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Here are some ideas about how you can help people in your community - whether they are homeless, needy, addicted etc.:
1. Use our pages on this website - see above - HelpHomeless and Community Resources.
Help in Marietta/Cobb
Contact Danielle at Cobb Moms Helping Cobb to help with the homeless.
Cobb Moms Helping Cobb
Contact Brenda Rhodes at Simple Needs Georgia to help the homeless.
Simple Needs GA
see bottom of page for Must Ministries
Lunch Angels (Marietta)
Help in Cobb County
Filling the gap in Marietta and Cobb
Help the Red Cross
Community Emergency Response Training - learn to help yourself and others in an emergency - FREE!
Dial 211 to get United Way - they can help you find volunteer opportunities
Donations:
If you want to donate any of the following, you can donate them to Simple Needs Georgia if you call 678 266 3344 or you can deliver them to my address http://www.ebarster.com/michellesollicito/directions.htm and I will deliver them to either Simple Needs or a similar deserving charity:
- full size toiletries
- tents, sleeping bags, candles, tarps, batteries, blankets, bug spray, winter supplies
- children's underwear and socks, wrapping paper, art supplies, barbies, lego kids, no sew blanket kits, fleece
- $25 gift cards to Payless shoes or Walmart or brand new shoes
- cleaning supplies or small household necessities such as linens, kitchen and bath items, small appliances, pots and pans, furniture
See Simple Needs GA website for more info
Or drop off items for Atlanta charities at the following locations:
Discover Mills Mall, 5900 Sugarloaf Pkwy Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Shannon Oaks Shopping Center, 2369 Lawrenceville Hwy Lawrenceville, GA 30044
Shell Food Mart, 2515 Cobb Pkwy NW Kennesaw, GA 30152
Food Depot, 5520 Bells Ferry Road Acworth, GA 30102
Also, if you need items picked up:
Donation pick ups for Hope House and other charities
"Just" in Roswell take donations of warm clothes, blankets and sellable items for their Consignment Store - "Just" provides resources for disabled people living in shelter homes. Call 678 291 0606
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