The Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia (HBA) volunteered with building industry nonprofit HomeAid Georgia for a HomeAid Care Day on April 4. Members of the Fayette County Board of Realtors also joined the workday to construct walls for a house for Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity. More than 30 volunteers made very quick work of building the walls, completing the[...]
Did you know that the average age of a homeless person in Georgia is just 9 years old? And, 38% of Georgia's homeless are mothers and children. Mandy Crater, executive director of HomeAid Georgia, joins host Carol Morgan on this week’s Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio episode. In this podcast episode, Crater discusses the HomeAid Georgia Essentials Drive and how[...]
Let's play pickleball! Join HomeAid Georgia for its Third Annual HomeAid Georgia Pickleball Social on April 24, 2025, from 3 - 6 p.m. at More Than Pickleball in Buford. Enjoy a day full of pickleball fun, including instruction, open court play, food, beverages and more! Registration is now open, and there are some excellent sponsorship opportunities that include pickleball perks! Registration and[...]
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[...]