Bartow County
Advocates for Bartow's Children,
13 Elizabeth Street and 127 W. Church Street, Cartersville GA 30120 (770)
387-1143 or 382-6180, fax 606-0732, ADVO446@aol.com,
Flowering Branch Children's Emergency Shelter, Rainbow's grief support
program for children, help children cope with divorce, family retreat
weekends, individual child/family counseling, teen pregnancy prevention,
after school hang out
Bartow Christmas Coalition,
Inc., 770-386-3399, distributes food, toys, and other items donated or purchased
Bread of Life Ministry, 156 McEver Street, Suite A,
Cartersville GA 30120 (770) 382-1997; assists with food, also accepts donations of food
Christian League for Battered
Women, Tranquility House, P.O. Box 1383, Cartersville GA 30120, (770)
386-8779, fax 386-449anqhse@bellsouth.net;
provides temporary shelter for women and their children in domestic
situations; food and counseling provided
The Christian Thrift Shop, 501 West Memorial Drive,
Dallas GA 30132 (770) 443-3902; thrift shop prices on used clothing, furniture,
housewares; donations to needy, burned out victims, foster parents, battered spouses,
abused children, poor elderly
Church of God Food Pantry, 325 Old Mill Road,
Cartersville GA 30120 (770) 382-9489; food assistance for the needy
Church Volunteers/Meals on Wheels, No. 3 Elm Street,
Cartersville GA 30120 (770) 382-4552; home delivered meals provided three days a week to
home-bound disabled and elderly individuals, food is donated by local businesses,
volunteers from area churches prepare and deliver meals
Community Church Shop, 21 W.
Main Street, Cartersville GA 30120; provides clothing to low income
families, families burned-out, and other emergency situations
Family and Children Services
Here
AM I Ministries, 770-256-8019. Food
Provisions, Clothing Provisions, Job
Enhancement Skills, Education
Assistance, HIV Testing / Prevention,
Referral Services. Works from
different church locations and drop
food and clothing to clients directly.
Low-cost or subsidized housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
North Bartow Community
Services, Hall Station Road NW, P.O. Box 144, Adairsville (770) 773-3812,
fax 773-3812, nbcs@bellsouth.net;
food & clothes, must live in Bartow Co. & be income eligible
Outreach Store, 26 Young
Street, Cartersville GA 30120, (770) 382-3356; provides clothing and
furniture to low income families; emergency assistance for needy families,
families burned-out, and other disasters; must be referred by either
Family Services or Tallatoona EOA
Preceptor Rho Beta Sigma Phi,
124 W. Cherokee Avenue, Cartersville GA 30120, (404) 382-5067; provides
basket for needy families, flowers to shut-ins at Easter, shoe bank for
children ages 3 to 1st grade
Salvation Army, 16 Felton
Place, Cartersville GA 30120, (770) 386-6256; provides character building
and religious programs; offers emergency assistance to needy families --
rent, utilities, etc.
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Catoosa
County
Bethel Bible Thrift Store, 8016 E. Brainerd Road,
Chattanooga TN (423) 855-8662 or 4222 Ringgold Road, East Ridge TN (423) 29-7262; 9 am to
5 pm Monday - Saturday; provides clothing, furniture, books, etc.
Catoosa County Children's Fund (706) 965-2297, 7:30
am - 4:30 pm, must get referral form at child's school; food
Catoosa Nutrition Project, Depot Street, Ringgold GA
30736 (706) 935-2541
Chattanooga Area Food Bank, 3402 N. Hawthorne,
Chattanooga TN, (423) 622-1800; maintenance fee, $.14 per pound
Chattanooga Community Kitchen, Chattanooga TN (423)
756-4222, 8 am - 11 am & 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday;
clothes; 7 days per week breakfast 7-8 am, lunch 11-11:45 am, snack 2:30 - 2:45 pm, dinner
4:45 pm
Clothes Closet, now located at
the former Welcome Hill Baptist Church at 223 Inman St. off Highway 151,
Ringgold 706) 935-9045; proceeds benefit community programs; clothes are
free to those who need them. Christ's Chapel Share and Care Mission Clothes
Closet and Things Thrift Store is open to the public Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday from 10 am - 2 pm. Please drop off donations during business hours.
