By Alex Gramling,
Our community coordinator in Charlotte, North Carolina is the amazing Katie Sloan. She organizes all of our activities there and ensures that truly needy families in her community are able to receive a tree for Christmas. Kate is the Outreach Minister for the Philadelphia Presbyterian Church in Mint Hill, NC, and she also runs her...
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By Alex Gramling,
Our Partner Spotlight highlights the work of our partner charity organizations that serve the community year round. This week, we’re learning more about HomeStretch of Roswell, Georgia, a provider of transitional housing and support services for the homeless. The Santas have been delivering trees to HomeStretch families since 2011 and we asked Program Director Carol Swan to...
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By Alex Gramling,
Our Partner Spotlight highlights the work of our partner charity organizations that serve the community year round. This week, the spotlight is on the Child Development Association (CDA) of Roswell, GA. The CDA was founded in 1967 by local citizens who identified a need for quality care for the children of economically disadvantaged, working parents. By 1969, the group was...
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By Alex Gramling,
If your house is like mine, you are already inundated with Christmas catalogs. The calendar may say October, but retailers have turned their focus toward holiday selling. I know many of our families are already thinking about the holidays and feel stress because of it. Several of our partner agencies begin matching their clients to Christmas gifts in...
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