Make A Difference Day – Join Altrusa of Atlanta on Saturday 10/22/11 as they strive to pass on the joy of reading and importance of literacy.

With the intent to repeat last year’s successful event for Make A Difference Day that proved to hold the right mix of ingredients from the caring members of Altrusa civic club along with volunteers from business partners making reading fun and exciting to fifty of Sandy Spring’s at-risk children, Altrusans prepare again for another exciting Make A Difference Day to serve almost a hundred children this year.

Sandy Springs, GA, October 18, 2011:  On Saturday, October 22, 2011 from 10a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Church of Atonement located at 4945 Highpoint Road Atlanta, GA 30343, members of the civic group Altrusa International, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia along with volunteers from business partners will hold their annual Make A Difference Day Service Project Event.  The event will serve close to a hundred kids as volunteers engage the children with music and rhythm to make learning fun and promote literacy to the children, ranging from grades 1-5,  from the Sandy Springs Mission which serves the at -risk children of Sandy Springs.

·          The morning will start with a brief introduction of volunteers followed by activity instructions

·          The children will be split into groups with volunteers assigned to each group

·          Rhythm and music helps to keep children’s attention to words and help them enjoy reading.  Activities will incorporate reading, learning, memorizing and expressing one’s self.

·          Snacks will be provided to the kids once the group activity has been completed.

About Altrusa International, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia – As part of the Altrusa International organization which strives to make our communities better through leadership, partnership and service, the Atlanta, Georgia club was charted on March 29, 1944.  The club is part of District Three, which consists of clubs in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina.   Through the club, members do incredible work as mentors, teachers, fundraisers and often as friends – the one thing that people need the most.  The people helped by the Atlanta club are not passive recipients of money or services, but are individuals and families working hard to help themselves.    It is the adult that learns to read, the child who is given the opportunity to fully experience childhood, and the lonely person who finds a friend.  Those are the successes we celebrate.  For more information, visit: www.AltrusaAtlanta.org