You must schedule a time to drop off or
pick up furniture. For more information
call (706) 935-9045
Community Food & Benevolence Services (706)
935-2323; emergency food vouchers given by Sheriff's Department, must have referral from
church
East Ridge Church of Christ, 501 McBrien Road,
Chattanooga TN (423) 899-8498; 8 am - 2 pm, Tuesday only, benevolent room with food and
pantries
East Ridge Evangelical Methodist Church, 6205
Ringgold Road, East Ridge TN (423) 894-0223, 12 noon - 6 pm, Wednesday only, clothes
pantry
Family and Children Services
Family Crisis Center (706) 539-1000 or
1-800-344-2836, people in crisis may call collect, all services are free and confidential;
shelter, 24-hour crisis line, support groups, parenting classes, children's programs,
transportation, support and follow-up, assistance and referral, recognition and attention
to the physical, emotional and educational needs of the children involved and safety
planning classes.
Family Violence Service Shelter, Chattanooga TN, 24
hour hotline (423) 755-2700; support groups on Tuesday 1 pm and Thursday 6:30 pm
First Baptist Church, Clothes Closet, 7611 Nashville
Street, Ringgold GA (706) 935-2358
Goodwill Industries, 776 Battlefield Parkway, Fort
Oglethorpe GA 30742 (706) 861-4770; low-cost used clothing and furniture
Habitat for Humanity, Mill Lane, Ringgold GA 30736
(706) 937-6600; low cost home ownership to qualifying low-to-middle income families, home
built by volunteer labor, owner must commit to help build and keep up the house
Helping Hands Ministry, Boynton Church of God, 1956
Three Notch Road, Ringgold GA (706) 866-0000 for food pantry, (706) 861-7675 or 861-9487
for clothes pantry
North Georgia Community Action
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
Room at the Inn, 701 East 4th Street, Chattanooga TN
(423) 266-4705 or 757-5540, must have referral from outside agency, homeless shelter for
women and female children of all ages, male children up to age 12, may stay 90 days
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Chattooga
County
Chattooga County Clothing Center, 1209 Central
Avenue, Trion GA 30753 (706) 734-3779; clothing
Chattooga Ministerial Association, 204 DeForest
Avenue, Trion GA 30753 (706) 734-3803 or (706) 857-2395; food for those who have crises
and are not eligible for assistance from other programs
Family and Children Services
Family Crisis Center (706) 539-1000 or
1-800-344-2836, people in crisis may call collect, all services are free and
confidential; shelter, 24-hour crisis line, support groups, parenting classes, children's
programs, transportation, support and follow-up, assistance and referral, recognition and
attention to the physical, emotional and educational needs of the children involved and
safety planning classes.
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
North Georgia Community Action
Salvation Army, 317 East First Avenue, Rome GA 30161
(706) 291-4745, Thrift Store (706) 295-1715; emergency short-term assistance for shelter,
clothing, food, rent, utilities (not cable & telephone), prescription medicines and
medical supplies (terminally ill), furniture for burn-out and disaster victims, services
for shut-ins, missing persons, hospital visits, overnight transient services (breakfast
& supper), summer camps, spiritual and family counseling and casework services, weekly
religious meetings
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Dade
County
Family and Children Services
Family Crisis Center (706) 539-1000 or
1-800-344-2836, people in crisis may call collect, all services are free and confidential;
shelter, 24-hour crisis line, support groups, parenting classes, children's programs,
transportation, support and follow-up, assistance and referral, recognition and attention
to the physical, emotional and educational needs of the children involved and safety
planning classes.
Meals for Senior Citizens
North Georgia Community Action
Public Housing; there is no public housing in Dade
County, for rent subsidy eligibility call GHFA, Carrollton GA (800) 869-1018
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Fannin
County
Alcoholics Anonymous, Alanon,
Alateen (706) 632-3123
American Red Cross (706)
632-5944
DARE Program (706) 632-2004
Emergency Shelter for Battered
Women (706) 632-8400
Family and Children Services
Family Connections (706)
632-6063
Fannin/Gilmer Humane Society
(706) 632-8511
Hope
House, PO Box 651, Jasper, GA
30143; provides support and shelter
for children of Pickens, Dawson, and
surrounding counties who have nowhere
else to turn. The children come
through the court system and Family
& Children Services because of
abuse, neglect, or other
circumstances. Hope House provides
temporary shelter and support until a
more permanent solution can be
arranged.
