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New Year's Resolutions for Rainbow Village
While losing weight, staying fit and saving money are all great resolutions for individuals, things are a little different at Rainbow Village.
Rather than losing weight, we focus on staying efficient and lean. Rather than getting bodies in shape, we concentrate on transparency and highlighting our "in shape financials," including a true victory of remaining debt-free. And rather than focusing solely on saving money, we focus on making every dollar count.
Read more on our blog at rainbowvillage.org
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Latest Update on The Community Center
Phase 2 of the "Building Strong Communities . . . One Family at a Time" Campaign
We are anxiously waiting to break ground on The Community Center. As an update, this is a $2.9 million building project that will house a 60-child daycare center, a Media Center, Kitchen and Dining Hall, Adult and Children/Youth Life Skills classrooms, and a chapel. The Rainbow Village Board of Directors voted in August to continue to be judicious and conservative with our budget, and as we did with Phase 1, hold off breaking ground until all funds are raised. Currently, we only have $476,000 left to raise before we break the shovels out. Please click here to read more about the campaign and contact Sandra Cathy at 770-497-1888 x13 or scathy@rainbowvillage.org for investment opportunities.
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Vote for Rainbow Village!
Only 3 days left to vote for Rainbow Village. Log on to www.milner.com/jumpstart and select Rainbow Village in the category of 15 employees or less. If Rainbow Village wins, we receive $20,000 in free technology. Please vote today, Wednesday and Thursday and encourage your friends and co-workers to as well. You can also vote from your other electronic devices.
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For all that you do, we would like to say thank you!
Your support of Rainbow Village children and families is invaluable!
By volunteering, educating, and speaking to others in the community, you are spreading the word about our mission!
We are beginning a new year which means new opportunities to continue breaking the cycles of homelessness, poverty and domestic violence.
With your support, we look forward to a successful 2013.
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Financial Blessings for Rainbow Village Residents
- 1 resident made payment arrangements for a large debt
- 1 resident successfully worked with a government agency and was able to confirm she no longer had to pay back a large debt they thought she owed
- 1 resident was able to return to work through a Georgia Department of Labor program
- 2 residents food stamps were lowered due to increased income
- 1 resident completed training with a company and received a .75 cent raise per hour
- 1 resident started college to finish her degree
- 1 resident started a new job making $1.00 per hour more than her old position
- 1 resident had 9 financial successes on her first 90 day review
Seven Rainbow Village kids made the
Honor Roll this semester!
We have an opportunity this year to raise money for Rainbow Village and help you enjoy some great golf. TPC Sugarloaf will host the Greater Gwinnett Championship, one of the events on the PGA Champions Tour April 15-21. Rainbow Village will be selling one-day passes and weekly badges and will receive 50% of the proceeds from those sales. For more information, call Sandra Cathy at 770-497-1888 x13 and watch your email for details!
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New Rainbow Village Board Members
We'd like to welcome to our Board of Directors Jeff Charron (Vice President-Commercial Banking, SunTrust), Jim Savadelis (President, First National Insurance Group), Don Smith (Retired-Engineer, General Motors) Hal Gresham (Distribution Operations Manager, Georgia Power), and welcome back Suzie Whitmore (Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta). We are grateful for the leadership, passion and expertise they bring to Rainbow Village!
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We Are In Need...
...of the following items to stock the apartments for new Rainbow Village families:
Pillows, baking dishes, cookie sheets, area rugs, blenders, brooms, mops, stick vacuums, small waste paper baskets for bedrooms and baths, tall kitchen trash cans, bath mats, shower curtains, shower curtain rings. Cleaning supplies: Clorox wipes, Windex, 409, sponges, scrubbing bubbles, toilet cleaner. Kitchen storage: ZipLok baggies, Gladware, tin foil, Saran Wrap, etc. To donate please call 770-497-1888.
The after school program serves our children and youth, including elementary, middle and high school students. They have a need for: an Xbox 360 with four controllers and at least four games (rated E) for the after-school program. A karaoke machine is also requested. Please contact Sondra Blue at 770-497-1888 x23 or at sblue@rainbowvillage.org to donate.
VOLUNTEERS are one of the most important assets of Rainbow Village! We are still seeking adult volunteers for the After-School program daily from 2:00-6:00 PM. No weekends required. Please contact Sondra Blue at sblue@rainbowvillage.org or by calling 770-497-1888 x23 for more information. Come have fun and make a difference in a child's life.
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Rainbow Village Featured in Pathways
 Rainbow Village has been featured in the latest issue of Pathways, the newsletter of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. Read the article online!
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Does Your Company Offer Matching Gifts?
We are still seeking companies that offer matching gift or volunteer grant program. Does your company qualify? Take a look at the top companies in our area that offer these services:
- Adobe
- ADP
- Aetna
- American Express
- AT&T
- Bank of America
- Boeing
- Coca-Cola
- Deutshe Bank
- Equifax
- GE
- Hewlett Packard
- Houghton Mifflin
- IBM
- IHG
- Kimberly-Clark
- Merck
- Merrill Lynch
- Norfolk Southern
- Pfizer
- Prudential
- Regions Financial
- SunTrust
- Time Warner
Contact Sandra Cathy at 770-497-1888 x13 or email scathy@rainbowvillage.org if your company may support Rainbow Village.
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Volunteer Corner
Thanks to Epiphany Lutheran, our new faith partner, for making two January birthdays fun for two special Rainbow Village children.
The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, & Technology's Interact Club has been a huge hit working at the after-school program. Thank you!
Thank you Great Clips for providing monthly haircuts for our families.
Thank you to our loyal friends at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian for providing gift cards for resident assistance in tough times.
A warm thank you goes out to Sue Hedden who not only serves on the Gala committee, but volunteers once a week to assist with grant writing. Her baking skills are much appreciated too!
Thank you to IStaff for their gifts to replenish resident's apartment needs.
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Nancy Yancey, CEO, and Jason Smith, IStaff
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Thank you to our friends at Wilson Lewis CPA who are preparing tax returns and teaching life skills class on taxes for Rainbow Village families.
 UGA student service organization IMPACT brought 50 students to our Village and moved pea-gravel to drainage spouts, and refurbished and treated wooden benches and tables. They were a delight!
Fortune-Johnson delivered Quik Trip cards to Rainbow Village for our residents. Thank you!
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Cindy Girardeu of Fortune-Johnson and Nancy Yancey, CEO
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Thirty volunteers from Georgia Power came to Rainbow Village on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to complete some much needed work both inside the Family Service Center and on the grounds. Thank you!
Thank you to ProfitStars who are tutoring our adults with one-on-one computer training.
WE ARE GRATEFUL for our evening meal providers: Perimeter Church; Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church; Duluth United Methodist Church; Brand Bank.
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Be a Rainbow Village Angel
Pledge a recurring monthly gift to support our ongoing operations and be a guardian angel to our families.
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Mark Your Calendars!
Annual Golf Classic to be held May 6 at TPC Sugarloaf!
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Please help us spread the good news about Rainbow Village and our vision for the future. Share this email and encourage those in your circles to become personally vested in helping us break the cycles of homelessness, poverty and domestic violence.
Forward this newsletter to a friend!
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NOTE NEW ADDRESS:
Rainbow Village, Inc.
3427 Duluth Hwy 120
Duluth, GA 30096
(770) 497-1888
rainbowvillage.org
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Pat Corkum
