Volume 9, Issue 2 • Fall 2015

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Small Donations Make Big Impact on FamiliesFor Tracy and her family CAC meant not having to choose between living without utilities or being evicted. Their electricity had been turned o�, and their gas was about to be turned o�. Tracy had a job but her hours were reduced. CAC helped the family get their power turned back on and contributed funds toward rent. The family of three was also given food and clothing vouchers which allowed them to use their cash to pay bills. CAC youth programs helped the family again with school supplies and holiday gifts for their daughter, gifts they otherwise wouldn't have been able to a�ord. Today the family remains in their home living on a tight budget. CAC continues to support the family occasionally with food and enrollment in Adopt-a-Family this year.

Tracy’s family is grateful to CAC supporters who helped her family and others like hers stay in their homes through an unexpected �nancial crisis.

“Thank you for all that you have done to help my family, and all the families that you help, and for those who volunteer and donate, you have no idea how valuable that is. The volunteers serve with such kind hearts. We appreciate you all so much! May the blessings return to you ten-fold.”– Tracy

Helping Local Families in Need

$300 Helps Pay Rent

$100 Pays a Utility Bill

$50 Buys a Child Holiday Gifts

$30 Gives a Family Holiday Food

Give Children Holiday Gifts!Adopt-a-Family for holidays gifts through CAC and make a child's wishes come true! Your gifts help local families experiencing �nancial di�culties have a happier holiday season! It's easy to adopt a local family for holiday gifts! View family stories and children's wish lists on the CAC website. Select a family and "adopt" online. Donors please spend $50 per child. In 2014 hundreds of donors, from individuals to congregations, business-es and civic organizations gave more than 1,200 local children gifts through CAC's Adopt-a-Family program. Adopt a family online today! www.ourcac.org/adoptafamily

Give Families Food During the Holidays!Help local families with groceries this holiday season by giving food to the CAC Food Pantry! Most needed items include: canned meats, canned vegetables, canned pasta meals, baked beans, tomato sauce, cereal, peanut butter and jelly.

Or give grocery store gifts cards give families the gift of choice for their holiday celebrations! Please give Publix & Kroger gift cards in these denominations:

$10 helps an individual

$20 helps a couple

$30 helps a family

CAC Board of Directors

Catherine Lautenbacher, PresidentLeadership Sandy Springs

Shelly Dozier-Mckee, Vice PresidentConfetti Style Interiors

Kevin Horgan, Vice PresidentUPS

Villard Bastien, SecretaryLaw O�ces of Villard Bastien

Marian Macleod-Elliott, TreasurerHenssler Financial

Terry Hartigan, Asst. TreasurerCapital Directions

Bob Levinson, Past PresidentLaw O�ces of Robert N. Levinson

Nancy Berger - AT&T

Charles CrosbyCore Project Management

John Jokerst - Carter

Judy PollockA Hand Up Atlanta Foundation

Brenda RothschildDevelopment Corporation for Israel-Retired

Rev. Michael SullivanHoly Innocents' Episcopal Church

Luis Torres - UPS

Sally Wyeth – Attorney at Law

Dick Derrick - Retired

Amy Winslett - Ocwen Financial

Nancy Doss - Volunteer Representative Anne Marie LochnerGraphic Packaging

Missy MacGinnitieCommunity Representative Dorris Shelton - Retired

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The Value of VolunteersGiving hope isn’t just a phrase, it’s what CAC volunteers do for everyone who walks through the door looking for help.

To volunteer, Judy Lagerbloom CAC has become her passion. Judy came to CAC via Rivercli� Lutheran Church, spearheaded the church’s involvement and also made a signi�cant personal commitment.

Judy is part of the client interview team of volunteers. They are the �rst people at CAC that prospective clients interact with. This volunteer team takes phone calls, makes appointments, meets with clients, gathers their information, hears their stories and determines how CAC can help them. “I am more tired when I go home than I have ever been but it’s such a good tired because I’ve done something for someone,” said Judy.

That something Judy says is being there to listen, and helping a neighbor that is in crisis realize they have taken the �rst step in resolving their situation by being there at CAC.

Interview volunteers set up clients with as much assistance as possible to help them remain in the homes, such as emergency �nancial assistance for utilities or rent, food and clothing. They also provide referrals to other sources of assistance, and o�er CAC adult education classes to enhance job and life skills.

“I try to send everyone home knowing that there is hope because sometimes they come in thinking it’s hopeless, and nothing is hopeless. I remind them that we are here for them.”

5,700Neighbors

1,200 Visits

500,000 Pounds

325 Volunteers

80Groups

Helping 5,700 neighbors a year meet basic needs ofshelter, food and clothing.

Serving 1,200 visits to the Food Pantry each month.

28,000 Hours

Giving 28,000 hours of volunteer time worth $620,000.

Distributing 500,000 pounds of food to neighborsin need.

Scheduled on a regular basis to operate all areas of CAC.

Proving 800 volunteers a year for project manpower.

Volunteers at Work in 2015

The 13th annual Vintage Affair raised a record high of $129,000 for CAC! More than 350 peopleattended the benefit featuring 16 local restaurants, wine tastings, live jazz and auction fun on

October 17, 2015 at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church. The 2015 Vintage Affair celebratedConnecting Communities. Connecting those who want to help with those who need help…

Connecting those who have time, treasure and talent to give… Connecting families fromthroughout our community! Thank you everyone who sponsored, donated, volunteered and

participated! All proceeds go toward preventing homelessness and hunger in the Sandy Springs and Dunwoody communities.

The 13th annual Vintage Affair raised a record high of $129,000 for CAC! More than 350 peopleThe 13th annual Vintage Affair raised a record high of $129,000 for CAC! More than 350 peopleattended the benefit featuring 16 local restaurants, wine tastings, live jazz and auction fun onattended the benefit featuring 16 local restaurants, wine tastings, live jazz and auction fun onThe 13th annual Vintage Affair raised a record high of $129,000 for CAC! More than 350 peopleThe 13th annual Vintage Affair raised a record high of $129,000 for CAC! More than 350 people

Photos by Deb Jansen Photography

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

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CAC donors helped more than 850 local children this past summer by providing lunches and new backpacks with school supplies for the start of school! Summer months are di�cult for lower income families who live on tight budgets because children are home and not receiving free breakfast and lunch at school. New backpacks and school supplies can cost more than $50 per child at retail prices. CAC’s new Tools for School campaign made it easy for donors to give to students at schools of their choice and get more bang for their buck. CAC purchased backpacks and school supplies in bulk at wholesale costs! About $10,000 in donations

was matched by an anonymous donor to buy backpacks and school supplies. Volunteers assembled and distrib-uted the backpacks at the end of July. Financial and in-kind donations of food also provided 860 lunches for

children of families in need from May – August. Thanks to the many individual donors and these organizations: Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, Kiwanis Club, North Springs United Methodist Church, Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church,

Altrusa, Sandy Springs Rotary, Dunwoody Rotary, Rivercli� Lutheran Church, Signature Bank, Buckhead Church, Dunwoody Baptist Church and more!

Donors Help Kids In Our Community

Mercedes-Benz USA donated a new Sprinter Van to CAC to provide transportation for clients to CAC for services. Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, left, MBUSA CEO Stephen Cannon, CAC Executive Director Tamara Carrera, Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis.

Bussiness and Governments Support Giving Time to Help Others

Students from the Epstein School helped their neighbors in need by making hundreds of sandwiches for the Food Pantry.

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Give this Holiday Season!

Give a Family Food

Give Kids Gifts

Assist a Family with Rent

Assist a Family with Utilities

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