Supporting Atlanta Orgs at COVID-19

COVID-19 Support Options for Atlanta Organizations

 

Public health issues related to the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) are evolving rapidly and directly impacting Downtown Atlanta residents, offices, small businesses,  Atlanta  hotels, and cultural institutions.

 

By advocating for our community members, sharing information when it is helpful, and assisting with economic recovery when the time comes, Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District will be a resource during this challenging time.

 

Our responsibility in the meantime must be to look out for each other, especially for the most vulnerable. The following list of organizations can use your donations, time, and financial assistance.

 

If you have any suggestions or corrections regarding this list, please contact marketing@atlantadowntown.com.

 

The Open Hand program distributes over 5000 nutritious meals to vulnerable Atlantans each day. There is a need for volunteers and financial contributions at the moment.

In response to COVID-19, Crossroads Ministries will only provide sack lunches for its Clyde's Kitchen meal service. For this reason, they need several items in order to continue this effort. What you can do to help is:

 

Bring sandwiches or complete sack lunches (including chips, granola bars, fruit, water, etc.) to Clyde's Kitchen any weekday between 7:30 am and 11:00 am.

 

We are looking for items for sack lunches - bread, sandwiches, cheese, chips, granola bars, fruit, bottled water, paper lunch bags, Ziploc bags. The same schedule can apply to these as well.

 

Click here to donate, and in the memo line, write Lunches. One sack lunch will be provided for a donation of $2. https: / / crossroadsatlanta.org / give /

 

We are asking for your support for the Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund to help our neighbors recover. We hope you will visit www.unitedwayatlanta.org to find out more about our work, or you can reach out by email at info@unitedwayatlanta.org with questions.

 

By partnering with community resources, The Giving Kitchen provides financial assistance to food service workers in need. Due to the outbreak, restaurants have been forced to change operations, cancel gatherings, and even close. Give one-time donations or participate through their Pass the Hat program to assist food service workers.

 

It is a program of the Westside Future Fund, presented in collaboration with the Chick-fil-A Foundation. Food needs to be delivered to Westside families. We will be picking up groceries from the YMCA in the shelter in place on Thursdays at noon and delivering them to families in need. 

robyn@westsidefuturefund.org.

 

YMCA of Metro Atlanta has been providing critical community services for 162 years. The Y has mobilized its network, facilities, and partners to launch three specific initiatives which are crucial during this challenging time: childcare support for healthcare workers, first responders and those on the frontlines of COVID-19; expanded hunger relief programs; and Operation R.E.A.C.H. for senior and vulnerable groups. The COVID-19 Response Hub provides more information and opportunities to support the Y's critical work.

 

At 14 metropolitan Atlanta locations in Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and Gwinnett counties, Sheltering Arms offers high quality early childhood education, child care and comprehensive family support services to more than 3500 children each year. As a result of COVID-19, Sheltering Arms' most pressing urgent need is support for its response team. which works in tandem with our Family Services Coaching Staff to keep our 2200 enrolled families stabilized, in their homes, healthy, fed and moving forward through the end of this crisis. You can donate here, and for more information, reach out to Tony Conway, Vice President of Development and Communications, at tconway@shelteringarmsforkids.com.

 

Support Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School families in need of food. Drive-thru drive-ups are available for dropping off necessary items. Make sure your vehicle's trunk is full or your back seat is empty. It will be collected by volunteers with face masks and gloves. Check out this page for more information on needed items and drop-off times. Online orders of food can also be placed at:

Attn: Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuits c/o St. Thomas More Catholic Church

Located at 636 West Ponce de Leon Avenue.

Decatur, GA 30030

 

We open doors to prevent and overcome homelessness at Central Outreach and Advocacy Center. At present, guests can check their mail, receive toiletries, and receive snacks once per week, although they cannot offer regular programs and services. Listed below are items Central OAC requires. To find out more about donating items to Central OAC, contact Executive Director Kimberly Parker at kparker@centraloac.org or 404-601-3149.

 

You will need to pack these toiletries (travel size is appropriate): soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, razors, moisturiser, and lotion

 

Grains bars, peanut butter crackers, nuts, small cans of fruit or apple sauce, chips, cookies, granola bars

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