December 2014                                             Helping Neighbors in Need in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody Since 1987.
 Making Children's Wishes Come True!  
Donors adopted 1,185 local children for gifts this holiday  season through CAC! Gifts go to children of families who have received assistance from CAC in the past year. These are working families who are struggling to make ends meet and stay in their homes. One donor, the Rosen family, has for the second year adopted a family with children similar in age to their own. They family shops together for gifts for the children in need. Adopt-a-Family donors include individuals, families, businesses, civic organizations, clubs and congregations. Thank you everyone!
   Families Express Thanks to Donors
North Atlanta Church of Christ donors gave gifts to 150 children. 
Many of the families that come to CAC seeking assistance are working yet  have difficulty meeting living expenses. One such family's story reads like this:
Both parents work low paying jobs. The mother cleans houses while the dad performs janitorial work. Their hours and pay vary making it hard to pay their bills. The father is looking for full time work.
The three children of this family were adopted for holiday gifts by The Sandy Springs Rotary. The mother left a message of thanks to their donor. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the presents for my children. You don't know the happiness they will provide."
 Donors Give More than 500 Families Holiday Food
Volunteers from the US Army helped distribute holiday food.

CAC distributed to more than 500 local families boxes of holiday food and grocery store gift cards in November in December!  The Shumard Foundation once again donated and assembled volunteers to pack 500 boxes of food! Additional holiday food boxes and grocery store gift cards were donated by Choate and other businesses, organizations, congregations and individuals.
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Please consider making your year-end charitable donation to CAC and you will help families stay in their homes this holiday season and into the new year. Did you know that thousands of companies match employee donations?  What's even better is that most companies with these programs will match donations made at any point during the last year! Click here to see if you can double your donation with only a few clicks of the mouse! 
Businesses Get into the Act of Giving       

IHG Global Technology employees wrapping gifts for Adopt-a-Family. 
One of the many companies that contributed toCAC's Holiday Programs  was the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) with world headquarters at the Ravinia. The IHG's Global Technology  division adopted 18 children and  wrapped gifts together as part of their employee holiday lunch event.  Many other companies large and small adopted families for gifts and gave food for the holidays.  
vol handsVolunteers Needed for Inventory       
CAC is seeking volunteers to assist with inventory.  Adults and college  students welcome for the days of Friday, December 26; Monday, December 29 and Tuesday December 30. Please contact Debbie at [email protected].  
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Link your Kroger plus card to CAC and every time you shop at Kroger, a donation will be made to CAC!
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Sandy Springs, GA 30350
 
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Atlanta, GA 31150
 
Office 770-552-4889
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the Sandy Springs and Dunwoody communities to provide compassionate assistance to neighbors in need by providing financial support, helping to meet basic needs and promoting self-reliance.
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Thank you Rivercliff Lutheran Church and North Springs United Methodist for assisting CAC with the holiday program and your continued support throughout the year! 
CAC Holiday Schedule 
Dec. 24 & 25: Closed
Dec. 26: Food Pantry Open, Inventory
Dec. 29: Food Pantry Open, Inventory
Dec. 30: Inventory only
Dec. 31: Closed
Jan. 1: Closed
Jan. 2: Open for all services 
Thank You Recent
Group Volunteers and Donors!  
Graphic Packaging
1st Baptist Church of Sandy Springs
AG Rhodes
AirWatch Connect
AirWatch RFP Team
Allen Lund Company
Altrusa
Ameriprise (Altman and Grubbs)
Body Fitz
Boyscout Troop HFE Den 4
Brookwood Tree Consulting
Buckhead Church
Buckhead Mens Group
Burns & McDonnell
Camden Place Neighborhood
Chancy family
Chatcomm911
Cherkokee Golf Women's Assoc.
Chick-fil-A Northridge DTO
Choate
Coca Cola
Creative Financial Staffing
Curves
Dekalb Master Gardners
Den 4 Cub Scouts, Sandy Springs
Diversified Trust
DUMC F L & G CIrCLE
Dunwoody Baptist Church Foundations
Dunwoody Country Club- H.O.P.E.
Dunwoody UMC
Dunwoody Young Professionals Kiwanis
Eastern Star-Oglethorpe Chapter
Friends in Faith
Fulton County Schools
GA Academy of Family Physicians
Galloway 4th period MBS Class
Genisis Bible Church
Girl Scouts Austin Elementary
Girl Scouts Troop 13581
Global Payments
Google
Graphic Packaging
Hamby & Aloisio, Inc.
Heards Ferry Elementary
Heards Ferry Pack 105 Cub Scouts
Heart & Home Circle/DUMC
Holcomb Bridge Middle School
Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church
IHG - Global Technology
Jack Nadel International
Jas Forwarding WW
Jori Kasher State Farm
Late Blessings Sunday School at DUMC
Leadership Sandy Springs
LongView Wealth Management
Man For All Reasons, LLC
Marist
Moore Stephens Tiller
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian School
Mt. Vernon Presbuterian Women
National Charity League
North Atlanta Church of Christ
North Atlanta Men's Club
North Point Community Church
North Springs Interact (NSCHS)
North Springs UMC
Northwest Unitarian Universalist-
Congregation, Dunwoody Chalice Group
Nothing Bundt Cake
One Ravinia Driv Office Bldg.
REACH Health
Rivercliff Lutheran Church
Sage PDX
Sandy Springs Rotary
Sandy Springs UMC Preschool
Second Church of Christ Scientist
Second Helpings
Signature Bank
Shumard Foundation
Sonenshine family
St. John UMC
St. Jude Catholic
State Street Global Services
Teavana
The Lutheran Church of the Asencion
TransCentra
UPS
US Army
Wilson Family Chiropractic
Woolpert, Inc.
XL-Group
...and many many more! Thank You !
Make a Difference Today!
you make a difference in the lives of local individuals and families who need help and have nowhere else to turn.
 
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