Throughout the school year, GIC will create opportunities for Goizueta students, faculty and staff to participate in community service activities. The GIC program will include major one-day events, smaller events throughout the school year, and fundraising activities.

September

• Hands On Atlanta Day (October 2nd)
  Goizueta students, faculty and staff will volunteer at Autrey Mill Nature Preserve in Alpharetta. We will do landscaping work around the grounds, painting a few facilities on site, and creating storage spaces.
  

October

• AIDS Walk Atlanta (October 17th)
  AIDS Walk Atlanta is 3.1 mile walk-a-thon, which raises $1 million annually to provide desperately needed support and services to people living with HIV/AIDS in Georgia.
• Coins for Change (semester long fundraising activity)
  We will encourage students to donate their loose change to benefit the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Atlanta Pet Rescue.

November

• Food Drive (November 8th-18th)
  The Goizueta community will collect and distribute dry foods to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
• Thanksgiving event (November 25th)
  GIC will coordinate a group of students to volunteer at a local soup kitchen, food bank or retirement community. (More details to follow).

December

• Toy Drive (November 29th – December 15th)
  We will collect toys to distribute to The Stewart Center, local children services organization.

January/February

• Coat Drive (TBD)
  We will collect coats to distribute to a local shelter or youth group home.

March

• Goizueta in the Community Service Day (March 5th)
  Goizueta students, faculty and staff will mobilize to further a tradition of service by reaching out to the Atlanta community and donating their time to improve the lives of others. We will participate in a range of activities, including community beautification and working with children and the elderly. We will invite other Emory graduate students to participate in this event.
• Emory’s Lullwater Charity Run
  TBD (awaiting details from Volunteer Emory).

April

• Goizueta Gives (April 8th)
  Goizueta Gives is an end-of-the year celebration and fundraising event. In 2005, the event will be held on Friday, April 8th at the Miller-Ward House on Emory's campus. There will be dancing, desserts and spirits for everyone to enjoy - both past and present students as well as family and friends are all welcome! The evening will celebrate the many ways in which Goizueta students have given back to the community throughout the past year. We will highlight how students have generously given their time and money, including recognizing the volunteers of the Hands on Atlanta Day in October, announcing how much food we collected for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, and reveal how much money we have raised through Coins for Change and other fundraising events. Goizueta Gives event will also include a silent auction during which guests can bid on a wide variety of items such as autographed Falcons gear, gift certificates to local restaurants, and possibly Delta plane tickets! All proceeds from the fundraising event will go to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. We look forward to celebrating with you in April!
• Food Drive
  The Goizueta community will collect and distribute dry foods and pet food to a local food bank and to the Atlanta Pet Rescue.

For more information about Goizueta in the Community and its community service events, feel free to contact Nigel Ferguson at nigel_ferguson@bus.emory.edu.