Meet our beneficiaries.
What began in 2007 as an initiative to partner with life-changing organizations in our communities and around the globe has grown into a movement of extraordinary generosity.
A Beacon of Hope
Flood Recovery
Due to a pipe that burst, A Beacon of Hope's office recently flooded damaging equipment, furniture, flooring, drywall, and ceilings. This gift serves as a gap between the insurance payout and the purchase of new materials.
Gifts and Meals
Volunteers provided baskets of baby items and gifts for new moms and dads, decorated for Christmas, and hosted a party for patients.
Amana Academy
Snack Boxes
Many children in our communities face personal circumstances that make it difficult to learn and thrive. Because of your generosity, Amana Academy received 300 boxes filled with snacks for students.
Two Staff Positions
Amana Academy is a Title 1 public charter school. This gift covers the salary for a social worker to help their at-risk students and an administrative assistant to provide positive behavior support and maintain open communication between home and school for students with behavior challenges.
School Support
Volunteers assisted at-risk elementary students with reading and math, organized Christmas gifts, and refreshed the school with new paint.
Brandywine Elementary School
Snack Boxes
Many children in our communities face personal circumstances that make it difficult to learn and thrive. Because of your generosity, Brandywine Elementary School received 300 boxes filled with snacks for students.
Equipment for Special Needs Classrooms
Brandywine has four classrooms and an outside area that are used by special needs students. With this gift, they will purchase specialized equipment tailored for the physical, social, emotional, and behavioral needs of these students.
School Support
Volunteers assisted children as they shopped for their families or exited vehicles before school in the morning and helped organize snack donations. Others provided care kits for teachers.
Children's Development Academy
Tuition Support
To make it more affordable for working families, the CDA wants to drop the price of tuition for 100 children in their preschool by $10 per week. This gift allows students to receive an excellent education at a more financially sustainable rate.
Teacher Appreciation
CDA wants to appreciate and retain their staff. With this gift, they will be able to give holiday bonuses to 45 teachers as a thank you for their dedication, to award attendance, and to encourage another year of great service.
Updates for Two Classrooms
This gift allows CDA to give two old classrooms a makeover with new flooring, paint, decor, and supplies, as well as an updated bathroom.
Toys and Essentials
Our volunteers set up a Santa Shop, assisted parents while they shopped for their children, and provided essential supplies and toys for children. Others spruced up the teacher parking lot.
Christmas Care at North Point Community Church
Family Sponsorship
Volunteers sponsored families in difficult situations by shopping for needed items and gifts to let the families know they matter and are loved.
Convoy of Hope
Disaster Relief Buckets
Volunteers provided materials for and assembled buckets of supplies to serve families affected by a flood.
Elkins Pointe Middle School
Snack Boxes
Many children in our communities face personal circumstances that make it difficult to learn and thrive. Because of your generosity, Elkins Pointe Middle School received 100 boxes filled with snacks for students.
School Support
Volunteers supported teachers during Saturday school sessions.
Esther Jackson Elementary School
Snack Boxes
Many children in our communities face personal circumstances that make it difficult to learn and thrive. Because of your generosity, Esther Jackson Elementary School received 288 boxes filled with snacks for students.
Foster Care Support Foundation
Operations Assistance
FCSF serves a vital and growing need throughout Georgia by providing free clothing, infant equipment, and developmental toys to thousands of children in foster and relative care. This gift supports their core operations.
Thrift Store Help and More
Volunteers received and sorted donations, stocked shelves, and assisted clients and customers with finding the items they needed at FCSF’s distribution center and boutique thrift store.
Fostering Together
Event Hosting and Childcare
Volunteers ran check-in, greeted, and directed foster families at the Fostering Together Annual Christmas Brunch. Others provided childcare during the event for the foster children and their siblings.
Fulton County School District
Student Emergency Fund
This gift, managed by the county's Student Support Services, provides counselors in Fulton County's North School Cluster with funding to support students needing emergency financial assistance for things like food, clothing, medical, or hygiene needs.