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
North Georgia Community Action
North Georgia Mountains Crisis
Network, Sexual Assault/Abuse (706) 632-0504; Crisis Line 632-8400
Protective Services (706)
632-2296
Salvation Army (706) 632-2296
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Floyd
County
Angel Express, Inc., 23 Ridgeview Drive, Silver
Creek GA 30173 (706) 234-6317; year-round goods and services distribution network, accepts
donations of quality used and new items
Baptist Center, 300 Chatillon
Road NE, Rome GA 30161 (706) 291-0904; 8-4 Mon - Fri; food pantry and
clothes closet, dental clinic, prison ministry
Dress
U Pretty 123. Floyd County has a
new clothing resource becoming
available called Dress U Pretty 123,
located in Armuchee, GA. It provides
nice clothing in all sizes for low
income families, people in homes
destroyed by fire & those on
welfare, elderly, handicapped and for
victims of natural disasters:
tornadoes, floods, etc. I have a
few designer clothing items for women
mostly in different sizes available on
request and rented a storage building
for storing clothes. also
raise money for this project on my
eBay stores: Brenda's Fun Bonanza
& Dress U Pretty.
I would love to help those in need! Contact
Information:
Brenda Parm, 381 New Rosedale
Road, Armuchee, GA 30105, (706)
291-8130, Email: dressupretty@yahoo.com
Website: www.dressupretty123.com
Family and Children
Service
First Baptist Church, 100 East
Fourth Avenue, P.O. Box 1189, Rome GA 30161 (706) 291-6850; 8:30-5 Mon -
Fri; community kitchen
First Presbyterian Church, 101
East Third Avenue, Rome GA 30161 (706) 291-6033; 9-5 Mon - Fri; community
kitchen
Floyd
County Baptist Association, Clothing
Closet, (706) 291-7839
Good Neighbor Ministries,
Inc., 208 East Second Street, Rome GA 30162 (706) 291-0556; 9-12 Mon -
Fri; provides assistance with prescriptions, rent, utilities, and other
emergency needs, makes referrals to food pantries
Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box
127, Rome GA 30162 (706) 291-0556; 9-12 Mon - Fri; constructs homes for
low income families using volunteer workers to be financed at no interest,
family is required to help with construction
Info-Line (800) 544-6299 or (706) 232-4636; hot
mid-day meal served weekdays by churches at their location, free of charge
Lovejoy Baptist Church, 436
Branham Avenue, Rome GA 30161 (706) 232-1917; food pantry open first and
third Wednesday of each month 2-5; clothes closet
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
North Rome Methodist Church, 413
Perkins Street, Rome GA 30161 (706) 295-6704; meals served first week of
each month 11-1
Rural Economic and Community Development Service,
835 Cherokee Circle, Cedartown GA 30125; grants and loans for farms and home for income
eligible
St. Peter's Episcopal Church,
101 East Fourth Avenue, Rome GA 30161 (706) 291-9111; 9-5 Mon - Fri;
community kitchen serves free lunches third week of each month 11-12:30
Salvation Army, 317 East First Avenue, Rome GA 30161
9706) 291-4725 Thrift Shop 295-1715; emergency, short-term assistance for shelter,
clothing, food, rent, prescription medicines and medical supplies (terminally ill),
utility assistance (excluding cable and telephone), thrift store, furniture for burn-out
and disaster victims, services to shut-ins, missing persons, hospital visitation,
overnight transient (breakfast & supper), summer camps, spiritual counseling, weekly
religious meetings, family counseling and casework services
South Broad United Methodist Church, 546 South Broad Street, Rome GA 30161 (706) 232-5230;
clothes closet, emergency food pantry
Thankful Baptist Church, 935 Spider Webb Drive, Rome GA 30161 (706) 291-8132; food pantry, clothes
closet, community kitchen
West Rome United Methodist Church, 1003 Shorter Avenue, Rome GA 30161 (706) 290-9223; assistance with
rent, utilities, medicine, and other emergency needs when possible; used clothes.
