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Hurricane Michael – Ways You Can Help

UPDATED - Hurricane Michael ripped through the Florida panhandle and Georgia, leaving devastation in its path. Many people in these areas  need help with food, water and rebuilding their homes. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by these storms. Here are ways you can help and…

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Duluth’s 36th annual Fall Festival boasts large crowds, though retains small-town feel So much fun at this past weekend's Duluth Fall Festival, founded by our very own Kathryn Willis and featuring honorary Grand Marshall Barbara Howard! Though tens of thousands of people turned out for Duluth’s 36th annual…

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Norcross Co-op Celebrates 30th Anniversary! Last night, the Norcross Cooperative Ministry celebrated its 30th anniversary of providing emergency assistance to families in Norcross, Georgia and surrounding areas of Gwinnett County. Our own CEO, Randy Redner, was honored to speak at the event, along with one of our fundholders…

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We have some exciting news of our own to share this week - we have a new team member! Please join us in welcoming Britt Hultgren Ramroop as our new director of fundholder experience! Read more about her and her new position in this Q&A we did. CFNEG:…

No More Christmas Ties

Each Christmas, Pat and Glenda Rogers ask their grown children for the same thing - a gift for someone else. It’s a tradition that started out of a desire to help others and get their entire family involved in giving. “And they don't have to buy me a…

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Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry, other nonprofits working together under one roof in ‘groundbreaking’ partnership The goal is to unite as one voice to aid community members who are struggling. “It’s very good that we were able to connect together,” Josephs said. “We’re trying to become like a one-stop…

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You'll love this inspiring story from Family Promise, one of our 2018 nonprofit grant award winners. In fact, our grant helped Family Promise provide daycare funds for the mom in this story! How Family Promise showed one single-mother the way out of homelessness “It’s scary to be in…

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Big dreams, tiny town: Forsyth cuts the ribbon on north Georgia's Junior Achievement Discovery Center Talk about proud parents! Randy's son, Kyle Redner (associate of volunteer management for JA), was part of the Junior Achievement of Georgia's opening of their newest Discovery Center. This week Forsyth County…