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The purpose of the Community Chest (CC) is to prevent fraud and protect advocates from reprisals.
The CC makes every effort to assure all causes are legitimate and all donated funds are received by the intended recipient.
People requesting help are required to check with community resources (listed below) before requesting assistance from pcommers.
Requests are limited based on need and are a one-time effort only, per individual. It is not designed to provide continuous assistance.
Anything involving legal issues will receive an automatic denial.
People wishing to remain anonymous or who have a need which requires a lot of work are suggested to find an advocate. Advocates MUST be approved by the CC.
Most cases do not require an advocate. We encourage pcommers to work directly with the requester and both parties must report updates to the CC.
All information presented to the CC is confidential.
Accountability for fund raising has become an important issue with the growth of paulding.com. If you are collecting funds for any charity, non-profit, church, 501c3 organization, etc, you must get approval from the entity before advocating for them.
The CC requires the entity to contact us with their approval for you to raise funds. This should be presented to and approved by the CC before it is put on the board.
THE CC HAS ZERO FUNDS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES.
Approval of your request by the CC means you have been approved to put the request on the board. Success or failure of your charitable need is based on the kindness and willingness of others to give. The CC is not responsible for the success or failure of the fundraiser.
(If you are not a resident of Paulding County, call 211 or look http://www.taxexemptworld.com/organization...ia-counties.asp for a list of nonprofit organizations in your area that may be able to assist you.)
LINKS TO PAULDING RESOURCES
Paulding Collaborative Website
Alphabetical List of Paulding County Resources
http://www.socialwelfareservices.org/Georg...re_services.php
Saving Grace Shelter Website (facility not available yet)
The Listed Programs below can also be found in the above links.
Call 211 for local community resources.
Bremen Food & Clothing
180 Helton Rd
Bremen, GA
(770) 537-0920
Clothes Been
551 Hardee Street
Dallas GA 30132
(770) 443-7490
Monday-Saturday 9:00am-1:00pm
Provides clothing and some household items for low income families for a very low price. Funds earned through the resale of used items are returned to the community to help families in crisis. Donations Welcome.
Douglas County Food Bank
8915 Bright Star Rd
Douglasville, GA
(770) 947-0250
Fortified Hills Baptist Church
4705 East Paulding Drive
Dallas, Georgia 30157
(678) 363-7267
Distributes non-perishable food to needy families every Thursday night beginning at 6:00pm.(info provided by a pcommer)
Foster Parent Association
430 Kelly Loop Raod
Buchanan, GA 30113
(770) 646-6804
aunttacey66@wmconnect.com
Agency supports foster and adoptive parents in meeting the needs of children in Paulding County.
Fullerville Mission
531 Rockmart Road
Villa Rica, GA 30180
(770) 456-9619
Monday-Saturday 9am-2pm
No fees for services. Provides services to Paulding County residents which includes help with children and adult clothes, food, Bible Studies and Christian Counseling. Volunteers are always needed.
Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb
Georgia Food Bank
542 Golf Course Rd
Tallapoosa, GA 30176-3675
(770) 574-9700
Helping Hands of Paulding County (current Dec 2011)
228 W. Spring Street
Dallas,GA. 30132
(770) 443-1230
Monday to Friday 10AM-2PM
All services are free. Help with food, utilities, rent, medicine, and free Bibles.
The office sits caddy corner to the Dallas New Era News Paper office.
In a red brick building, it has the name on both corners of the building.
Helping Hands Ministries of Rockmart
107 Church St
Rockmart, GA
(770) 684-0038
Manna House
303 Mandeville Ave
Carrollton, GA 30117
(770) 834-5755
MEDICAL & DENTAL CLINICS
1605 Roberta Drive,
Marietta, GA 30008
(770) 419-3120
Charges are calculated from a sliding fee scale based on family income and size. Patients are required to bring to a photo identification, proof of income to determine the percentage of their financial responsibility. W-2's, three current paycheck stubs, unemployment letter form unemployment office, letters from employers, and government benefits letter are all suitable as proof of income.
Mercy Intercession Center
PO Box 1635
Hiram, GA 30141
(770) 443-4114
Services are free. 24-hour message line. Offers limited transitional housing to women and children who were formerly residing in a homeless or battered women's shelters a bridge to independence.