Willam S. Davies Shelter; Providing a safe haven to the homeless; Men's Shelter Office: 706-232-9990; Women's Shelter:
706-290-1562 Fax: 706-232-9332; E-mail:
daviesshelter@comcast.net; 228
& 230 South Broad Street, PMB 198, 3 Central Plaza, Rome, GA 30161 Winthrop Court, Highway 411 East, Rome GA 30161
(706) 236-2500; 24-hour care for seniors in need of structure and assistance with ALDs,
meals, laundry, activities, and scheduled transportation provided
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Gilmer County
Alcoholics Anonymous, Alanon, Alateen (706) 635-2270
American Red Cross (706) 635-4652
DARE Program (706) 635-7447
DUI School, Driver Improvement(706) 635-7000
Emergency Shelter for Battered Women (706) 635-7800
Family and Children Services
Family Connections (706) 276-2319 or 276-2303
Fannin/Gilmer Humane Society (706) 632-8511
Hope House, PO Box 651, Jasper, GA 30143; provides support and shelter
for children of Pickens, Dawson, and surrounding counties who have nowhere else to turn. The children come through the court system and Family
& Children Services because of abuse, neglect, or other circumstances. Hope House provides temporary shelter and support until a
more permanent solution can be arranged.
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
Mountain Baptist Association, 26 Dalton Street,
Ellijay GA 30540 (706) 273-9179; emergency food, money and clothing for eligible persons
North Georgia Community Action
Protective Services (706)635-2361
Salvation Army (706) 635-2361
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Gordon County
AA, Almshouse on River Street next to Health Department Mon, Wed, Sat 8:00 p.m.
Alzheimer's Support Group, 7:00 p.m., first Monday of month at conference room at Gordon Hospital; third
Tuesday of month at Seniors Solutions Building
American Red Cross, 335 S. Wall
Street, Calhoun (706) 629-4510; Red Cross health, safety and related
courses; disaster services and service to Armed Forces; education for first
aid, CPR, HIV (AIDS), preventing disease transmissions, life guard training,
water safety, and training for disaster response; Mon - Fri 10-4
Battered Women's Shelter(706)
629-6065; emergency shelter for abused women and children, available 24
hours a day. Support group meets on alternate Mondays from 4-6 p.m. and
Tuesdays at noon. Any woman who is experiencing abuse and needs respite is
eligible; she may bring her children with her
Bereavement Support Group,
every fourth Monday at Gordon Hospital (706) 629-2895 ext. 212
Big Brothers Big Sisters, 650
Red Bud Road, Calhoun (706) 629-6029; provides positive adult role models
to be matched one-to-one with at-risk children ages 6-14, Pal For A Day
program matches adult role model with at-risk child for special group
activities, Big Buddy Mentoring program with Swain School matches adult
role models with students K-5th for approximately an hour a week at the
school. Volunteer Bigs must be 18+, must go through orientation and
screening before becoming a Big for Little; Mon-Fri 8-5
Blewer Memorial Food
Distribution Center, 515 Oothcaloga St., Calhoun (706) 629-5407; temporary
food help for the needy; interview and screening process for eligibility;
Mon, Wed, Fri 10-2
Center of Ministry (with
Blewer Food Center), Belmont Baptist Church (706) 629-2244; food,
individual and family counseling, classes for pastoral training
Community Information Line,
330 S. Wall Street, Calhoun (706) 625-9116; service to match the needs of
individuals, agencies, and organized groups to available human resources;
anyone is eligible; Mon - Fri 8-5
Divorce Care Classes (706)
629-2244, Belmont Baptist Church $30/13 weeks
East Calhoun Church of God, 401 Peters Street,
Calhoun (706) 629-0949; food distribution with a brief sermon; Every
Saturday at 11:00 a.m.; Contact Jerome
Jones
His House Thrift Store, 981 North Wall Street,
Calhoun (706) 629-7767; clothes/furniture for those in need; thrift store for those who
can pay; store provides funds for outreach to community through their non-denominational
church: The Lamb's Quarters; Mon-Sat 9:00-5:00
Family and Children Services
Gordon County Family
Connection, 330 S. Wall Street, Calhoun (706) 602-8510; Follow Through
works with at-risk pre-k students and their families, Think First
school-based tutoring program, Bright Futures works with at-risk middle
school girls
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
Methodist Church, 200 East Line Street, Calhoun
(706) 629-2685; soup kitchen on Saturdays November through March; food served at
Imagination Station at Housing Authority
North Bartow Community Services, 2397 Hall Station
Road NW, P.O. Box 144, Adairsville (770) 773-3812; food/clothes - residency/income
eligibility
Recovery Support Group,
Seventh Day Adventist Church, 350 W. Belmont Drive, Calhoun (706)
625-8628; a recovery support group based on the 12 steps of AA and
adhering to the Bible of Christians (any denomination), open for those
working in a 12 step program of any kind
Salvation Army, Calhoun City
Hall, (706) 629-0141, helps needy up to $50
Seventh Day Adventist Food Bank, P.O. Box 936, 368
West Belmont, Highway 53, Calhoun GA 30703 (706) 629-8926, church 629-5470; food for
needy, Thanksgiving program; M-F 8:00-12:00
