10th Annual Hands On Athens
April 3rd-5th, 2009
Project Weekend Is a Success!!!

Thanks to ample sunshine and community spirit, the 10th Hands On Athens marked another successful weekend. We would like to thank the 300 plus volunteers who came out and worked on our 12 project homes in the historic Hancock Corridor, East Athens, and Newtown neighborhoods

Our house captains and volunteers certainly worked hard during the weekend! We repaired roofs; we repaired and rebuilt porches; we landscaped and built walkways; we built porch and stair railings; we replaced over 100 light bulbs with energy efficient bulbs and made other energy efficient improvements; we made electrical repairs; made plumbing repairs and installed some low-flow toilets, we added gutters; we repaired bouncy floors; we replaced siding; we replaced windows; we replaced doors; we cleaned up yards; we repaired and replaced rotted wood; and we scraped, primed, and painted and painted and painted. All in one weekend!

Hands On Athens would not be possible without the generosity of our volunteers and sponsors. Below is a list of the agencies, organizations, businesses and individuals that contributed their time and energy to Hands On Athens 2009.
Thank you all!

Steering Committee Partners
A-CC Human & Economic Development
Athens Area Habitat for Humanity
Athens Housing Authority
Athens Land Trust
Casper & the Cookies
David Stephens Tile
D S I Group Design + Construction
East Athens Development Corporation
Hancock Community Development Corporation
Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful
Kiwanis Club of Athens
UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government
UGA Cooperative Extension
UGA Fanning Institute
UGA Horticulture
UGA Office of University Architects
UGA Student Historic Preservation Organization
WBKZ 880 AM Radio

Project Home Sponsors & Weekend Partners
These businesses and organizations adopted homes, provided house captains and volunteers, and provided services for our homeowners throughout the weekend.
ACC Water Conservation Division
Apex Painting & Decorating
Athens Academy
Athens Area Habitat for Humanity
Athens Church of Christ
Athens Grow Green
Bona Fide Construction and Renovation
Brannon Plumbing, Inc.
Caribe Design Build
Dennis Mason, Contractor and Builder
Drane Wilkinson
D S I Design Group + Construction
East Athens Baptist
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
George Wright, Contractor and Builder
Hands On Northeast Georgia
Keep A-CC Beautiful
Mister Sparky
Leco Mechanical
Tosh Lickliter, Experienced Carpenter
T & E Plumbing
TSE Construction
UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government
UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences
UGA Cooperative Extension
UGA Fanning Institute
UGA Horticulture
UGA Student Historic Preservation Organization

Hands On Athens Program Sponsors
These organizations, businesses and individuals support the
program through cash and in-kind donations.
A-CC Human & Economic Development
Athens Housing Authority
Athens Academy
Curtis & O'Hara Foundation
E + E Architecture, Inc.
Todd Emily of Edward Jones Investments
Home Depot
Lou Kregel
Lowe’s
Power Building Products, Inc.
REM
The Wachovia Foundation
Walton EMC
Dev and Gene Weeks

Hands On Athens Contributors
These businesses donated food and beverages for our volunteers.

Athens Church of Christ
Cici’s Pizza
First AME
Krystal’s
Marti's at Midday
Pepsi Bottling Group
Stevie B’s Pizza

Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation Annual Corporate Sponsors
R.E.M.
Athens Banner-Herald
Aurum Studios
Barber Creek Design
Georgia Power
Todd Emily of Edward Jones Investments

Hands On Athens – Serve to Preserve
Celebrating 10 Years of Community Service