New Beginnings Food Outreach, Inc.
6973 Glade Road
Acworth, GA 30102
(770) 529-6353
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11am-4pm; Wednesday 10:30am-12:30 pm; Friday 11am-2pm.
Non-profit food outreach ministry operates solely on donations and contributions to feed and assist families in need. The agency supplements individual and family households with food and personal care needs through community donations.
New Georgia Baptist Church
5445 Mulberry Rock Road
Villa Rica GA 30180
(770) 459-3219
www.NGBC.org; offers food to families in need upon approval of application.
North View Baptist Church. http://www.northviewchurch.net/templates/S...&PID=512483 offers a food pantry. You must contact them prior to arrange pickup time. (pick up is on Wednesdays.) Storehouse Ministries works with more than one hundred Southern Baptist Churches and new Congregations in the Noonday Baptist Association. Each church helps by donating food and funds to aid those in need. Storehouse Ministries presently has 17 pantry churches with food boxes on hand at their church to be distributed to those who contact Storehouse Ministries. Storehouse Ministries contact number: 770-422-3347 (info provided by a pcommer)
Operation Noel
2591 Dell Ridge Drive
Douglasville GA 30135
(770) 947-5078
Serves Douglas, Paulding & Cobb Co.; organization helps less fortunate neighbors in need for the holiday season
Paulding Christmas, Inc.
P.O. Box 168
Dallas GA 30132
(770) 443-7810
Provides toys to underprivileged children ages birth to 15 during the holiday season; donations of money or new toys only are greatly appreciated
S.H.A.R.E. House, Inc
P.O. Box 723
Douglasville GA 30133
(770) 949-0626
Crisis Line 24 hrs. (770) 489-7513; 24 hour service in crisis line, emergency shelter, transitional apartments, and a mobile crisis intervention team. Legal assistance and advocacy is offered. Children's programs, domestic violence counseling, support groups, emergency food and clothing, and community education services.
Shepard's Rest Ministries Battered Women's Shelter
P.O. Box 737
Dallas, GA 30132
(770) 443-5213
Monday to Friday 9am-6pm
Provides women and children with emergency housing, emergency transportation, food, and clothing; offers victim's assistance in obtaining temporary protective orders, in-house individual counseling, group counseling, help with spiritual issues, and assistance to women with employment search. Provided limited financial aid to qualified applicants in need of rent or utilities assistance.
St James Community Church http://www.stjamesmarietta.com.
Church has a food pantry and clothes pantry. They help with spiritual needs as well.
St. Vincent De Paul Society, St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church
680 West Memorial Drive
Dallas, GA 30132
(770) 443-1533
Emergency assistance with food, rent, utilities or medicine
Tallatoona Paulding Human Resource Development Center
P.O. Box 136, 823 Macland Road
Dallas GA 30132
(770) 445-4171
Emergency utilities, rent, surplus food, winter emergency assistance program, applications for local Head Start and Pre-K program. All services are free.
The Thrift Store
740 Paulding Plaza
Dallas, GA 30132
(770) 505-7707
Monday to Thursday 10am-4pm, Friday 1pm-6pm, Saturday 10am-6pm
Provides good quality used clothing and household goods to families for a minimal cost.
Villa Rica Community Food
133 Thomas Dorsey Drive
Villa Rica, GA
(770) 459-5918
Warehouse of Hope, Inc
100 Hunter Road
Douglasville, GA 30134
(770) 489-0509
Food bank serves people from Paulding, Cobb, and Douglas counties, people who have bills that consume 90% of their income may qualify for free food. A job partnership program is offered to assist individuals in obtaining employment. Donations are needed for all non-food household items.
West Georgia Community Food Bank
999 N Burnt Hickory Rd
Douglasville, GA
(770) 949-0604
YWCA of Northwest GA
48 Henderson Street
Marietta, GA 30064
(770)427-2902
www.ywcanwga.com;
Offers FREE assistance with domestic violence and sexual assault. 24-Hour Crisis Line:(770)427-3390
The Community Chest and Pubby reserves the right to change the rules at their discretion and at any time.