Community Development

Focus on Forsyth :   MISSION: To provide needed on-site, hands-on assistance for low-income families and seniors in need in the Forsyth County Community.

Depending on need, projects can be one or many of the following type efforts:

• Yard work (mowing, weed-eating, edging, blowing, raking and bagging leaves, cleaning gutters, etc.)
• Home maintenance (repairing floors, walls, decks, doors, painting, etc.)
• Weatherization (replacing windows, doors, weather-stripping and/or caulking windows and/or doors, installing insulation, etc.)
• Building wheel-chair ramps
• Correcting minor plumbing/electrical issues.

For the most part, volunteers are required to bring their own tools for the project they will be supporting.

Examples: If you’re doing yard work then you’d be required to bring your own mower, weed-eater, blower, gas for aforementioned, gloves, safety glasses, etc. and if you were building a wheelchair ramp you would be required to bring saw(s), hammer(s), electrical cord(s), etc.

Actual materials for projects will be furnished by YMCA, however we are always receptive to and do accept in-kind donations for such materials.

If you would like to volunteer to assist with above noted projects for low-income seniors and families in the Forsyth County community, please call Jerry Dupree at 404-803-8899 or  Email at jerryd@ymcaatlanta.org

Jerry Dupree:
Forsyth County Family YMCA
Community Development Coordinator
Mobile: 404-803-8899
Direct Line: 678-341-6243
YMCA Office: 770-888-2788




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