This is the City of East Point's parks and recreation department. It runs 23 parks, a recreation center, playgrounds, tennis and basketball courts, sand volleyball and trails. It also offers fitness activities, senior programs, and special events and festivals during the year.
Trees Atlanta is a nonprofit that plants and cares for trees in metro Atlanta. It runs tree planting, forest restoration, classes, tree tours, youth programs, and job training for young adults. People can volunteer, take a class, or ask for trees in their yard or neighborhood.
Piedmont Park Conservancy is a nonprofit that works with the City of Atlanta to care for Piedmont Park. It runs classes, camps, walks, a Saturday green market and volunteer days. It also rents event spaces in the park.
Park Pride is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps neighbors improve and care for public parks. It works with Friends of the Park groups through training, park design help, grants, fundraising support, and volunteer days. It serves the City of Atlanta, the City of Brookhaven, and unincorporated DeKalb County.
Historic Oakland Foundation is a nonprofit that takes care of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta's oldest public burial ground and a historic park. People can visit the grounds for free, take guided tours, and go to seasonal events. Families can join homeschool days and camps, and anyone can apply to volunteer.
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance is a community nonprofit that works to protect and restore nature in West Atlanta. It runs the Outdoor Activity Center, a forest and nature center, with youth camps, field trips, hikes, and volunteer service days. It also speaks up for neighborhoods hurt by pollution and other environmental problems.
This DeKalb County department runs parks, recreation centers, and trails. It offers an after-school program, day camps, a teen program, and nature programs for kids and families. You can also reserve a park pavilion or ask to hold a public event on county property.
The Atlanta Botanical Garden is a large garden in Atlanta where people can walk through plant collections, art and seasonal shows. It also offers classes, kids programs, camps, school tours and volunteer jobs. Its scientists work to protect rare and endangered plants.
Georgia Interfaith Power & Light helps faith communities across Georgia work on climate change, environmental justice, and community resilience. It coaches Green Teams, offers energy, solar, water, and waste assessments or audits, and helps congregations with native gardens, invasive plant removal, and tree planting. It also speaks up on clean energy and water policy and runs nonpartisan get-out-the-vote text banks.
REDEEMED Outreach is a West End nonprofit that has worked in the neighborhood since 1994. It runs a housing program for single working women, plus community gardens, job training in farming, a farmers market and neighborhood watch work. People can also volunteer, including those who need court-ordered community service hours.
Frazer Center is a nonprofit on a 39-acre forest in Atlanta. It runs an inclusive school for children from six weeks to five years old, with and without disabilities. It also has a day program and job support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the forest is open to visitors.
Callanwolde is a nonprofit arts center on a historic 12-acre estate in Atlanta. It offers art, dance, writing, pottery and wellness classes, summer camps, concerts and shows. It also runs free arts programs for Title I and Title III students, veterans and people with disabilities, and has financial aid for classes.
This is the City of Atlanta's parks and recreation department. It runs neighborhood recreation centers across the city, and a few of them have indoor swimming pools. The department's page lists each center's address, phone number and hours.
This is the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club, a large group of members who work to protect nature and the planet. It posts a calendar of hikes, committee meetings, local group meetings, and talks on topics like data centers, transit, and politics.
Trinity Presbyterian is a church in northwest Atlanta that welcomes people from all backgrounds. It holds Sunday worship at 9 and 11 AM, also shown online, with childcare for children 4 and younger. It also offers activities for kids and youth, a class for newcomers, and works with Atlanta groups on hunger, education and fairness.
ATL Airport Community Improvement Districts (AACIDs) is a self-taxing government district that works to make the area around Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport safer, cleaner, and easier to get around. It pays for things like extra public safety patrols, street beautification, better signs, and shuttle or microtransit rides for people who live and work nearby. It covers parts of Atlanta, College Park, East Point, Hapeville, South Fulton, and Forest Park.
Dunwoody Nature Center is a nonprofit with a 22-acre forest park in Dunwoody. The park is free and open every day from sunrise to sunset. It also runs nature camps, classes for kids and adults, school programs, and volunteer days.
Concrete Jungle rescues fruit and vegetables that would go to waste and gets them to food pantries, shelters and other hunger relief groups. Volunteers pick fruit from trees and farms and work on a half-acre farm in southwest Atlanta. The group also buys imperfect produce from Georgia farmers and teaches people how to cook with fresh produce.
Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency (ACSS) helps people with money struggles get ready for work, find a job, and keep it. Its main program, CareerWorks, starts with a three-week boot camp and then gives 12 months of job help and coaching. It also has programs for veterans, young adults, and hiring events with employers.
7 acres of green space in Atlanta. The land has garden beds, a children's garden, a playground, a stage and a pond. Visiting is free, and the group also runs monthly work days, music nights, kids' play, and classes.
