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Emory helps serve the community through Emory Cares Day

November 16, 2021

Dozens of students sign up at tables on the grass at McDonough Plaza
Students on the Atlanta campus gathered at McDonough Plaza before heading out to help with community projects.
Students pose for a photo
Gathering for the Emory Cares Day kick off
Emory President Gregory L. Fenves poses with students for a photo
Emory President Gregory L. Fenves was on hand to encourage student volunteers.
Student volunteers carry buckets as they volunteer at Chastain Horse Park
Volunteers helped with cleaning projects at the Chastain Horse Park, which offers therapeutic riding and other activities.
Students work hard to clean horse grooming tools
Cleaning horse grooming tools at the Chastain Horse Park
A student helps paint a wall
At the Center for Pan Asian Community Services, which provides health and social services to immigrant and refugee families, Emory volunteers helped with tasks like painting.
Student painters pose for a photo
Painters at the Center for Pan Asian Community Services
Students pose by dozens of shoe boxes they wrapped
Volunteers on the Oxford College campus packed and wrapped shoe boxes of toys, books and toiletries for children in the Newton County foster care program.
Students hold up cards they make for children in foster care
Making cards for children in the Newton County foster care program
Students pose by a nature trail sign
Cleaning up the nature trail at Oxford College
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Several hundred members of the Emory community participated in the 18th annual Emory Cares Day of Service on Saturday, Nov. 13.

Emory students, alumni, faculty and staff and their families volunteered to help with dozens of community projects — from landscaping parks and cleaning up nature areas to packing school supplies and writing encouraging notes  — around Atlanta and beyond. Emory Cares Day 2021 projects reached about 15 U.S. cities; a few international projects will be completed in the coming weeks.

Some initiatives stretch beyond Emory Cares Day and are still open for participation. Visit the project page on the Emory Cares website and filter by date to learn about volunteer opportunities.

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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