Tallatoona Gordon County Neighborhood Service
Center, 194 New Town Road NE, Calhoun GA 30701 (706) 629-2333, fax 625-2603; surplus food
distribution, food bank, medicine program, help for low-income families; Energy Assistance
Program, Garden Program, Fan Program,
Glasses through Lion's Club for seniors; Angel
Food Ministries Program sign up - no income requirements, purchase a box of
food for $21, order as manuy as you like,
menu changes every month; employment
program for all ages; child development (Head Start)
Voluntary Action Center, 615 North Wall Street,
Calhoun GA 30701 (706) 629-7283; assistance for needy; thrift shop with clothes,
furniture, household goods (free for burn-outs); food pantry; financial assistance; one
time a year help with rent, utilities and gas; help with prescriptions; free loan of
infant car seats; volunteers welcome; M-F 8:00-5:00
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Haralson
County
Family and Children Services
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
Rural Economic and Community Development Service,
835 Cherokee Circle, Cedartown GA 30125 (770) 748-1921; grants and loans for farms and
homes for income eligible
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Murray
County
Family and Children Services
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
North Georgia Community Action
Voluntary Action Center, P.O. Box 1941, Dalton GA
30722 (706) 226-4357; up-to-date information on sources of help in the community,
Emergency Response System
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Paulding
County
Clothes Been, 551 Hardee Street, Dallas GA 30132;
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.
770-443-7490; Monday
- Saturday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Family and Children Services
Family
Resource Center, 445 Paulding Lane, Dallas
GA 30132 (770) 443-1660 info@pauldingcollaborative.com.;
offers services which include
community resource and referral
information, an infant
supply/children's clothing closet for
families in crisis, quality assistance
to childcare and family care centers
in the form of support and training, a
home-based family support program to
referred families, a Parent Singles
Project offered in childcare centers
as support and education program for
parents, and Right From the Start
Medicaid intake service provider.
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 9 am - 2 pm; provides
services to Paulding County residents
which includes help with children and
adult clothes, food, Bible Studies,
and Christian Counseling. Volunteers
are always needed. No fees for
services.
Helping Hands of Paulding County,
240 Professional Court, Dallas GA 30132 (770) 443-1230; help with food, utilities,
rent, medicine, and free Bibles; All
services are free; Monday to Friday 10
am - 2 pm.
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Mercy
Intercession Center, PO Box 1635,
Hiram, GA 30141, (770) 443-4114 -
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,
services are free.
Meals for Senior Citizens
New
Beginnings Food Outreach, Inc., 6973
Glade Road, Acworth, GA 30102, (770)
529-6353; Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday 11 am - 4 pm; Wednesday 10:30
am to 12:30 pm; Friday 11 am to 2 pm;
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.
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; 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. Monday to Friday 9 am to 6
pm
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, 503 West Memorial Drive,
Dallas, GA 30132, (770) 505-7707,
Monday to Thursday 10 am - 4 pm,
Friday 1 pm - 6 pm, Saturday 10 am - 4
pm; provides good quality used
clothing and household goods to
families for a minimal cost.
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.
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Pickens
County
Community Thrift Store,
127
Sanders Street, Jasper GA (706) 253-7770, on Jasper's Main St. go north past
the courthouse and the old jail to Sanders St; turn left on Sanders. Sells
donated clothing, household items, furniture, etc. to the public at
greatly reduced prices or gives to those who qualify; provides education and
referrals for those in need; all revenue that is in excess of expenses is
used in the community to support programs that help community members.
Monday to Saturday 10:00 am -
4:00 pm. Donations and volunteers welcome.
Community
Thrift Store, 127 Sanders Street,
Jasper GA (706) 253-7770. A mirar y
hacer ofertas sobre miles de
artículos que incluyen muebles, ropa,
herramientas, libros, zapatos,
chucherias y mucho máa. Para su
conveniencia el Community Thrift Store
está abierto de: Martes a Sábado
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Donaciones son
muy apreciadas y son deductibles de
los impuestos. Cuando haga una
donación pídale un recibo a uno de
los muchos y xcelente voluntarios que
están en la tienda. Pickens County
Community Resource Association, Inc.
es el propietario y supervisa la
operación del Community Thrift Store
Esta es una organización sin
ganancias establecida solamente para
servir a la comunidad. Todo el dinero
recaudado, menos los gastos retornan a
la comunidad en forma de conseciones o
donaciones.
