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Make Children Happy with Holiday Gifts!
 Adopt-a-Family for holiday gifts through CAC and make a child's wishes come true! Your gifts help local families experiencing difficult financial times have a happier holiday season! Family stories on CAC's Adopt-a-Family webpage describe why local families need help:
This family is struggling due to lost wages and medical bills. The mother had a high risk pregnancy, lost time at work and had high out of pocket medical expenses. They lost more income when the father lost his job. He now has a new job and they are trying to catch up on bills.
This family lives paycheck to paycheck. This father works at a local restaurant. The mother lost her job and is looking for work. They have difficulty meeting their basic needs.
View more family stories and children's wish lists on the CAC website. Select a family and "adopt" online. Donors please spend $50 per child. Gifts must be new and unwrapped. In 2014 hundreds of donors, from individuals to congregations, businesses and civic organizations gave more than 1,200 local children gifts through CAC's Adopt-a-Family program.
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Vintage Affair Connects the Community
The 13th annual Vintage Affair raised a  record high of $129,000 for CAC! More than 350 people attended the benefit featuring 16 local restaurants, wine tastings, live jazz and auction fun on October 17, 2015 at Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church. The 2015 Vintage Affair celebrated Connecting Communities. Connecting those who want to help with those who need help... Connecting those who have time, treasure and talent to give... Connecting families from throughout  our community! All proceeds will help fight homelessness and hunger in the Sandy Springs and Dunwoody communities. Thank you sponsors, host committee members, donors, volunteers and everyone who attended for your support!
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Give Families Food for the Holidays!
 You can help local families with groceries this holiday season by giving food to the CAC Food Pantry! Most needed items include: canned meats canned vegetables canned pasta meals baked beans, tomato sauce cereal, peanut butter, jelly
Or give grocery store gifts cards and give families the gift of choice for their holiday celebrations! Please give Publix & Kroger gift cards in these denominations: $10 Helps an Individual - $20 Helps a Couple - $30 Helps a Family
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Support CAC when you shop at Kroger and Amazon!
Shop at Kroger and support CAC with every purchase you make at no cost to you! Simply go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com, register your Kroger Plus card and select CAC as the organization you'd like to support! Don't forget to swipe your Kroger Plus Card when shopping to make each purchase count! Do your Holiday Shopping on Amazon and Help CAC!
Go to the Amazon Smiles website and select CAC as your favorite nonprofit! Shop from the Amazon Smiles website and Amazon donates a percentage of qualified purchases to CAC - at no cost to you!
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Leaders Learn About Local Poverty at CAC
The Leadership Sandy Springs Class of 2016 spent part of their Human Services Day on November 19 at CAC learning about poverty in Sandy Springs. Small group exercises included taking on personal stories of struggle for survival, researching local resources, and reporting their findings.
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Thank you for your continued support!
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Earlier this year CAC helped a local single woman who had lost her job. She was surprised to find that such an organization as CAC exists. Without CAC, she said, she would not have been able to keep her home or have food to eat. "CAC kept me hopeful," she said. "Everyone at CAC that I met was understanding, caring, resourceful and never once made me feel like I was a loser or had nothing to offer. I am truly grateful for this experience because I learned a lot about my community. I feel more connected to the people and the places around me.... I want to thank CAC for all of their help, hard work and dedication." After 6 months of looking for a job she finally found one and with better pay and benefits, too.
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Thank You Recent Donors and Volunteer Groups!
Austin Elementary School Axiall The Cheesecake Factory Davis Academy Dunwoody United Methodist Church FedEx Services Henning Mediation & Arbitration Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Johnson Ferry Christian Academy Lutheran Church of the Resurrection Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church National Charity League Dunwoody North Springs United Methodist Church Northwest Unitarian Universalist Or Hadash Peak 10 Rivercliff Lutheran Church Sandy Springs Christian Church Second Helpings St. Martin School Temple Emanu El Woodland Elementary and many more!
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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.
Federal Government Employees Please consider giving to CAC through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). CAC's CFC # is 17301.
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 CAC Brings Together 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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Contact CAC
Assistance - Food Pantry
Thrift Boutique
1130 Hightower Trail
Sandy Springs, GA 30350 Mailing Address: PO Box 501298
Atlanta, GA 31150 Office 770-552-4889 Helpline 770-552-4015 Fax 770-552-4339 www.ourcac.org
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