HomeAid Atlanta is hosting a Stock The House drive through November 30 benefiting two projects in partnership with Jesus Set the Captive Free (JSCF). JSCF is an Atlanta-based organization that ventures to equip homeless adult males, including veterans, to return to self-sufficiency. The two HomeAid projects will house fourteen homeless men who have sought care from JSCF. The Dill Avenue project[...]
HomeAid Atlanta, in partnership with 16 other HomeAid chapters nationwide, is beginning Homelessness Awareness Month, its month-long drive to bring attention to the fight to end homelessness. Established in 2001, HomeAid Atlanta is a chapter of HomeAid America, one of the nation’s largest builders of housing for the homeless, founded as a way for the building industry to give back[...]
On Friday, October 6, HomeAid Atlanta and The Drake House celebrated the groundbreaking of The Drake Village with volunteer Builder Captain Dan O’Dwyer of O’Dwyer Homes. The Drake Village is a renovation of two eight-unit apartment buildings located on the property adjacent to The Drake House's existing crisis housing complex. When complete, the new facility will more than double The[...]
HomeAid Atlanta welcomed two hardworking groups for a HomeAid Care Day at Salvation Army Red Shield Services. Volunteers from the Professional Women in Building Atlanta Chapter and Kennesaw State University National Association of Home Builders - Student Chapter completed several upgrades at Salvation Army Red Shield Shelter. The shelter provides strategic intervention, refuge, and safe lodging for homeless men, women[...]
On August 4 and 11, HomeAid Atlanta partnered with home builder CalAtlantic Homes for two HomeAid Care Days at Haven ATL. Care Days are HomeAid’s volunteer-powered workdays providing repairs and upgrades for service providers, at little or no cost. Haven ATL, a program of the Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta, is dedicated to serving women who have fallen victim to[...]
Businesses who want to give back to their communities have the opportunity to do so now. HomeAid Atlanta is currently seeking landscaping assistance and materials for its upcoming Care Days. On September 15, HomeAid will partner with the Atlanta Professional Women in Building (PWB) chapter and the Kennesaw State University National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) chapter for a Care Day[...]
HomeAid Atlanta and three Atlanta-area businesses recently partnered for a series of Care Days at Haven ATL, the Salvation Army’s anti-trafficking center. BrightView Landscaping Company, Juneau Construction Company and Overhead Door Company of Atlanta each contributed efforts to improving and repairing the grounds and facilities at Haven ATL. On June 6, BrightView Landscaping Company, a national partner of HomeAid America, joined[...]
HomeAid Atlanta recently partnered with the Community Associations Institute Georgia chapter (CAI) for two HomeAid Care Days to repair MUST Ministries’ Elizabeth Inn Shelter. The shelter received repairs valued at $50,000. MUST Ministries’ Elizabeth Inn provides food, clothing, shelter, employment assistance, support groups and more to people in need. Money that would have been spent on repairing and improving the shelter[...]
HomeAid Atlanta’s 16th Annual Essentials Drive concluded on May 12 and collected more than 134,000 essential baby items valued at over $24,000. Just in time for Mother’s Day, 24 Atlanta-area nonprofits serving homeless families and children received donations from more than 40 Atlanta businesses, organizations and individuals. Community-wide collections and donations took place from May 1 to May 9. On May[...]
Join HomeAid Atlanta for its 2017 Housing the Homeless Golf Tournament on Monday, June 5 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Housing the Homeless is HomeAid’s annual major fundraiser. Proceeds support HomeAid’s mission to build new lives for homeless families and individuals through housing and community outreach. Housing the Homeless will begin at 8 a.m. with registration, light refreshments and[...]