The next time you go grocery shopping please consider picking up a bag of food for local families in need. The CAC Food Pantry is in need of Pasta, Tomato Sauce, Cereal and Tuna. The CAC Food Pantry receives about 1,200 visits a month and distributes about 45,000 pounds of food a year worth about $850,000! … Read More »
Do your spring cleaning early and donate your gently worn spring and summer fashionable clothing and accessories to CAC for our upcoming Fashion Sale! All donations are tax-deductible. The Spring & Summer fashion sale is soon so don’t delay!
CAC Thrift Boutique Winter Clearance Sale February 22- 26.
Spring & Summer Fashion Sale!
Grand Opening Saturday, March 5, 10 am – 4 pm
Sale Continues through March 12
Click here for more information including drop off location.… Read More »
The Dunwoody Preservation Trust is seeking donations of small furniture, lamps and household accessories that its committees can refurbish for Flea Market Finds, a new component of Lemonade Days, Made in Dunwoody section. A drop-off day is scheduled o Saturday, March 5 at the Donaldson Bannister Farm located on the corner of Chamblee Dunwoody and Vermack Roads.… Read More »
The Community Assistance Center (CAC) is seeking volunteers to help low and moderate income earners prepare and file their income tax return forms for free. Get free training and help your neighbors in need for the 2016 tax season! CAC in Sandy Springs is a site for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, an initiative of the IRS and the United Way to help low and moderate income families and individuals avoid costly income tax preparation fees and ensure accurate returns with all eligible tax credits.… Read More »
The Community Assistance Center (CAC) announces a new president and welcomes eight new members to the 2016 Board of Directors! Shelly Dozier-Mckee steps up as the new board president. She joined the board in 2011 and during that time served as the vice-president and the chairwoman of the Vintage Affair for 4 years. Dozier-Mckee is a retail marketing and interior design professional.… Read More »
Emmaus House was founded in 1967 by Father Austin Ford for the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, and the organization has been a consistent presence in the Peoplestown, Turner Field area, neighborhood. Since 1990, St. Bedes Episcopal Church has provided a supplement to Thanksgiving Dinner to families in and around Peoplestown. Families provide documentation of residency and family size and receive a bag of food to help with their Thanksgiving celebration. … Read More »
Do you have any old backpacks at home that you are no longer using? If so, consider donating them to the Dunwoody HIgh School Key Club’s “Backpack Project.” Bring in your old backpacks and place them in the bin in the front lobby of DHS by November 20. The backpacks will be filled with food and supplies and then given out to the homeless population of Atlanta and Athens.… Read More »
Nov. 16 – 23: National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts
Atlanta families, churches and groups are not waiting until Thanksgiving Day to express gratitude. Instead, this week they are giving back by lovingly packing gifts of joy for children around the world living in extreme poverty or affected by war, disease, and natural disaster.… Read More »
My friend Jenn Guynn from Pebble Tossers just told me about this cool new app called Roadie. Thru August 3rd, Roadie will deliver any donations to a local charity for free. All people have to do is use promocode GOODKARMA, post a gig, and they’ll cover the rest.
Use this link to download the app http://bit.ly/roadiedonate… Read More »
Give Kids Tools for School!
CAC makes it easy to help local children this summer. Give to CAC’s Tools for School campaign and help prepare students for the start of school with the tools they need to learn! Through CAC you give 2 for the price of one when you donate to Tools for School.… Read More »
Christmas Trees are currently for sale on the front lawn of Dunwoody United Methodist Church. Tree lot hours are:
Weekdays: 4-8
Saturdays: 10-8
Sundays: Noon-8
All proceeds benefit the DUMC Youth Missions. This year’s high school mission trip volunteers will travel to the Bahamas to support the Bahamas Methodist Habitat. Bahamas Methodist Habitat … is a non-profit outreach ministry of the Bahamas Conference of the Methodist Church that focuses on being a catalyst through disaster response and the promotion of community within The Bahamas.… Read More »
Hello Dunwoody neighbors & friends!
You may have seen me running around your neighborhoods in the evening hours over the last several months. You may have waited for me to cross your street. I am training for my first marathon as a member of the Miles for Miracles Team which raises money for Boston Children’s Hospital – US News & World Reports #1 Hospital for 2014-15.… Read More »
STACEY LUCAS
(617)501-3127
sbluca@msn.com
February 22nd marks the 5th anniversary of Pebble Tossers serving our community by providing age appropriate service projects to youth, teens and families in Metro Atlanta. We are excited to share our birthday with you through service and celebration.
Our day will begin at 11:00 am at the Atlanta Community Food Bank with a party atmosphere! … Read More »
Current Water Temperature in Lake Lanier is: 56°F
It will be a cold one this year!!! The Dunwoody Police Department is very close to taking the Polar Plunge in an effort to raise money for Special Olympics Georgia. We are still short of our fundraising goal. Officers will be conducting a “Bucket Drive” similar to a boot drive next Thursday the 13th around Perimeter Mall to help raise money, we will be out in the streets politely asking for donations during lunch time. … Read More »
Join the more than 300 CAC volunteers that help neighbors in need in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody. CAC is currently recruiting volunteers for these positions: Thrift Boutique on Thursdays, Reception Desk, Answer Phones, Client Interviewers, Data Entry. Volunteers are most often needed Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can ideally work one 4 hour shift a week.… Read More »
