The Date: March 25th, 2010
The Purpose: Do some good in the city of Atlanta and promote volunteering
The Story: Visit, Teach, Volunteer, Enjoy
The Details: For those of you that don't reside in the ATL we missed you on the first stop in the Project 7 and Caribou Coffee 7 Cities Tour.
The day before our volunteer event we had the chance to visit a few Caribou Coffee locations. The Project 7 team got to meet and greet the employees as well as tell the story of Project 7 to any customers who would listen. We were excited by the warm reception that is so synonymous with the South. It was a busy day but necessary to get everyone as excited about volunteering as we were.
The morning of the 25th we rolled out with the managers of the local Caribous for a two part volunteering event. We would be visiting both the
Atlanta Community Food Bank and
City of Refuge. Both organizations do a ton for the Atlanta Community and we were honored to serve them.
We had a good group at City of Refuge – about 14 people. It was a wonderful mix of people from Atlanta that heard about if from different sources. We toured the facility and served lunch. We all enjoyed learning what City of Refuge was doing in their community.
At Atlanta Community Food Bank, we had 22 in our group. We all worked together to sort and pack salvage food goods. We packed 6,551 lbs of food & fed 4,367 families! So inspiring and easy to do.
To end the day, we put on a concert at one of the local Caribou Coffees and invited all of the volunteers and the community to attend. The artist was the very talented
Micah Dalton and the atmosphere was very relaxed and intimate. It had been raining, but the rain held off during the concert so we were able to have it outside. The perfect end to a great day.
The next stop on our tour will be Charlotte, NC. Stay tuned for more details. We hope to make it even bigger and better. To learn more visit
www.ChangeTheScore.com.
