JROTC Drive Days

Drive Day is an annual fundraising campaign that occurs on the first weekend in December.

2009 Drive Days:
Saturday, Dec. 5th and Sunday, Dec. 6th

Drive Day was founded on the community spirit of young people helping other children and has been an ongoing tradition with Atlanta Area Schools for more than 70 years. Thousands of volunteers, most of whom are JROTC cadets from metro Atlanta high schools, collect donations throughout our community.  We encourage young cadets and students to get involved in their communities by helping others and in return we hope they will gain a sense of integrity and pride.

Drive Day helps instill a sense of volunteerism in young cadets that will stay with them the rest of their lives.  It’s a great experience to work with these young people and share their enthusiasm in helping the less fortunate families in our community.  It helps these cadets become better citizens and it helps make metro Atlanta a better place to live. 

Adult volunteers are needed to coordinate logistics at each school and support the students in their efforts.  Volunteers are not asked to participate in the fundraising effort.  Please call (404) 876-8697 to find out how you can help these students succeed.

Thank you to the below listed high schools for raising nearly $80,000 in 2008 - enough to provide gift packages for approximately 4,000 children.