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A Happy Sandra Holiday

In this month of giving and holidays, we couldn’t help but pause to honor Sandra Holiday. Sandra serves as  Executive Director of  the Atlanta Children’s Shelter (ACS)

SC: At ACS, you help families facing homelessness who suffer from racial disparities and opportunity gaps by providing them with pathways to financial independence and permanent housing. Tell us more.

SH: We offer these families access to healthcare, mental health services and free quality early childhood education while providing them opportunities to achieve GEDs, technical college diplomas, gainful employment and permanent housing. ACS continues to evolve and pivot to serve the growing needs of families living in poverty during the pandemic.  We launched virtual learning platforms for children up to grade 5 to help keep parents employed and children learning, we transitioned to virtual mental health services to ensure the well-being of the families and we have continued to use COVID relief funds to pay for rent, utilities and food to keep our families stable and housed during the pandemic.   

SC: We have much to be thankful for. What tops your list?

SH: I am profoundly grateful to all our community partners who make it possible for the Shelter to serve families with young children living in poverty and on the streets of Atlanta. We nurture these families with love, give them respect and provide them with critical needs – food, housing, healthcare, childcare, education and jobs. 

We cannot keep our doors open without support from individuals, foundations, corporations, government and community organizations. Our partners donate to meet our critical need for PPE and funding so we can continue to work tirelessly to meet the critical needs of others.

SC: Who will be around your table on Christmas Day? 

SH: Family! I am blessed to have a wonderful family and we will spend time together this holiday.  We will also give thanks to all our families and friends who are cannot be with us and who have blessed our lives.

Giving

Why not make a donation in honor of someone you love this Christmas? Or, check out the Amazon wishlists and volunteer opportunities. Your gift to the Atlanta Children’s Shelter makes a significant positive impact on homeless children and families that they support every day. It helps provide free quality early childhood education and nutritional meals to homeless children as well as support services to their parents so that they can obtain stable employment and housing. You help give the gift of transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency which breaks the cycle of homelessness for children.

Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. AmazonSmile can be enabled on your web browser and mobile application to maximize your impact for the Atlanta Children’s Shelter while completing your shopping.

To purchase items that will immediately help the children and families we support, visit our Amazon Smile Shopping List. Additional items can be found on our Amazon Year Rounds Needs List or Early Childhood Education Seasonal Wish List. These in-kind donations will make an impact in our classrooms at the shelter and in the homes of our newly placed families. All items purchased on Amazon are acknowledged as a charitable contribution.

If your child is interested in serving, but not old enough – Sandra has options for them too!  Children are encouraged to gather some of their friends or neighbors and raise some of our current in-kind needs.  Once the collection is complete, she encourages parents to bring their children to drop off the items.   If you have any questions regarding this process, please email, sholiday@acsatl.org.

ACSATL.org

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