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Emory helps the community through Emory Cares International Service Day

November 12, 2019

Students sit on a floor of the student center
Students on the Atlanta campus gathered in the Emory Student Center before heading out to help with community projects.
Students pose for a photo with shovels
The cold morning didn’t keep volunteers from donning hats and gloves before digging into work for Trees Atlanta.
Students work on planting trees
Planting new trees in the Virginia Highland neighborhood for Trees Atlanta
Students work on planting trees
Planting new trees in the Virginia Highland neighborhood for Trees Atlanta
Students work on planting trees
Planting new trees in the Virginia Highland neighborhood for Trees Atlanta
Emory community members pose for a photo at MedShare
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
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
Dozens of students pose at Oxford College
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
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
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
Wrapping gift boxes for children in the Newton County foster care program
Oxford students pose outside
Each year during Emory Cares, Oxford College student athletes join Eloise Carter, professor of biology, in a forest restoration project adjacent to campus.
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Approximately 1,600 members of the Emory community registered to participate in the 16th annual Emory Cares International Service Day on Saturday, Nov. 9. 

Emory students, alumni, faculty and staff and their families volunteered to help with dozens of community projects — from landscaping parks to packing medical supplies — around Atlanta and beyond. Emory Cares 2019 reached 64 cities and 13 countries worldwide.

Founded in 2003 by Renelda Mack 83C, a former Emory Alumni Board president, the popular annual tradition is a partnership between the Emory Alumni Association and Volunteer Emory.

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