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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The Drake House: Housing, Training, and Operations
Hard-working families often face unexpected challenges. Even when they work hard to give their families the best, many families struggle with their career and financial stability. Some eventually find themselves without a place to call home.
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.
Family Promise of Forsyth: Box Truck
Family Promise of Forsyth is on a mission to help families experiencing homelessness achieve sustainable independence. They offer temporary shelter to families in need while helping them search for stable jobs and independent housing.
Centennial High School: Snacks
It's no secret that the pandemic posed a unique set of challenges for high school students. This was true for a number of students at Centennial High School.
MUST Ministries: Hope House
MUST Ministries’ Hope House provides emergency shelter for individuals and families in distress.
Eagle Ranch: Technology and Curriculum Support
For the last 35 years, Eagle Ranch has gone above and beyond in order to serve struggling families and students through education, counseling, support groups, and family care.
City of Refuge: Bedroom Furnishings
We all know the saying, there’s no place like home.
We feel the comfort of our surroundings when we return from a long trip or get back to normal after a disruption to our environment. And as nice as our vacations may be, there’s just something about home.
Seeds of Hope: Educational Operating Expenses
For Rama, going to school is a beacon of light in a life that can often feel dark and hopeless. With a difficult home life, she was fortunate to be enrolled in Seeds of Hope daycare as a young child.
KIPP Woodson Park Academy: 8th Grade Field Trip
Do you remember the first time you traveled outside your hometown? Or your home state?
Stepping outside the familiar and experiencing new places and cultures is an important step for all of us as we grow up. It can show us new ideas and possibilities and help us grow in our understanding of the world around us.
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.
Goshen Valley: Wade’s Story
Goshen Valley Boys Ranch wants every young man to know the safety of a home, the love of a family, and the hope of a future. Their programs support children in foster care by providing therapeutic counseling, education, and a family-based home.
Forever Fed: Addressing Food Insecurity
Catalyzed by Be Rich, the Woodstock City Church community has had an incredible partnership with Forever Fed.
HopeQuest: Michael’s Story
HopeQuest helps individuals and families impacted by addiction experience hope, freedom, and life. Check out Michael’s story of anxiety, addiction, and— ultimately— hope.
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.
FCS: Pride for Parents Christmas Store
Focused Community Strategies’ (FCS) annual Pride for Parents Christmas store is a destination for holiday shopping for over 600 families in the 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.