Athens
Weekly student-led outreach in Athens: Saturday meals, street outreach, and backpacks.
University of Georgia
Athens
2019 (TBP started at UGA in 2015)
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Chapter leads
What we do
Every week, a student-led event anyone can join: Saturday meals, street outreach, or a backpack packing.
Next event
About
In short.
The Backpack Project started at the University of Georgia in 2015. The Athens chapter, TBP/ATH, formed in 2019 and is run by UGA students.
Every week the chapter holds an event led by students that volunteers of any age can join. Besides packing backpacks, Athens cooks meals and hand-delivers them, with water and other supplies, to people living in encampments.
Email the chapter:
athens@thebackpackproject.orgWhat we do
Programs.
Street outreach
Students hand-deliver meals and backpacks of food, toiletries, and other necessities. It is how the chapter gets to know the people it serves.
Saturday meals
Since 2019 the chapter has cooked and delivered meals every week. Water, bug spray, menstrual kits, clothing, and other items go out when people ask for them.
Backpack packing
Volunteers pack backpacks of food and necessities, chosen for the season.
Clean-ups
Volunteers help with local clean-ups.
Perspectives on Homelessness panel
The chapter has hosted a panel at UGA with speakers from ministry, nonprofit, recovery, medical, and government work in Athens.
Community partners