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Jacqueline Wright
AmeriCorps VISTA Year- 2011-2013
ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION, ARC
AND
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, DCA
FIRST COMMUNITY
SERVICE PROJECT
AMERICORPS VISTA TEAM
PREPARED TO BUILD
A PLAYGROUND IN TWO DAYS
911 National Day of Service & Remembrance
Dear Friend of Sadie G. Mays Health & Rehabilitation Center,
On Wednesday, April 17, over 200 people participated in the SPARC Atlanta Health Clinic at Sadie G. Mays. SPARC -- Sickness
Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration-- is an initiative of the Fulton County Office of Aging and the Atlanta Regional
Commission. This was the first time that Sadie G. Mays was selected to host a SPARC Clinic. We sincerely thank everyone who
took part in this great ,community service event.
Attendees received immunizations, health information, assistance, healthy snacks and a variety of screenings, including blood
sugar, blood pressure, vision, Body Mass Index, HIV, healthy mind, clinical breast exams, chair massages, nutritional education,
women’s health education, colon health, and more.
Some of the organizations providing these valuable services and information
were Grady Hospital, Alzheimer’s Association,Council on Aging,, Innervision Neuromuscular Center,
Walmart Pharmacy and the Atlanta Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging. (See full listing below)
Entertainment was provided by:
Dancing Divas of Darnell Senior Center
H.J.C. Bowden Chorus
QLS Square Dancers Plus
Jackie Wright of CATCH Healthy Habits
Baba “Yoga” Bey & Yoga Master Jinendra
Eli Smith of WYZE- 1380 AM Radio
Jacqueline Wright,
AmeriCorps VISTA
Member, presenting Ms.
Carter with information from
ARC on CATCH Healthy
Habits, Go Direct
Campaign, AmeriCorps
VISTA, O’Hern House &
CFI’s Holiday Program for
residents, & other
information on Area Agency
on Aging.
JIMMY CARTER LIBRARY
CATCH HEALTHY HABITS
NETWORKING MEETING &
RECRUITMENT EVENT
KASIM REED, MAYOR
OF ATLANTA, GA
PROCLAIMS
“NATIONAL DAY OF
SERVICE”
I am behind Mayor Reed in
the black cap on the first
picture--taken from the
internet from the press
conference he had
yesterday. Also a picture of
me and Mr. Rashid Nuri,
President of Truly Living
Well Garden. They
supported me in the first
garden I organized and build
for some seniors and disabled
individuals last year.
ALWAYS PROMOTE
NATIONAL SERVICE
AMERICORPS VISTA
AT COMMUNITY
EVENTS
WEAR AMERICORPS VISTA GEAR
www.nationalservicegear.org
Mayor Reed, Jackie, Kristie Sharp, Manager, & RSVP
Volunteers from Atlanta Regional Commission, ARC
DEBORAH A. JACKSON, MAYOR OF
LITHONIA, GA, PROCLAIMS NATIONAL
DAY OF SERVICE
Let’s Read. Let’s
Move. Event
The Children’s
Museum of Atlanta
RECRUITMENT EVENT
WITH
LARRY JOHNSON
COMMISSIONER
DEKALB, COUNTY
Let’s Read. Let’s Move. Event
The Children’s Museum of Atlanta
Let’s Read. Let’s
Move Event
The Children’s
Museum of
Atlanta
August 2, 2012
JUMPSTART
“Read for the Record
& First Books” Team
The Children’s
Museum of Atlanta
Let’s Read. Let’s Move Event
The Children’s Museum
Let’s Read. Let’s
Move Event
The Children’s
Museum of Atlanta
Catch Healthy Habits
Recruitment/Display
Table
PROMOTING
DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR.
WITH
STICKERS AS
GIVE-A-WAYS
ITEMS AT
COMMUNITY
EVENTS
JOAN GARNER
FULTON
COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
SHE WAS VERY
GOOD ALSO!
INVOLVE
VOLUNTEERS
WITH WHAT YOU
ARE PROMOTING
SHE WAS THE
BEST!
