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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No Longer Bound: Service Project
Meet Thomas.
Every month you can find him scanning the aisles in the grocery store, collecting all the ingredients for the delicious meal he and his small group will prepare and share with the men of No Longer Bound.
Eagle Ranch: Houseparents Salary
We want to tell you a story about a girl named Hannah.
Hannah was adopted at just 7 months old, after spending time in different foster homes. Though she was adored by her adoptive parents, issues began to surface within months of her adoption. She started throwing tantrums that were excessively outside of the norm, which over the years escalated into anger, yelling, and harmful behaviors despite her parents' intervention efforts with pediatricians and counselors.
La Casa de mi Padre: Counseling Program
La Casa de mi Padre serves one of the most vulnerable populations in El Salvador. They welcome children who have been removed from their families due to abuse, neglect, or abandonment and work to set them on a path toward healing and hope.
The Place: Refrigerated Food Truck
The Place is on a mission to support, empower, and transform the lives of individuals in our community, and they do it through providing the essentials—whatever that may be—on a case-by-case basis.
City of Refuge: Service Project
When Zac and his wife moved to the west side of Atlanta, they knew immediately that they wanted to get involved in serving locally.
“Just like we go to church regularly, I believe we should serve regularly,” said Zac. “We all have different gifts, but we’re called to reach out and help somewhere.”
MedShare: Local Safety-Net Clinics
For years, MedShare has been supporting the medical community worldwide by recovering and redistributing excess medical equipment to underresourced communities. They’ve impacted over 33 million people and equipped more than 950,000 medical professionals in 117 countries worldwide. But in the last few years, they’ve also seen a growing need for their services domestically.
Lighthouse Family Retreat: Hamilton Mill Day of Service
Meet Matt Payne.
Matt works for Lighthouse Family Retreat, a faith-based nonprofit that exists to serve and support families facing childhood cancer. In addition to hosting restorative retreats for the whole family, Lighthouse provides a variety of resources to guide families through one of life’s most challenging journeys.
Hope Partners: New Hope Center
Hope Partners believes that by removing individuals' day-to-day burdens like food and safety, you can open them up to true transformation through spiritual growth and education. They’re on a mission to spread hope and combat childhood poverty in Costa Rica.
Border Perspective: Scholarships for Next Gen Leadership Program
Border Perspective works to equip, educate, and mobilize people of faith to be peacemakers at the U.S. and Mexico Border. Their service-learning trips partner with the local church in South Texas to build relational bridges and bring a biblical lens to the complex issues of immigration and the border.
410 Bridge: Living Seed Program
For families in rural Kenya, livestock can mean the difference between generational financial stability and absolute poverty.
NFCC: More Families Served
For 40 years, North Fulton Community Charities (NFCC) has helped individuals and families in North Fulton by providing food, clothing, skills classes, workforce training, and even emergency financial assistance like rent coverage.
Cherokee Family Violence Center: Serving
On a cold Saturday last fall, one of Stephanie Villasenor’s volunteer groups canceled because of the weather. She had a laundry list of projects that needed to get done around Cherokee Family Violence Center’s campus.
Focused Community Strategies: Bicycles for Youth Program
“I never set out to do a bike program, but it seems to be meeting a need right now.”
Michelle Witherspoon is the Youth Development Coordinator at Focused Community Strategies (FCS), a local nonprofit empowering neighborhoods in historic South Atlanta to thrive through neighborhood engagement, mixed-income housing, and economic development.
No Longer Bound: Thrift Store
Since 1990, No Longer Bound has supported and ministered to men recovering from addiction. Relentless for real transformation that lasts far beyond the program, No Longer Bound works with men over the course of a year to help them gain real-world skills, heal from trauma, and break the chains of self-destructive habits.
Eagle Ranch: Family Care Model
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.
The Place: Social Worker
Meet Kyendal. She’s a licensed social worker new to The Place, where she helps serve individuals and families in need in our community.
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.
Jambos: Greatest Need
Moving into the foster care system is a scary and uncertain transition. For many children, it happens so suddenly and quickly that they don’t have time to pack clothing to bring with them.
Home of Hope: Childcare / Daycare Assistance
Since 1987, Home of Hope has worked to end the cycle of homelessness in Gwinnett County. Home of Hope serves families experiencing homelessness by supporting them through a transitional living program, educational classes, financial planning, and career preparation.
North Gwinnett Co-Op: Life Changing Help
North Gwinnett Co-Op has long served the community of Gwinnett by providing people with food, guidance, and other resources to help them get back on their feet, whether their struggles are related to job loss, health problems, or other crises. For Bob, this help was life-changing.