Events
Click on each link to learn more or to register as a volunteer at our events.
Backpack Packing Night
Volunteers will stuff backpacks with all of the donated school supplies to be given out at The Factory Church Back to School Bash
Wednesday, July 20
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Location: The Factory Church, Woodstock GA
Summer Food Drive
Collect canned goods/non-perishables from your community during the month of July and then gather to sort items and decorate food boxes for local food pantries.
Thursday, July 21
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
Location: Hillside UMC Church, Woodstock GA
Kid Biz Expo
Assist at the local Kid Biz Expo vendor market where young people showcase their business products.
Sunday, July 24
Time: 12:00-6:00 PM (Choose from two-3hr. shifts)
Location: Downtown Woodstock, GA
Canton Farmer’s Market LEMONADE STAND AGAINST CANCER
Volunteers will manage our SmileUp! Lemonade Stand Against Cancer during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Saturday, September 3
Saturday, September 17
Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Brown Park, 251 E Marietta Street/151 Elizabeth Street, Canton GA
YMCA Day of Service
SmileUp! volunteers will partner with the G. Cecil Pruett YMCA to make no sew blankets for our local homeless population & decorate tote bags for The Children’s Haven foster families.
Friday, September 9
Time: 5:00 – 7:30 PM
Location: G. Cecil Pruett YMCA – 151 Waleska Street, Canton GA 30114
Great Lake Allatoona Clean Up
The Great Lake Allatoona Clean Up (GLAC) is a yearly event held in the fall to clean up the beautiful Lake Allatoona.
Saturday, October 1
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Cherokee Outdoor Family YMCA, Woodstock GA
Happy Garden Maintenance
Volunteer/Group is responsible for the entire month, tending our SmileUp! Happy garden once a week. Will pull & spray weeds, water plants, and prune bushes.
November 2022 – November 2023
Location: G. Cecil Pruett YMCA – 151 Waleska Street, Canton GA 30114
Operation Candy Grab
Collect leftover Halloween candy for our military and their families.
November 1-6
Children’s Haven Christmas Decorating
Volunteers will decorate The Children’s Haven for Christmas!
November 2022
Location: 1083 Marietta Hwy, Canton, GA 30114
I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.”
MAYA ANGELOU