Northside Hospital promotes and encourages community volunteerism among its physicians, employees, auxilians and their families and friends. Each year, our staff and physicians volunteer their time, talents, and resources to make a positive impact and build strong and healthy communities. We invite you to join us!
Click on the volunteer links below for more info and to sign-up today!
Please email us at community.connection@northside.com with your ideas on how we can make a positive impact on our community.
Thank you for your support!
Holiday Opportunities
North Fulton Community Charities:
- Coat and Thanksgiving Food Drive: donate new or gently-used coats, gloves, scarves, socks and hats and all of the ingredients to cook a delicious Thanksgiving dinner at home.
- Toyland Shop: Help us fill NFCC ‘toy store’ by donating toys and gifts from a list of suggested items.
North Gwinnett Co-op:
- Holiday Meal box: Donate the items needed for a Thanksgiving/ Christmas meal.
- Sponsor a child for Christmas: As a child sponsor, you will receive the child’s name, age, gender, ID#, sizes, and wish list.
- Sponsor a senior citizen for Christmas: As a sponsor of a senior citizen, you will receive the senior’s name, gender, ID#, and a few wish list items.
Lift up Atlanta:
- Holiday Food drive & Christmas Toy Drive: Connect with your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, church members or social group and give a great Christmas to some families in need.
The Place of Forsyth:
- Holiday House toy drive: Donate toys, gift cards and gift wrap.
- Holiday House volunteer: Meet with the families, gather their information, event Setup, Assist with setting up the Holiday House, toy sorting and more.
Must Ministries:
- Holiday Toy Shop: Donate toys and gifts from a list of suggested items
Never Alone:
- Food Donation: Never Alone food pantry is currently experiencing an extreme inventory shortage.
Community Assistance Center:
- Food Drive: Donate food items.
Rainbow Village:
- Donate gift cards: A gift card donation in $25 or $50 increments will allow our residents to purchase gifts for their children.
- Donate Apartment Household Items: Many families arrive at Rainbow Village with nothing. A donation of items needed to stock an apartment can help a family feel right at home.
Toys for tots:
- Toys donations: Give a gift to a child in need through Atlanta Marine Toys for Tots.
Samaritan’s Purse:
- Operation Christmas Child: Operation Christmas Child delivers great joy to children in need around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes.
Current and Ongoing Opportunities
Homelessness Compassion Outreach
Weekly outreach to build relationships with individuals experiencing homelessness and to provide meals, hygiene products, and clothing.
Book Buddies *Virtual*
Volunteer virtually to read with an elementary school student twice per week and help support literacy development.
Crochet for Babies (JustServe)
Volunteer your crochet skills to make blankets and special graduation hats for these very special guests!
Northside Hospital Forsyth Auxiliary
You will be joining a multitude of individuals, of all ages and backgrounds, who are dedicated to giving back to our hospital and community, as well as ensuring we achieve our vision of delivering world-class healthcare.
Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities
Group volunteering: Provide families with a variety of age-appropriate opportunities for activities, entertainment, and education while staying at our Ronald McDonald Houses.
Lasagna Love
Cook lasagna for families in need.
Community Assistance Center Food Pantry
North Fulton Community Charities
Open Hand - Meal Packing and Delivery
Community Assistance Center - Roswell Rd.
Community Assistance Center - South Sandy Springs
Humanity First USA Duluth Food Pantry
Walks & Runs
Ways to Get Involved
Walks – Awareness and fundraising walks held throughout the year include: March of Dimes (Babies), Relay for Life (Cancer), Race for the Cure (Breast Cancer), Light the Night (Leukemia), Heart Walk, Arthritis Walk and the Alzheimer's Walk.
Drives – An ongoing opportunity to donate to those in the community who are in need. Drives collect donations for blood, food, cell phones, school supplies, children’s books, personal care items and clothing.
Community Partnership Projects – Some of the many projects offered include mentoring, adopting a shelter, feeding the homeless, assisting at community events, and playing bingo with seniors.
Employee Giving Campaign – Annually, Northside Hospital Employees generously donate to improve the lives of patients, fellow employees and the local community by donating to the Northside Hospital Foundation, Shares Help Employee/Retiree Emergency Relief Fund, Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation, and the United Way.
Find Volunteer Opportunities in the Community
You can find many volunteer opportunities online at JustServe, Hands on Atlanta, and Volunteer Match. There are also opportunities to volunteer at Northside’s Month of Service, Northside Foundation events, and Northside sponsored events. These opportunities are promoted in the Northside internal newsletter, Northside Life.