CAC News & Announcements
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Food Pantry Supplies Running Low

CAC's Food Pantry is in immediate need of food donations to fill the shelves. CAC provides food to an average of 60 familes per day, equal to about 1200 visits a month. We rely on donations from the community to keep the pantry full, however donations are typically down during the summer vacation months. Please donate so we can continue to assist families in our community.

Immediate food needs include: cereal, sugar, flour, crackers, canned meats (tuna, chicken), potatoes, dried milk/regular milk, peanut butter/jelly, juice, canned pasta, dishwashing detergent and bar soap.

Chamber of Commerce Sponsors Summer Food Drive

The Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Summer Food Drive to benefit the Community Action Center (CAC) of Sandy Springs & Dunwoody. Food donations may be dropped off at the Sandy Spring’s branches of Bank of North Georgia, Cornerstone Bank and RBC Bank/Prado from Monday, June 28 through Friday, July 9.  All items need to be in unbreakable containers.

Dine at Food 101 and Help CAC! 

Enjoy lunch or dinner at Food 101 every Monday during June and a portion of all proceeds will be donated to CAC!  Visit Food 101 as they celebrate their 10th anniversary by donating each month to worthy non-profits in the Atlanta community. Visit Food 101 at 4969 Roswell Road Atlanta, GA 30342, (404) 497-9700.

Help Send a Kid to Camp This Summer!

In 2009 CAC sent 200 disadvantaged children to summer camps. But a shortfall in funding for this year's summer camp scholarship program would reduce the number of children we can assist this summer. Your donation can provide children with camp experiences again in 2010.

CAC partners with local camps to provide students with safe and meaningful summer camp experiences at minimal cost to the family. Children, ages 3 to 18, are referred by their school counselors, teachers or social workers. As part of CAC's Youth Endrichment Program, we secure camp placements and may also arrange for the required physicals, necessary camp clothing and materials, as well as transportation to and from the camp. For more information contact Sarah at yep@ourcac.org

Please help us Send a Kid to Camp with your donation of:

• $250 for 1 week of overnight camp
• $100 for a required camp physical
• $50 for related camp equipment, clothing, and supplies
• $25 for transportation to camp

Donate online or send your check to Community Action Center, PO Box 501298, Atlanta, GA 31150

Become a CAC Volunteer!

More than 200 volunteers keep CAC operating on a daily basis. Additional volunteers are needed in all areas of the center. Volunteers would ideally be able to work on a regular basis such as once a week. Contact Liza at volunteers@ourcac.org.
FOOD PANTRY: We need volunteers to work in the pantry and drivers to pick up food on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from multiple locations.
CLIENT INTAKE: Volunteers are  needed to answer calls for assistance, respond to phone messages and do data entry.
ADULT EDUCATION: Seeking volunteers to teach Intro to Computers in Spanish.

Hungry Ear Coffee House

The next Hungry Ear Coffee House, a monthly live folk music performance and food drive for CAC, will be in August. Please support these shows with a suggested donation of $5 and nonperishable foods such as canned tuna, spaghetti sauce or grocery store gift cards to benefit CAC's Food Pantry.

The Hungry Ear Coffee House takes place the first Saturday of every month at Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1025 Mt. Vernon Highway, N.W., Sandy Springs, GA 30327. NUUC is one of CAC's 26 supporting congregations in the Sandy Springs/Dunwoody area. For more information contact hungryearcoffeehouse@gmail.com.

Read a recent article on this event in the Sandy Springs Reporter.

CAC Joins AmpleHarvest.org

CAC is now a member of AmpleHarvest.org, a website dedicated connecting gardeners with local food pantries. More than 1,800 food pantries nation-wide have registered with the site so that gardeners with excess produce can find local pantries to donate to. CAC accepts independently grown produce from neighborhood gardeners and community gardens. To donate produce contact jacqui.brinson@ourcac.org.

 Leadership Sandy Springs
Volunteer Day at CAC

Forty volunteers worked at CAC on Saturday, April 17 as part of Leadership Sandy Springs' annual Volunteer for a Better Sandy Springs Day, a community-wide service day. They helped paint, clean, organize and plant summer flowers.  In all, more than 500 volunteers went to 19 sites across the city to clean, paint, weed, plant and improve parks, public places and non profit organizations.

Photo: Charmaine Rucker and Ted Austin of UPS painted at CAC on LSS Volunteer Day

Kroger Helps Fill CAC Freezers

CAC appreciates two large donations from Kroger of frozen foods in April and May. The donations from Kroger in the Orchard Park Shopping Center inDunwoody filled ourfreezers and were welcomed by our clients as part oftheSecond Helping's food donation program.

CAC Joins Fulton County Family Summit

CAC participated in a Fulton County Family Summit Fair at Ison Springs Elementary School in Sandy Springs on Saturday, May 1. CAC was one of many area agencies along with county and city departments to provide information and workshops for parents of school children in our service area.

Photo: CAC at the Fulton County START Family Summit Fair with Aleyda Barrett, left, Ison Elementary School Bilingual Liaison; Joan Washington, Fulton County Human Services and Sarah Robles of CAC.

Local Chiropractor Supports CAC

Thank you  Wilson Family Chiropractic for the April/May food drive for CAC. Donors got afreechiropractic visit, and a raffle chance to win a 26" Sanyo widescreen HDTV! For more information on Wilson Family Chiropractic in Dunwoody, GA call 678-205-1573 or visit  www.wfc4health.com.

Thanks for a Great Spring Sprint & Fair!

View Event Photos!

Thank you everyone who participated in the CAC 2010 Spring Sprint 5K & 2KRun/Walk and Family Health & Fitness Fair on Saturday, March 27.

After the race, runners and families enjoyed a fun-filled morning of children's fitness activities, free health screenings and healthy food samples.  Participants also visited with DeKalb County Fire & Rescue vehicles and enjoyed music by 97.1 The River.

CAC thanks lead sponsor Laureate Medical Group as well as all of the event and fair sponsors for their support and participation.

Proceeds benefit CAC Education programs that provide school supplies to needy children, summer camp scholarships and adult education classes.

St. John's Project Feed 5000
Exceeds Expectations

St. John United Methodist Church recently donated enough food to provide 6000 meals! Through the congregation's Project Feed 5000 food drive,  St. John's members surpassed their goal and packaged more than 160 boxes, each with enough food to feed a family of four for several meals. St. John's is one of CAC's 26 member congregations in the Sandy Springs/Dunwoody area. Thank you St. John's members!

Read a recent article on this food drive in the Sandy Springs Neighbor.

Photo: Stan Stockdale, left, the church’s mission committee chair, and CAC volunteer Bishop Womack unload boxes of packaged meals.

CAC "Action Report" Newsletter is Here!

We hope you will enjoy the latest edition of "Action Report," CAC's printed newsletter.
If you would like to be added to the mailing list please contact us at communications@ourcac.org.

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