Students on the Atlanta campus gathered in the Emory Student Center before heading out to help with community projects.

The cold morning didn’t keep volunteers from donning hats and gloves before digging into work for Trees Atlanta.

Planting new trees in the Virginia Highland neighborhood for Trees Atlanta

Planting new trees in the Virginia Highland neighborhood for Trees Atlanta

Planting new trees in the Virginia Highland neighborhood for Trees Atlanta

Emory alumni and undergraduate students helped sort and pack surplus medical supplies that MedShare will send to communities in need worldwide.

Sorting and packing medical supplies for MedShare

Sorting and packing medical supplies for MedShare

Sorting and packing medical supplies for MedShare

Sorting and packing medical supplies for MedShare

Volunteers on the Oxford College campus packed and wrapped shoe boxes of toiletries and small toys for children in the Newton County foster care program.

Making cards for children in the Newton County foster care program

Packing gift boxes for children in the Newton County foster care program

Packing gift boxes for children in the Newton County foster care program

Wrapping gift boxes for children in the Newton County foster care program

Each year during Emory Cares, Oxford College student athletes join Eloise Carter, professor of biology, in a forest restoration project adjacent to campus.