Groups & Services
Volunteer Services


Donald and JoAnn Baldwin

Services: Transcribe books into Braille; (primarily school texts)

Phone: 770-723-0471


Blind and Low Vision
of North Georgia

Volunteers are available to help with reading of personal mail, transportation for local shopping, and other needs.

Phone: 770-432-7280 or 1-800-726-7406


Recording for the Blind
& Dyslexic (RFBD)

Learning through Listening

Service: This organization maintains a "lending library" of taped texts as well as tape materials. If you are interested in this service, you may call for information on becoming a member (at a nominal fee), which will then entitle you to all the services they offer at no additional cost.

Phone: 800-221-4792

Website: www.rfbd.org

 

Shopping and Errand Services

Check with your local stores to find out what assistance they may offer. The following organizations will shop and deliver to you, and some will run errands as well:

 

Take-Out Taxi:
Phone: 404-261-6325

Delivers from more than 11 restaurants to particular areas.

 

A Friend of the Family:
Phone: 770-643-3000

 

Anything Goes:
Phone: 1-800-772-1213