For more information about the 2008 Athens Volunteer Expo, call Art Ordoqui at (706) 353-1313.

Expo Sponsors

The Community Service Expo 2008 would like to recognize its generous sponsors that have made this event available to the Athens community.

Athens Area Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the Chamber is to facilitate a strong business climate in Athens County and to assist member companies in meeting their full potential. The Chamber's major areas of work include promoting economic development within Athens County, providing services to Chamber member businesses and organizing community events.

The Classic Center

In the heart of downtown Athens, Georgia, The Classic Center is a meeting, special events and performing arts venue providing entertainment, unique dining opportunities and programs for all interests.

Community Connection of Northeast Georgia

The mission of Community Connection of Northeast Georgia is to nurture, develop and maintain information and systems which empower individuals and communities to access needed resources and services. It maintains a telephone information and referral service to help individuals and organizations locate resources including food, clothing, child care, shelter, housing, health care and more. Community Connection also maintains the volunteer center, Hands On Northeast Georgia, to help connect individuals with volunteer opportunities throughout the year.

Jackson Spalding

Jackson Spalding is one of the largest independent marketing communications firms in the Southeast, with offices in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia, serving clients around the corner and around the world. It is a full-service image creation, cultivation and communications firm. The operation includes 70 professionals working across many business and organizational sectors, with clients including Chick-fil-A Bowl, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Delta Air Lines, Orkin Inc., Post Properties, Publix Super Markets and the University of Georgia.

Plexus

Plexus Web Creations is a full-service creative firm. With the mission to create an effective presence for our clients in a variety of mediums by combining industry-leading technology with innovative design, our integrated approach always begins with the needs of the customer. We produce visually compelling designs that are user friendly, based on the clients' needs, and delivered on schedule. At Plexus, we hold ourselves to the highest standards of design and business excellence, because our work is always on display for the world to see.

OneAthens

For the past two years, Partners for a Prosperous Athens/OneAthens has worked with the community to develop comprehensive strategies to break the cycle of poverty in Athens. Its vision is to unite the community in identifying and removing barriers to prosperity, valuing collaboration, transparency, inclusiveness and, above all, action.

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart works under the mission of saving people money so they can live better. More than 7,390 Wal-Mart stores in 14 markets employ more than 2 million associates, serving more than 200 million customers each year.

Athens-Clarke County

The Athens-Clarke County Government continues to be a great supporter of community service. Without its presence, many small details pertaining to the homeless, the uneducated and the less-fortunate would go unnoticed. Mayor Heidi Davison declared September as Volunteer Month, and encouraged Athens residents to get involved in a nonprofit organization. Thank you, Mayor Davison!

Athens Regional Foundation

The mission of the Athens Regional Foundation is to provide a link between Athens Regional Medical Center and the people in Athens. The Foundation has a four-fold purpose including providing a means to generate needed funds to maintain and expand the availability of services to the greater community, involving and educating area citizens with Athens Regional Medical Center's health care services, providing a forum for increased dialogue between community, business leaders and ARMC, and identifying community health education and service needs and implement programs to meet those needs. Supporting the Athens Volunteer Service Expo is an excellent way for the Foundation to achieve its goals. Thank you for your support.

Clarke County School District

With 20 schools under its jurisdiction, the Athens-Clarke County School District has its hands full educating our county’s children. Over 12,000 students are enrolled in the schools. One of the goals of the ACC School District is to prepare its students to be productive members of society. That’s why 400 Clarke Central High School students are coming to the Expo to learn the importance of volunteering and making a dedication to community service. We are proud to say we are helping develop the next generation of volunteers.

Junior League of Athens

The JLA is an organization of women committed to promoting community volunteering, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. The Junior League of Athens is dedicated to empowering children and to guiding their journey into a productive life using the diverse talents of passionate, trained volunteers. We are happy to have them support the Volunteer Service Expo, as this directly relates to the Junior League’s mission.

Chic-Fil-A Beechwood

Our friends at Chick-Fil-A Beechwood have continued to be a friend to the Athens community throughout the years. The Beechwood Chick-Fil-A definitely fulfills the company’s mission to be involved in community activities. Without their help, many events would be filled with hungry participants! Thank you for providing lunch for our organizations’ leaders and offering other snacks to visitors.

TSAV: Technical Services Audio Video

Technical Services Audio-Visual (TSAV) is a professional audio-visual systems consulting, contracting and integration company involved in every aspect of professional sound & video reinforcement and multimedia systems. Since its inception in 1991, TSAV has grown its client base through repeated quality installations of coherent and well designed audio and video systems. We are happy to have them onboard the Expo train!