MAYOR KASIM REED
CELEBRATES “OLDER ATLANTAS
MONTH 2012
JACKIE AND
RICHARD
BELCHER,
WSB-TV
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER &
ANCHOR
OLDER ATLANTAS MONTH
CATCH HEALTHY
HABITS
RECRUITMENT

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Atlanta Regional Commission & GA Commission for Service & Volunteerism

  • 1. Jacqueline Wright AmeriCorps VISTA Year- 2011-2013 ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION, ARC AND DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, DCA
  • 3. AMERICORPS VISTA TEAM PREPARED TO BUILD A PLAYGROUND IN TWO DAYS
  • 4. 911 National Day of Service & Remembrance
  • 5. Dear Friend of Sadie G. Mays Health & Rehabilitation Center, On Wednesday, April 17, over 200 people participated in the SPARC Atlanta Health Clinic at Sadie G. Mays. SPARC -- Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration-- is an initiative of the Fulton County Office of Aging and the Atlanta Regional Commission. This was the first time that Sadie G. Mays was selected to host a SPARC Clinic. We sincerely thank everyone who took part in this great ,community service event. Attendees received immunizations, health information, assistance, healthy snacks and a variety of screenings, including blood sugar, blood pressure, vision, Body Mass Index, HIV, healthy mind, clinical breast exams, chair massages, nutritional education, women’s health education, colon health, and more. Some of the organizations providing these valuable services and information were Grady Hospital, Alzheimer’s Association,Council on Aging,, Innervision Neuromuscular Center, Walmart Pharmacy and the Atlanta Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging. (See full listing below) Entertainment was provided by: Dancing Divas of Darnell Senior Center H.J.C. Bowden Chorus QLS Square Dancers Plus Jackie Wright of CATCH Healthy Habits Baba “Yoga” Bey & Yoga Master Jinendra Eli Smith of WYZE- 1380 AM Radio
  • 6.
  • 7. Jacqueline Wright, AmeriCorps VISTA Member, presenting Ms. Carter with information from ARC on CATCH Healthy Habits, Go Direct Campaign, AmeriCorps VISTA, O’Hern House & CFI’s Holiday Program for residents, & other information on Area Agency on Aging.
  • 8. JIMMY CARTER LIBRARY CATCH HEALTHY HABITS NETWORKING MEETING & RECRUITMENT EVENT
  • 9. KASIM REED, MAYOR OF ATLANTA, GA PROCLAIMS “NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE”
  • 10. I am behind Mayor Reed in the black cap on the first picture--taken from the internet from the press conference he had yesterday. Also a picture of me and Mr. Rashid Nuri, President of Truly Living Well Garden. They supported me in the first garden I organized and build for some seniors and disabled individuals last year.
  • 11. ALWAYS PROMOTE NATIONAL SERVICE AMERICORPS VISTA AT COMMUNITY EVENTS
  • 12. WEAR AMERICORPS VISTA GEAR www.nationalservicegear.org Mayor Reed, Jackie, Kristie Sharp, Manager, & RSVP Volunteers from Atlanta Regional Commission, ARC
  • 13. DEBORAH A. JACKSON, MAYOR OF LITHONIA, GA, PROCLAIMS NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE
  • 14.
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18. Let’s Read. Let’s Move. Event The Children’s Museum of Atlanta RECRUITMENT EVENT WITH LARRY JOHNSON COMMISSIONER DEKALB, COUNTY
  • 19. Let’s Read. Let’s Move. Event The Children’s Museum of Atlanta
  • 20.
  • 21. Let’s Read. Let’s Move Event The Children’s Museum of Atlanta August 2, 2012
  • 22. JUMPSTART “Read for the Record & First Books” Team The Children’s Museum of Atlanta
  • 23. Let’s Read. Let’s Move Event The Children’s Museum
  • 24. Let’s Read. Let’s Move Event The Children’s Museum of Atlanta Catch Healthy Habits Recruitment/Display Table
  • 25. PROMOTING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WITH STICKERS AS GIVE-A-WAYS ITEMS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS
  • 27. INVOLVE VOLUNTEERS WITH WHAT YOU ARE PROMOTING SHE WAS THE BEST!
  • 28. MAYOR KASIM REED CELEBRATES “OLDER ATLANTAS MONTH 2012
  • 29.
  • 30. JACKIE AND RICHARD BELCHER, WSB-TV INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER & ANCHOR OLDER ATLANTAS MONTH CATCH HEALTHY HABITS RECRUITMENT