For over 23 years, HomeAid Georgia, formerly known as Atlanta, has worked to help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness build new lives through construction, community engagement, and education. HomeAid Georgia’s annual awards celebrate supporters who go above and beyond to help build a future without homelessness. This year we honored the HomeAid 2024 award winners at the Greater[...]
Building industry volunteers transform nonprofit food pantry HomeAid will complete a total of 14 Care Days for metro Atlanta nonprofits in 2024. Care Days are volunteer workdays providing free-of-charge maintenance and repairs for nonprofits serving people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. National home builder Toll Brothers joined a HomeAid Care Day on September 13 at St. Vincent de Paul Georgia[...]
Fourth Annual ‘Cares’ Initiative Supports Children and Families in Need | Donations Welcome Oct. 1 –22 Across Atlanta For the fourth year in a row, Harry Norman, REALTORS®, the premier luxury real estate firm in Atlanta and broader Georgia, will host its Harry Norman Cares initiative to support Atlanta families in need. The firm is partnering with Atlanta Ronald McDonald House[...]
Building industry nonprofit expands its reach to more than double its impact On any given night there are an estimated 12,294 people experiencing homelessness in the state of Georgia based on the 2023 Point In Time (PIT) Count, an annual census done every January. Over the last 23 years, HomeAid Atlanta has worked in a nine-county metro Atlanta footprint to build[...]
Building industry volunteers transform a home for survivors. On Friday, September 13th, HomeAid Atlanta partnered with Strack, Inc. and Professional Women in Building (PWB) Atlanta Chapter at International Women’s House (IWH) for a HomeAid Care Day, a volunteer workday providing free-of-charge maintenance and repairs for locations serving people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. IWH provides a safe haven and supportive[...]
Mandy Crater, executive director of HomeAid® Atlanta, and Ronnie Cline, vice president of construction with Taylor Morrison, join host Carol Morgan for this week’s Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio episode. In this podcast segment, Crater and Cline discuss what it means to be a Builder Captain for HomeAid® Atlanta and volunteering as a home builder. Since 2001, HomeAid® Atlanta has worked[...]
Building industry nonprofit helps fill immediate hygiene needs to ease the burden of homelessness. HomeAid Atlanta recently hit the halfway mark toward achieving its goal of packing and distributing 5,000 CareKits to people in need in 2024. The HomeAid CareKits program was established locally in partnership with Bank of America in 2014. Since that time, HomeAid Atlanta has packed and distributed[...]
HomeAid Atlanta recognizes how challenging it can be for families and individuals to provide for their most basic needs during times of crisis and transition. HomeAid’s 23rd Annual Essentials Drive delivered baby items and more for families affected by homelessness just in time for Mother’s Day. Throughout the month of April, Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association members, approximately 40 metro Atlanta[...]
Three volunteer workdays generate impactful savings on construction and maintenance costs. Each year, building industry nonprofit HomeAid Atlanta completes ten or more Care Days, hands-on volunteer workdays that are free of charge for nonprofits providing housing and services for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Ashton Woods Homes employees volunteered at a HomeAid Care Day at House of Dawn in Jonesboro on[...]
Executive Director Mandy Crater with HomeAid Atlanta joins the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio podcast to discuss this year’s Essentials Drive and how people can get more involved with the organization. Crater sits down with the President of Denim Marketing and Host Carol Morgan. Celebrating nine years with HomeAid Atlanta, Crater has an impressive and varied work history! She received a[...]