ATLANTA — More than 80 volunteers are participating in community service projects across Atlanta Wednesday as the national Jewish nonprofit Repair the World celebrates reaching one million acts of service.

The organization established the milestone in 2019, setting a goal to complete one million acts of service and learning by 2030.

“In 2019 we set the goal of achieving one million acts of service and learning by 2030 and we’ve achieved it,” said Jamie Weiss-Yagoda with Repair the World.

Volunteers are working at several locations throughout Atlanta, including Covenant House, the Jewish Family and Career Center and the Historic Westside Garden.

Projects include improving spaces that support homeless youth and painting facilities that provide services to people experiencing homelessness.

“We’ll be beautifying spaces that serve unhoused youths, we’ll be painting centers that help unhoused individuals,” Weiss-Yagoda said.

The Atlanta service projects are part of the organization’s efforts to expand Jewish community service initiatives locally and nationally.

Weiss-Yagoda says the nonprofit emphasizes participating directly in community projects rather than simply encouraging others to volunteer.

“We’re an organization that doesn’t just talk about service and bring other people to serve, we do it ourselves,” she said.

She also highlighted the importance of individual contributions to communities facing challenges.

“Service brings hope in times of brokenness, when the world feels troubled, when the world seems to have so many problems, each individual act matters. We can have a difference in our community,” Weiss-Yagoda said.