Green Park Society
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Green Park Society (GPS) is a coaltion of Emory University students dedicated to improving Atlanta blighted parks and recreation areas. The Society was created in Fall 2004 in response to a lack of student-catered community service options. GPS has "adopted" Maddox Park in Atlanta's Bankhead area and Storza Woods in Piedmont Park.
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Green Park students clean, restore foliage, and build nature trails on weekends during the late-afternoon. Students are never asked to donate nor are obligated to attend projects. The Society offers a multitude of dates, a variety of work-jobs, and free food and drinks to students for their time. Green Park has succeeded in winning the 2005 Joel Gellar Humanitarians Award and in counting over 150 members by catering to the student in lieu of asking for additional sacrifices.
