from our garden containers. Or, take home your own container, soil, and seeds. No registration.
Each household, please take up to 2 seeds/containers maximum.
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2nd Fridays
11:00am - 12:00pm
(DO NOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY. PARK ACROSS THE STREET UNDER THE TREES)
WASTE REDUCTION
FEEDING GA FAMILIES POLICY
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Implement measures to reduce environmental impact and ensure environmental sustainability.
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- Reduce use of single use plastics.
- Redirect food waste to farmers.
- Choose, request, or switch to recyclable products, when available.
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REUSE + REPURPOSE
FEEDING GA FAMILIES POLICY​
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Turn items from single use to multi-use.
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- Reuse bags, boxes, and containers.
- Repurpose crates and pallets into functional use items (benches, planters, etc.).
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RECYCLE
FEEDING GA FAMILIES POLICY​
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Cardboard recycling.
- Break down boxes and cardboard for weekly recycling.​