On Sept. 23, volunteers from Brand Vaughan Lumber Co., Ashton Woods and Opendoor joined HomeAid for a Care Day at Breakthru House. Photo courtesy of HomeAid Atlanta.
HomeAid Atlanta helped put more than 60 volunteers from the local residential real estate community to work at different Care Day events in September in the nonprofit’s ongoing work to end homelessness in the city.
On Sept. 9, volunteers from the Young Professionals Group of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and Professional Women in Building Atlanta Chapter went to the Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Red Shield Services facility, where they performed several landscaping tasks, including planting a vegetable garden to provide additional fresh food for shelter residents’ meals. The work provided $5,400 of savings for the shelter, which provides refuge and safe lodging for homeless men, women and families with children in crisis.
HomeAid and volunteers from the Young Professionals Group of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and Professional Women in Building Atlanta Chapter participated in a Care Day on Sept. 9 at The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Red Shield Services facility. Photo Courtesy of HomeAid Atlanta.
On Sept. 13, Taylor Morrison Atlanta employees packed 500 HomeAid CareKits for Project U First, which supports the Atlanta’s most vulnerable residents with basic hygiene products. Besides helping the recipients’ immediate needs, the CareKits, which include hygiene items, snacks, water and socks provided by Bombas, also serve as a vital introductory tool for the organizations that distribute them by providing a starting point to delivering the recipients more resources and, ultimately, safer places to live.
On Sept. 23, volunteers from Brand Vaughan Lumber Co., Ashton Woods and Opendoor joined HomeAid for a Care Day at Breakthru House. The group performed numerous maintenance tasks, including demolition of an old shed, cleaning, painting, landscaping, pressure washing and more. Altogether the work provided Breakthru savings of $4,500 on maintenance costs. Breakthru provides long-term residential assistance to mothers coping with drug and alcohol addiction by providing a long-term residential program to them and their children.
On Sept. 13, Taylor Morrison Atlanta employees packed 500 HomeAid CareKits for Project U First, which supports the most vulnerable members of the community by providing basic hygiene products. Photo courtesy of HomeAid Atlanta.
Also in September, Westlake Corporation Atlanta employees packed more than 200 HomeAid CareKits with items purchased with the proceeds of a fundraising drive. The kits were delivered to Crossroads Community Ministries, which helps people experiencing homelessness to find economic and personal stability.
HomeAid’s Sept. 23 workday at Breakthru House marked its 13th Care Day of the year, and the group has three more planned before year-end. Thus far in 2022, HomeAid’s Care Days have saved local homelessness groups more than $60,000 in maintenance costs, according to the organization.