Community Outreach Programs


Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Community Service Project

“A Day On! Not a Day Off”

Initiated by Congress in 1994, the King Day of Service transforms the federal holiday into a national day of community service grounded in Dr. King’s teachings of nonviolence and social justice. The King Day of Service is led by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the King Center in partnership with national nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community groups, government agencies, educational institutions, and businesses nationwide.

Each year, EOA Savannah honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and helps further his dream by bringing Savannah residents together to address a local need through service. Renovating and weatherizing homes of low-income seniors of the community is part of an ongoing effort of EOA to help reduce blight in our community. The project is one of thousands that take place across the nation as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

2010 PARTICIPANTS: Delta Eta Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; Alpha Gamma Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; Gamma Sigma Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Delta Kappa Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; Jack and Jill of America, Savannah Chapter; United Way Hands On Savannah; The Senior Companion Program of Georgia Southern University; Secure Horizons by United Healthcare; The Foster Grandparent Program of EOA and The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of EOA; Savannah State University Chapter of the Collegiate 100; Savannah State University Cheerleaders; The Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary Court 278, Savannah, GA; and Sigma Tau Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

BUSINESS PARTICIPANTS: The Home Depot, Abercorn St.; Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse Store of Savannah, Abercorn St.; The Sherwin-Williams Company, Victory Dr.; The Sherwin-Williams Company, Ogeechee Rd.; Will’s Repairs, Zaxby’s Restaurant, Ogeechee Road and Southern Resources of Savannah.

If you are interested in volunteering in 2011, please contact Ms. Debbie Walker, Project Director (912) 238-2960.

Group Work Camp


How does a community respond to a tragic flood? In 1977 Loveland Colorado responded by hosting the very first Home Repair Workcamp and the Group Workcamps Foundation began repairing homes – and in the process helped people in mending their lives.

Since that first camp, Group Work Camps has been bringing enthusiastic teens and their adult leaders to volunteer in hundreds of communities across the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and central America. In fact over 210,000 campers have helped rebuild thousands of homes – with the help of local community cosponsors. Year after year, communities continue to partner with Group Workcamps Foundation.

Each summer, EOA Savannah in partnership with the City of Savannah hosts Group Work Camps. Last year, there were over 400 young people who participle in the work camp. These kids endured the hot summer heat in order to repair and paint 65 homes for residents in the Savannah community.