Hembree Springs Elementary School
Snack Boxes
Many children in our communities face personal circumstances that make it difficult to learn and thrive. Because of your generosity, Hembree Springs Elementary School received 100 boxes filled with snacks for students.
HomeStretch
Operating Expenses
HomeStretch serves a growing homeless population in the North Fulton region and exists to guide homeless families toward permanent housing and lasting stability. This gift offsets the costs associated with their daily operations as they help families achieve stable finances, employment, and housing.
Mortgage Reduction for Low-Income Housing
HomeStretch was able to purchase an eight-unit apartment building for low-income families. This gift helps pay down their mortgage, thus reducing their payment and allowing them to reallocate funds toward additional programs and for these families.
Home Preparation and More
Volunteers delivered and installed Christmas trees, engaged with children while their parents received services, and prepared homes for incoming families by painting, cleaning, and landscaping.
Lighthouse Family Retreat
Retreat Preparation
Families prepared retreat supplies, created hope jars, and put together hope boxes for the retreat families. These simple service projects will impact families living through childhood cancer and will be an intentional way to show them Christ's love.
Mimosa Elementary School
Snack Boxes
Many children in our communities face personal circumstances that make it difficult to learn and thrive. Because of your generosity, Mimosa Elementary School received 6 boxes filled with snacks for students.
No Longer Bound
Recreation Space
No Longer Bound residents spend their mornings in class and their days at work in one of the organization's four industries. With this gift, NLB will demolish their old barn and replace it with a multipurpose recreation space that will provide residents a place to exercise and foster relationships with each other.
Meals and More
Volunteers provided meals and participated in activities with the men at No Longer Bound who could not go home for Christmas. Others decorated NLB homes and thrift stores for Christmas.
North Fulton Community Charities
Hotel Vouchers for Homeless Families
About 18 percent of those coming to NFCC for assistance are homeless. For most of these individuals, the most critical need is financial support for temporary shelter. This gift will assist 181 families with hotel vouchers to keep roofs over their heads.
Assistance for Families with Medical Needs
NFCC has seen an increase in the number of families affected by sickness who face homelessness because of medical bills, job loss, and reduced income. Through our donation, we will help NFCC cover rent and utilities costs allowing families to stay in their homes during their season of illness or loss.
Food Drive and Thrift Store Support
Volunteers unloaded and sorted food donations, received and sorted donations in the thrift store, and distributed food.
Pathways2Life
Operating Expenses
This gift allows Pathways2Life to continue building strong communities through meaningful connection with students. By providing prevention education, crisis intervention, and support they engage students and help them to identify risks, choose wisely, and live purposefully.
Senior Services North Fulton
Bingo, Meals, and More
Volunteers hosted Bingo night, provided and delivered meals to seniors, and performed general exterior work on homes.
STAR House Foundation
Snack Boxes
Many children in our communities face personal circumstances that make it difficult to learn and thrive. Because of your generosity, Star House Foundation received 144 boxes filled with snacks for students.
Student Support
Volunteers assisted elementary students with math, reading, and writing assignments.
The Drake House
Maintenance and More
Volunteers cleaned up at The Drake Center, cleaning, organizing, and doing landscaping. Others created laundry and suppy kits or move-in baskets for new residents.
The Summit Counseling Center
On-Site School-Based Therapists
Summit subsidizes school-based therapy for low-income families that are unable to afford the basic copayment for these services. This gift covers the cost of two therapists for three months to help meet the growing demand for therapy in elementary schools.
UpStreet Special Needs Respite Care
Parents' Morning Out
Volunteers gave parents of special needs children the opportunity to have a morning out while caring for, loving on, and entertaining all of their children at a special event planned just for them.
Vickery Mill Elementary School
Snack Boxes
Many children in our communities face personal circumstances that make it difficult to learn and thrive. Because of your generosity, Vickery Mill Elementary School received 100 boxes filled with snacks for students.
Student Sponsorship
Volunteers purchased gifts for children that wouldn't otherwise receive Christmas presents.
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