Stories
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Every year since 2007, we've asked people to be a part of Be Rich and live out the words of 1 Timothy 6:18. Here are stories of generosity and its impact.
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MUST Ministries: Homeless Prevention Program
Meet Falecia Stewart, VP of Housing at MUST Ministries. MUST works to address the basic needs of individuals, families, and children facing hardship in Cobb and Cherokee counties.
Goshen Valley: House Parents
Goshen Valley Boys Ranch provides a safe, loving, and stable home for 40 young men ages 8–18 to grow up in.
MUST Ministries: Hope House
MUST Ministries’ Hope House provides emergency shelter for individuals and families in distress.
HopeQuest: Ross’s Story
HopeQuest helps individuals and families impacted by addiction experience hope, freedom, and life. Ross’s story of leading a double life is more common than we realize. Thankfully, places like HopeQuest exist to offer help and hope to people in their darkest moments.
Forever Fed: Addressing Food Insecurity
Catalyzed by Be Rich, the Woodstock City Church community has had an incredible partnership with Forever Fed.
The Place: East Forsyth Student Market
Ezzy is a Young Adult Coordinator with The Place of Forsyth, a nonprofit providing for essential needs of individuals and families in our community.
Chattahoochee Elementary School: Book Vending Machine
When Chattahoochee Elementary School staff started brainstorming ideas to improve student reading scores, they knew they had to think outside the box. Enter: The Bookworm Vending Machine.
Home of Hope
Home of Hope provides onsite housing, life-skills classes, job-search assistance, and more for moms and children experiencing homelessness. Case managers work closely with moms to help them land a job and move their families out of homelessness, but one of the biggest obstacles is the need for and affordance of childcare.
Ukrainian Relief Projects
Over the past six months, we’ve watched the war in Ukraine unfold and seen more than 14 million people displaced from their homes—fleeing constant bombings and threats of violence.
Furniture Bank: Sprinter Van
Meet Gerod. He is a single father who served time in prison. Gerod’s number one priority was establishing stable employment and housing for himself and his children. Thankfully, he was connected with Furniture Bank.
Lighthouse Family Retreat
Lighthouse Family Retreats, a faith-based nonprofit, offers a respite for families by providing a week-long beach retreat as they walk through childhood cancer diagnoses and treatments. In July 2022, a team from Hamilton Mill responded to the call to serve with Lighthouse and were able to personally encourage and serve some of these families in North Carolina.
Fulton County Schools
It takes a village to raise a child, and schools are an integral part of that by providing students with a place to learn and grow. Fulton County Schools’ (FSC) social workers fill a unique role, serving as the link between home, school, and community.
Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Gwinnett
Have you ever thought about how much of your self-esteem is tied to your smile? The doctors at Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Gwinnett know how significant dental work is for avoiding shame, boosting confidence, and even gaining employment.
Eagle Ranch: Support and Family Care Model
Eagle Ranch has been serving families and children for 35 years through counseling, support groups, family activities, and residential living on their campus. One of Eagle Ranch’s biggest initiatives is their Support and Family Care Model.
HomeStretch
For the past thirty years, HomeStretch has come alongside families experiencing homelessness in Fulton County to guide them towards permanent housing and lasting stability. They help families stabilize their home life, finances, employment, and housing.
La Casa de mi Padre
La Casa de mi Padre has spent the last 20 years ministering to children and families in the country of El Salvador. They specifically serve children who have been removed from their families by the court system because of abuse, neglect, or abandonment by placing them in a Christ-centered children’s home with loving foster parents.
Hope Partners
In Rincon Grande de Pavas, Costa Rica, Hope Partners works closely with hundreds of children and students at their Hope Center to reduce hunger, help them realize their potential, and give them a boost to meet that potential. The children in this community struggle against malnutrition, gang violence, and neglect.
Heart for Lebanon
Heart for Lebanon works to share the light and hope of Jesus with the Lebanese people and many Syrian refugees in the country. One of the ways they support and care for impoverished families, widows, and orphans is through a program called Hope on Wheels.
Good Samaritan Health Center Of Cobb
Thanks to Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb, one family can tell a different story. After a stroke left her husband paraplegic and welfare hospitals could no longer help him without insurance, a wife reached out to Good Sam for help in caring for her husband.
No Longer Bound
No Longer Bound has spent the last thirty years ministering to men caught in drug and alcohol addiction. Over the course of a year-long program, they work with men to heal trauma and habits, build real-world skills, and develop a lasting intimacy with God.