TIFTON — Coastal Plain CASA in Tifton is hosting the 5th Annual Volunteer Recruitment Fair for local non-profit organizations.

The event is set up to inform individuals from the community about ways they can serve as volunteers to local nonprofits.

Individuals will be able to navigate through the fair with various non-profit organizations set up with information to learn about how they can be utilized as a volunteer.

“This is an event that people can quickly walk through and see what non-profit organizations are available to them,” said Julie Mitcham, advocacy coordinator with Coastal Plain CASA. “They can volunteer a small amount of their time and make a huge impact. There’s something to be said about community members coming together, working together, for a great purpose. I think our communities need more people volunteering for the betterment of their town and making lasting differences.”

The Volunteer Recruitment Fair is a great opportunity for people who want to give back to their community and are looking for ways to give their time for a greater purpose, Mitcham said, adding that this event would also benefit any company that requires volunteer hours for their employees to learn the many choices of how they can obtain those hours.

People from the surrounding counties, Irwin, Tift, Turner and Worth Counties, are welcome to attend.

The event will be held on August 30 at the Tift Regional Event Center at 1657 Carpenter Road in Tifton from 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Organizations participating include:

• America Cancer Society.

• Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation.

• Boy Scouts of America.

• Called to Care.

• City of Tifton.

• DFCS Caregiver Recruitment & Retention Specialist.

• Family Promise.

• Georgia Cares.

• Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village.

• Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia.

• Horizons Community Solutions.

• Hospice of Tift Area.

• Legacy Senior Living.

• Literacy Volunteers of Tifton.

• Lutheran Services of Georgia.

• Meals on Wheels.

• Paxen Learning Services.

• Peanut Butter & Jesus.

• Pregnancy Crisis Center.

• South Ga Immigrant Support Network.

• Regency.

• Ruth’s Cottage and Patticake House.

• Salvation Army.

• Society of St. Andrews

• Toys for Tots/Santa’s Helpers.

• Tift Area House of Hope.

• Urban Elevation.

For additional information, please contact Darcie Norton at 229.386.9765 or dnorton@cpcasa.org.