Gearing Up for Harvest

Live music, silent auction, and a chance to eat free once a week for a year! What’s not to love? AAHS is gearing up for Harvest for the Homeless, our annual fundraiser. Join us November 10, 2011 from 6:00 – 10:00 at the Rialto Club at Hotel Indigo. Local Athens group, Kyshona and The Guys, will be performing. Tickets are available at helpathenshomeless.org for $20.

Got 5 bucks? Buy a raffle ticket… or 5 tickets! Each ticket gets your name in the raffle to win gift certificates to 52 different Athens restaurants! Eat free once a week for an entire year. Raffle tickets can be bought on our website as well and you don’t have to be present to win the raffle. There is no limit to the number of times you can enter the raffle.

We are looking forward to the event and hope that you can join us

Moms Mentoring Moms

Moms of Athens: Looking for new ways to get involved?

sorry dads and students, this one’s for the mamas!

Athens Area Homeless Shelter is in the process of beginning a new mentoring program for our residents! Moms mentoring moms is designed to be an interactive support system and an outlet for the moms staying in the shelter. We’re looking for women who either are moms or have been moms to connect with our residents on a weekly basis.

While we often offer life skills and parenting classes, mentoring is a more personal way for our residents to engage with the Athens community and be supported as they parent their children.  We are asking for volunteers who chose the mentoring program to commit to a minimum of six months of weekly visits.  Of course, volunteers are welcome to spend more than just an hour a week with our residents.

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, e-mail us at volunteer@helpathenshomeless.org or call the office at 706-354-0423.