FUN SERVICE PROJECTS FOR KIDS!!

Pebble Tossers is a youth organization and volunteer resource that matches kids and families with fun service projects and volunteer opportunities in Atlanta.  

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                                     Sibley Heart Center

Spread some love this Valentine's Day by joining Pebble Tossers for our first Community Service Project of 2012 on Friday, February 10 at 4:30 pm. We'll be making colorful Door Signs for the patients at the Sibley Heart Center to hang on their room doors, and assembling Valentine Kits for the patients to make Valentine's themselves to distribute to friends and hospital staff.

Where: Create Your Dreams

King Plow Arts Center, Studio T-108
887 West Marietta Street, NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30318

404-249-9166

Join Pebble Tossers next Community Service Project at Earth Day Kid's Fest hosted by the Chattahoochee Nature Center and the Captain Planet Foundation.  We will be collecting and recycling gently used children or adult sized shoes to send to Haiti.  Start a collection in your neighborhood or school and bring the shoes to this event, then stay and help size, sort, and bind all the shoes.

Special Thanks to all the Amazing Volunteers over the MLK Day weekend.

Your efforts make a difference in Atlanta!

Looking for Service Projects over the MLK Day Weekend?  Login to Get Matched with Projects

Pebble Tossers thanks our newest supporters:

2012 rang in with a rocking time on New Year's Eve as The Bad Neighbors performed at the Dunwoody Tavern.  Proceeds from the night were donated to Pebble Tossers by both the band and the Dunwoody Tavern.

Special Thanks to the Redfield Home & Garden Club for selecting us as their Holiday Charity Auction beneficiary.  Everyone had a great time and the event raised over $12,500 for Pebble Tossers.

December Featured Project:

DISTRIBUTE SACK LUNCHES TO HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Action Ministries needs individuals and groups to make sack lunches for homeless women and children for distribution during  the week between Christmas and New Year?s.  Each day, 200 sack lunches are distributed from the Women?s Kitchen near Piedmont Park.  Each bag is to contain a sandwich, bag of pretzels/chips, drink and a piece of fruit.  Sack lunches can be made at your own location or you can prepare them at Action Ministries? campus in the fellowship hall at Grace United Methodist Church.

CONTACT:  Kate Boyer, Executive Director, 404-881-6744 ext. 12 or kboyer@actionministries.net  http://www.atlanta.actionministries.net

Thanks for the Week of Giving!

 The following organizations appreciate your efforts throughout the Thanksgiving Holidays:

Open Hand Atlanta: - Food Delivery to Seniors

Open hand needed volunteers 13 and over and their parents to deliver meals the day BEFORE Thanksgiving and the day AFTER Thanksgiving to underpriveleged seniors. Call (404) 872-2707 to set up a time. 

Hosea Feed The Hungry & Homeless - Meal Serving

Serving Thanksgiving Dinner to the needy of Atlanta; 12 & up only. Reservations Only: Call 404-755-3353 prior to and they'll send you a registration form. Food serving positions fill quickly.

North Fulton County Charlties - Food Donation

NFCC will provide the makings for a Thanksgiving meal for over 1,000 families this year! They are in need of the following non-perishable items.  

Canned Vegetables (Green Beans, Refried Beans, Black Beans, Corn, Sweet Potatoes, White Potatoes, Squash, Greens, etc.)

Boxed Potatoes and Rice (Mashed, Scalloped, White - Brown - Yellow Rice, Boxes or Bags)

Boxed Pasta Mixes (Macaroni, Mac-n-Cheese)

Boxed or Bagged Stuffing Mixes (Cornbread, Herb, Plain, Bags/Boxes)

Bags of Flour, Cornmeal, Biscuit mixes (Wheat, All-Purpose, White)

Boxes of Baking Goods (Cake Mixes, Brownies, Pie makings)

Cans of Gravy (Turkey, Chicken)

Cans of Fruit (Apple, Cranberry, Cranberry Sauce, Pineapple, Applesauce, etc.)

Act Together Ministries: For children under 12, they have a special Thanksgiving volunteer event to sort and box food on Nov. 17! You can also serve dinner, bake a turkey, or dessert the day before or the day of Thanksgiving! Register for a shift/job on their website.

Community Action Center: Make and deliver Holiday Food Baskets for families in need this Thanksgiving

SafeHouse Outreach: Volunteer at their Chili-Cookoff the day after Thanksgiving . Volunteer, bring items or bring chili! But be sure to bring your family, your friends and your compassion.

The Atlanta Parent Magazine's Family Block Party on October 8, 2011 was a huge success!  Pebble Tossers and FOCUS will be the beneficiaries of this event and will receive a portion of the proceeds.  Special thanks to all the volunteers who worked the event, assisted us in our booth, and helped make the day a big success! 

Our Community Service Project making no-sew fleece blankets got everyone involved and we completed 12 blankets to be donated to SafeHouse Outreach who will distribute them to the homeless in Atlanta.

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with the CHOA Run for Your Heart race on Saturday, September 17th. It was a beautiful morning and everyone had a great time!

Special Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make our Backpack Bonanza with Hewlett Packard a huge success! 

Over 50 backpacks were collect and stuffed with school supplies and handmade cards for the students at Emma Hutchinson Elementary School in Atlanta.

Thanks to HP employees for their generous contribution towards the event and for hosting it at their Alpharetta headquarters.

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URGENT NEED!   Local Food Pantries Need Your Help

Stock the Shelves with the Following: 

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Tornado Victims in Georgia Still Need Your Help! 

Drop off supplies at the HFTH Family Care Crisis Center on 1035 Donnelly Ave. in southwest Atlanta from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Items needed include:

Your family and friends could hold a lemonade stand, bake sale or car wash to raise money to purchase supplies, or ask for supply donations from your neighbors.  Chances are they'd love to help to, but don't know how.   Be the one to start a ripple of giving!

Additional community partners positioned to help include: 

The American Red Cross, The Atlanta Community Food Bank, Global Animal

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                                             "BEST OF THE FEST!"  

Pebble Tossers was voted "Best of the Fest" by visitors to the Captain Planet Foundation's 9th Annual Earth Day Kids' Fest at the Chattahoochee Nature Center.  

Our Community  Service Project benefitted Never Enough Shoes and volunteers sorted and prepared close to 500 pairs of shoes to be sent to Haiti!  Special thanks to so many people who volunteered to make this day a success! 

The Pebble Tosser Shoe Drive collected 1200 pairs of shoes that will be delivered to Haiti in June!  Way to GO!! 

                Check out the YouTube video from Kids' Fest!                       

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Pebble Tossers makes it easy for kids and families to find and schedule fun service projects with deserving Metro-Atlanta organizations! 

The Pebble Tossers mission is to ignite a passion for volunteerism in youth that develops their character and impacts our world by matching their talents, abilities, and interests with the needs of their community.

Support Pebble Tossers in 2012, please consider making a contribution to continue the great progams offered by Pebble Tossers.  Thanks.