StreetWise Georgia celebrates with Special Events, hosts Programs, and conducts Training Classes throughout the year. From passing out Backpacks before school starts, distributing dresses before Prom arrives, and participating in canned food drives, StreetWise desires to extravagantly bless every client that comes through our doors.
Our events are focused on filling practical needs, as well as ministering to the spiritual needs of each family in attendance. For some families, this is the one message of hope that they will receive all year, so we take every opportunity to tell of the Lord and His love!
Interested in attending an event? Clients please call 678-985-9915 Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday 10:15 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. to register or receive more information.
Volunteers please check out our Calendar for volunteer opportunities and event information. Or email us at Volunteer@StreetWiseGeorgia.org.
Mobile Food Pantry
The Atlanta Community Food Bank partners with StreetWise to provide preregistered families with approximately 100 lbs. of food on the second Saturday of each month. Registered guests never have to get out of their vehicles. Photo ID is required at check in. Guests drive through our parking lot where StreetWise Ambassadors load their vehicles with boxes of food.
Volunteer Responsibilities: Box food, greet guests, and load guests’ cars with food. To volunteer for our Mobile Food Pantry please fill out an application or email Volunteer@StreetWiseGeorgia.org for details.
Stuff-the-Bus
StreetWise partners with local grocery stores and StreetWise Volunteers provide customers recommendations of needed items via our flyers. Volunteers also get excited about talking about StreetWise, all the great things happening here, and how people can get involved! Customers purchase items to donate and simply drop in our StreetWise barrels. Our goal, with assistance from the community, is to Stuff-the-Bus.
Volunteer Responsibilities: Greet store customers, hand out flyers, load and sort donations on the bus.
Block Parties
StreetWise Block Parties are held to bring families within the community a day of good times and Good News. This event is packed full of laughter, water-slide fun, face painting, games, treats, food, music and we guarantee smiles all around! With the help and generosity of local businesses and partners, StreetWise turns our facility into a carnival like atmosphere. Checkout our Facebook photo’s and witness our day of festivities.
Volunteer Responsibilities: Assists with registration, serve food, host games, have fun, affirm guests in Christ’s love.
Prom Starganza
StreetWise Georgia partners with The Gwinnett County Department of Family and Child Services(DFCS) to make a dream come true for students who could not otherwise attend their Prom. Gently-used and new Prom dresses, suits, shoes, and accessories are collected by donation. The ladies and gentlemen arrive at StreetWise by appointment and receive assistance from StreetWise Volunteers with picking out everything from suits and ties to dresses and shoes. The young ladies can also have their hair styled, nails painted, and makeup applied.
Volunteer Responsibilities: Assist in registration check-in, decorate, setup & breakdown stations, help students select Prom attire, style hair, apply make-up, manicure nails, alter dresses.
Adopt-a-Family Program
To many of us, Christmas delivers food, fun and family time. For others, however, holidays present no more than a nagging reminder of lack. Ever wanted to share your blessings with those less fortunate, but just didn’t know how?
The StreetWise Adopt-a-Family Program makes it easy by just clicking the DONATE TODAY! button on our website and in the PayPal message field just type “Family”.
Volunteer Responsibilities: Wrap gifts, register and usher guests, counsel those who give their lives to Christ.
Easter Celebration
After learning the Biblical motivation behind our Easter celebration held at our StreetWise facility, children receive Easter baskets and blessing bags filled with goodies, and the family receives a Take-Home-Meal Box with all the fixings for a wonderful Easter meal.
Volunteer Responsibilities: Fill and wrap Easter baskets, greet and usher clients for our Easter program, entertain the children, pass out Easter baskets and Take Home Meal boxes.
Thanksgiving
Our Thanksgiving Event includes a family program explaining the Gospel and our understanding of what we have to be thankful for. Afterwards, meal boxes are distributed to families who would not otherwise have a Thanksgiving meal.
Volunteer Responsibilities: Usher and greet clients for the family program, entertain the children, and help distribute Thanksgiving meals.
SHARE Project
StreetWise Georgia is proud to partner with local organizations in the Metro Atlanta area to provide relief for the physical and spiritual needs of struggling families. With the help of volunteers and our trusty, 24′ refrigerated food truck, we are able to safely transport food into lower-income communities, host entire events devoted to presenting the Gospel and build relationships with extraordinary people!