Events

Click on each link to learn more or to register as a volunteer.

Summer Backpacks for Preschoolers

Volunteers will raise funds and collect donations to provide backpacks for local preschoolers

Date: Saturday, July 19

Location: Cherokee County

Summer Lunch Build

Volunteers will build summer lunches for children

Date: Saturday, June 21

Location: Cherokee County

YMCA Healthy Kids Day

Volunteers will have a day of fun promoting healthy living with games & other SmileUp! activities

Date: Saturday, April 26

Time: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Location: G. Cecil Pruett YMCA

YMCA Mile Clean Up

Volunteers will help clean up Cherokee YMCA’s mile on Marietta Hwy

Date: Saturday, April 13

Time: 1:00-3:00 PM

Location: Canton, GA

Water Clean Up with CCWSA

Volunteers will help clean up in and around our rivers in Cherokee County

Date: Saturday, April 5

Location: Olde Rope Mill Park, 690 Olde Rope Mill Rd., Woodstock, 30188

Youth Service Fair

SmileUp! will be one of the organizations promoting youth volunteer opportunities; come to find out more about us!

Date: Saturday, March 15

Time: 12:00 PM

Location: 1055 Willeo Rd, Roswell, GA 30075

Operation Senior Smiles

Volunteers will print, color, and decorate Valentine’s Day cards for senior citizens living in assisted living facilities in Cherokee County

Donation Drop Off: Now -Monday, February 10, 2025

Drop Off Locations: Listed in “Register” link

MLK Day of Service

Volunteers will engage in various projects, including assembling candy bags for first responders & winter kits for Veterans and those in need, plus a water, snack & toilet paper drive for the homeless

Date: Monday, January 20, 2025

Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM

Location: G. Cecil Pruett Family YMCA – 151 Waleska St, Canton, GA 30114

Ongoing Opportunities

YMCA Happy Garden Maintenance

Volunteers will pull weeds and help maintain our SmileUp! Happy Garden

Date: ANY TIME (based on Y hours)!

Location: G. Cecil Pruett Community Center Family YMCA, 151 Waleska St, Canton, GA 30114

“Little Free Library” Fill Up

Volunteers fill local “Little Free Libraries”.

 

Date: ANY TIME!

Location: Library Search

“Little Food Pantry” Fill Up

Volunteers fill local food pantries.

 

Date: ANY TIME!

Location: Pantry Locations


I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.”

MAYA ANGELOU