Family and Children Services
Hope
House, PO Box 651, Jasper, GA
30143; provides support and shelter
for children of Pickens, Dawson, and
surrounding counties who have nowhere
else to turn. The children come
through the court system and Family
& Children Services because of
abuse, neglect, or other
circumstances. Hope House provides
temporary shelter and support until a
more permanent solution can be
arranged.
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
North Georgia Community Action
Timothy House, 468 Willow Lane, Talking Rock GA
30175 (706) 698-5840; non-denominational inpatient facility for alcohol and drug addicted
men
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Polk
County
Family and Children Services
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
Polk Human Resource Development Center, 801 Blanche
Road, Cedartown GA 30125 (770) 748-1675, Fax 748-3987; Community Action Agency; surplus
food, energy assistance, transportation
Salvation Army, 317 East First Avenue, Rome GA 30161
(706) 291-4745; for details see Floyd County
Samaritan House, 302 Wissahickon Avenue, Cedartown
GA 30125 (770) 748-1722; emergency 3-day food supply, soup kitchen last 5 working days of
each month served at Goodyear Civic Center, counseling and referral
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Walker
County
Clothes
Closet at West LaFayette is in the old
elementary school building at the
corner of Chestnut and West Main (GA
193) in LaFayette. The closet is open
Wednesdays from 10 AM to 1 PM and by
appointment for people who have an
emergency or work during the usual
operating hours. The closet is
physically located in Walker County,
but we offer clothing to anyone who
comes by, regardless of their home or
the reason why they need the clothes.
We also welcome donations and can
provide receipts for
tax purposes if requested. www.k4c.info/clothing/
Ms. Pat
Robertson, 639-1999 / 313-2349
Family and Children Services
Family Crisis Center (706) 539-1000 or
1-800-344-2836, people in crisis may call collect, all services are free and confidential;
shelter, 24-hour crisis line, support groups, parenting classes, children's programs,
transportation, support and follow-up, assistance and referral, recognition and attention
to the physical, emotional and educational needs of the children involved and safety
planning classes.
Four Points, Inc., 211 Andrews Street, Rossville, GA
(706) 858-8647, assistance for domestic violence
Goodwill Industries, 776 Battlefield Parkway, Fort
Oglethorpe GA 30742 (706) 861-4770; low-cost used clothing and furniture
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
North Georgia Community Action
Northwest Georgia EOA, 120 West Villanow Street,
LaFayette GA 30728 (706) 638-0818; surplus food distribution, emergency food assistance
Walker County Food Pantry, 201 South Main Street,
LaFayette GA 30728 (706) 638-8931; food for economic emergency not related to a disaster
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Whitfield
County
Dalton Organization of Churches United for People
(DOC-UP), 500 South Thornton Avenue, Dalton GA 30720 (706) 278-7883; help with utilities,
rent, prescriptions and gas; sponsored by area churches
Family and Children Services
First Baptist Church, 311 North Thornton Avenue,
Dalton GA 30720 (706) 278-2911; emergency food fund and other limited support services
God's
Little Helpers Thrift Shop, 315 East
Morris Street, Dalton GA 30720 (706)
217-2954; "We take any donations that
you would like to give; lets bring our
community together. We are here to help
less fortunate families."
Harvest Outreach/Kitchen Facility, 207 East Morris
Street, Dalton GA 30720 (706) f275-8910; food, clothing and shelter
Harvest Outreach/Men's Facility, 209 East Morris
Street, Dalton GA 30720 (706) 275-8910; food, clothing and shelter
Harvest Outreach/Women's and children's Facility,
1511 Murray Avenue, Dalton GA 30720 (706) 226-7995; food, clothing and shelter
Low-cost or Subsidized Housing
Meals for Senior Citizens
North Georgia Community Action,
Providence Ministries, P.O. Box 44598, Dalton GA
30720 (706) 275-0268; emergency shelter and meals
Salvation Army, 1101 Chattanooga Road, Dalton GA
30720 or P.O. Box 1463, Dalton GA 30722 (706) 278-3966; financial and legal assistance;
emergency food 3 times a year; clothing for all ages
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