American Legion Bolton Post 156 is a veterans post at 2352 Bolton Rd NW in Atlanta. It offers help with filing disability claims and rents its hall and 35 acres of grounds for events. It also holds community events such as a Friday fish fry and a business networking afternoon.
The Mission Continues helps military veterans find purpose after service by organizing them into local 'platoons' that complete hands-on volunteer projects in their communities. In September 2025, the group became part of the Travis Manion Foundation, which now runs its programs nationwide. The Atlanta Platoon works with schools like Sylvan Hills Middle School, building gardens, outdoor classrooms, and doing neighborhood beautification alongside veterans and community volunteers.
Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB) is a national health and wellness community for veterans. Members join workouts, challenges, outdoor trips, and local events, in person or through a free app. It is open to veterans, service members, military families, and supporters.
Project Healing Waters uses fly fishing to help injured and disabled service members and veterans heal. Volunteers run ongoing classes in fly fishing, casting, fly tying and rod building, plus fishing trips. In Georgia there are two local programs, one in Atlanta and one in the northeast Georgia area near Gainesville and Oakwood.
VETLANTA is a free, volunteer-led veteran networking club in Atlanta, started in 2014. It holds a free summit four times a year, where veterans, military families, employers, schools, and nonprofits meet. Volunteer committees on education, jobs, housing, business, and health care can connect you to a person who can help.
TREA, The Enlisted Association, is a national nonprofit for enlisted service members, veterans, their families and survivors. It speaks up in Congress to protect military pay, benefits and health care, and it gives members a quarterly magazine and benefit updates. Through its TREA GIVES foundation, it also offers scholarships to members' children and grandchildren and emergency money help with housing, utility, and food costs for enlisted veterans in need.
The Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association is now part of the Navy Seabee Foundation. The foundation gives college and career-school scholarships to children and grandchildren of Navy Seabees and Civil Engineer Corps officers. It also holds Seabee community events and lists reunions and Seabee Balls.
S. Marine Corps. It runs local chapters, volunteer projects, and an emergency grant for members in a short-term crisis. Women who qualify can join online or by mail.
Paralyzed Veterans of America is a national group that helps veterans, especially those with spinal cord injuries or diseases. Its trained service officers help with VA benefit claims and appeals for free, and it has lawyers, a career program, and caregiver support.
This is the Georgia state office of The American Legion, a group for veterans and their families. It helps people find local Legion posts and district contacts. It also runs youth programs: the Oratorical speech contest, Boys State, and a Law Cadet Academy.
The 82nd Airborne Division Association is a national group for people who served in the 82nd Airborne Division or served on jump or glider status. It gives college scholarship help, holiday meals for troopers and their families, and an outdoor resilience program. Local chapters also raise money for wounded warriors. The pages list a mailing address in Fayetteville, North Carolina, not a location in Atlanta.
AMVETS is a national group of veterans that helps other veterans and their families. Its service officers help people file VA disability claims from a distance at no charge, and you do not have to be a member. It also runs membership posts, volunteer work at VA facilities, and job and housing programs for homeless veterans in Salt Lake City and Phoenix. Its main office is in Pennsylvania.
This is the website of FRA. Its pages include sections for an essay contest, an education foundation, a veteran service officer search, events, reunions and member resources.
The Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is a business group in Atlanta that works to help Hispanic businesses and professionals across Georgia. It offers networking, workshops, leadership training, a veterans group, and volunteer matching. Its site says it is open to all.
disABILITY LINK is a center for independent living in Tucker. It is run by and for people with disabilities. Staff offer peer support, help finding work, travel training, assistive technology, help moving out of a nursing facility, and help applying for SNAP.
Cobb Collaborative is a Cobb County nonprofit that works to help children and families. It focuses on mental health, reading and early learning, and civic engagement. It runs play-and-learn sessions for young children, mental health trainings, and help finding local services.
This is a veterans' post near Chastain Park in Buckhead. Veterans from all branches can join, meet other veterans, and email the post for VA claim information and general help. The post also rents its hall for events.
S. veterans with PTSD and other service-related stress. Veterans get free one-on-one guitar lessons from volunteers, and a free guitar and gear after finishing the lessons. Veterans who live far from a chapter can learn online through the Cyber Chapter.
Dryhootch is a nonprofit started by combat veterans to help other veterans after they come home. Veteran peer mentors help with finding work, getting through Veteran Court, and finding other services. The pages list its offices and locations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and do not list a place in Georgia.
Gary Sinise Foundation supports veterans, first responders, severely wounded heroes, and families of the fallen. Its programs include custom smart homes, home changes like ramps and bathrooms, mobility devices and vehicles, mental wellness retreats, and holiday retreats for families who lost a hero. It also gives grants to first responder departments.
