Next SNGA donation drive–April 20!
“I keep thinking about you and how you made my daughter’s birthday so special. She rides her bike every day and really enjoys it. Thanks so much for remembering us. God bless you.” – message from mom of My Birthday Matters recipient
If you’d like to brighten a child’s birthday, just visit the SignUp Genius link for our My Birthday Matters program.
NEXT DONATION DRIVE IS APRIL 20!
Our next monthly Donation Drive is Sat., April 20, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at our Marietta warehouse. Email brenda@simpleneedsga.orgfor the address or if you have any questions.
If you can’t make it on April 20 (Passover), we’ll have drives next month on May 4 and May 18. Mark your calendars!
Top needs are:
BRAND NEW: men’s underwear sizes med and large, markers (box of 10-12), kitchen garbage cans, mops and brooms, board books and chapter books for tween boys, Amazon Fire 7 tablets and cases, light bulbs, stuffed dogs for older kids, Spiderman toys ($20-$30 range).
NEW OR GENTLY USED: TVs (cable-ready and not too large/heavy), candles, microwaves, toasters, irons, ironing boards, crock pots, DVD players, vacuums, bath rugs Furniture such as kitchen tables, mattresses and box springs, dressers/chest of drawers, bookshelves, armchairs.
One of the goals for our furniture clients is for them to not spend too many nights sleeping on the floor. We do not receive enough donations of mattresses and box springs, so we often need to purchase them.We welcome financial contributions toward the purchase of those. Donate here.
Additional donor resources:
SNGA client Amazon Wish List
Our updated list of client needs
List of small household items SNGA clients are offered
AN INSPIRING KSU DAY OF SERVICE AT SNGA!
For many years now, the fantastic student volunteers at Kennesaw State University have chosen volunteer at Simple Needs GA for their annual Day of Service.
They did it again on March 23, as a total of 41 volunteers made the trek to our Marietta warehouse. [Watch our YouTube video]. “It was a great group who worked really hard,” said SNGA founder Brenda Rhodes. “They assembled bags of toiletries (our Comfort Kits), made no-sew blankets for our My Birthday Matters program and sorted donations, among other projects.”
Thanks to Dr. Sairagul Matikeeva-Kinney, the Academic Program Specialist, Honors College, Office of the Dean, for acting as lead for the team, which included KSU Honors and Presidents Emerging Global Scholars (PEGS) students.
“We truly enjoyed having KSU out with us once again,” Brenda said. “We love that these amazing students truly care about their community.”
THANKS TO ST. ANDREW UMC!
More gratitude goes to the women’s group at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 3455 Canton Rd., for inviting Brenda to speak on April 8 and donating lots of much-deeded items for our clients.
Women’s group member Carol Haisten learned of SNGA’s work last fall at our open house. “I was so impressed with your program and the impact it is having on the community, especially to our families in Family Promise,” she said, referring to the nonprofit that seeks to transform the lives of homeless families.
Members of the women’s group donated pillows, mops, brooms, men’s socks, trashcans, shopping bags, educational supplies, baking pans and cleaning utensils to SNGA. “Another member learned her company matches monetary donations, and so her donation was doubled,” Carol said. “Brenda’s presentation was very well received and many expressed a desire to volunteer and/or donate in the future.”
“It was a joy getting to meet Carol, her group and others from St. Andrew,” Brenda said. “We can’t thank them enough!”
PICTURED: Brenda and dedicated SNGA volunteer Lisa at St. Andrew.
RECENT BLOG POSTS AT SIMPLENEEDSGA.ORG
If you didn’t see them, check out our recent blog posts on Holly Britt’s awesome new children’s book and community-giving project, The Incredible Little Happy, and the fantastic support Simple Needs GA has received of late from Christ Lutheran Church. Gracias to Holly and the congregation at Christ Lutheran for their generous support of Simple Needs GA!
SOME MORE HEARTFELT SHOUT-OUTS…
We wish we could thank all of our donors and volunteers in the newsletter every month, but time is short and we inevitably fall short on this task, too! Here are a few, but by no means all, who have helped out lately. Be sure to “like” our Facebook pageto follow the latest at Simple Needs GA.
On March 16, three groups volunteered: Little Helpers (underwear/sock drive), Delta Sigma, and a small group from KSU led by Matthew Weese.
Thanks to Belinda Vogel and the Chattahoochee Plantation Women’s Club for running an appliance drive in March and inviting Brenda to speak to the group on March 15. They also made financial donations and provided gift cards for our clients!
Shout out to Tran Smith’s son Jackson and all of his peeps at Crabapple Middle School. They collected socks and underwear for Simple Needs GA at their winter concert! You can read more about Tran and her awesome family in our blog post about Little Helpers.
Due West United Methodist Church in Marietta (PICTURED) held a service project; members made no-sew blankets for our My Birthday Matters children after church. Casa Montessori school in Marietta invited Brenda to speak to one of their classes, who made and donated 20 blankets. The Smyrna Rotary Club was also kind enough to invite Brenda to speak at its lunch meeting on April 9. Thanks so much!
Lastly, thanks to Family Promise of Cobb for the awesome donation of cots for our clients! “ We can use them in lieu of or in addition to air mattresses as temporary bedding for our furniture clients,” Brenda said. “They’ve already come in handy for one family.”
WE NEED HELP WITH OUR FURNITURE PROGRAM!
Of Simple Needs GA’s seven programs, Simple Household Needs is by far the most challenging as a result of the complex logistics—and heavy lifting—involved in providing furniture to people in need.
However, our volunteers love being a part of Simple Household Needs despite the challenges. They feel tremendous satisfaction in seeing how this program helps our clients cope with severe challenges such as coming out of homelessness, escaping from domestic violence or recovering from devastating fires. We cannot thank our volunteers enough and are deeply grateful to those who donate furniture and household items to the program as well.
We need much more help for this challenging program. If you have any interest in contributing to Simple Household Needs, we would love it if you could join us! Just email brenda@simpleneedsga.org.
As an aside, we should mention that Simple Household Needs is expensive, too: We spend about $22,000 a year on things such as truck rentals, labor and buying mattresses and box springs when our donated supply runs out. If you would like to make a financial contribution to Simple Household Needs, just visit this link for more info: https://simpleneedsgablog.com/donate/financial-support/
RECURRING DONATIONS – BE PART OF OUR SIMPLY CARING PROGRAM
If you regularly make donations to Simple Needs GA (or would like to!), we’d love it if you would consider making your donation automatically recur each month. Just go to SimpleNeedsGA.org, click one of the “donate” buttons and then check “make this donation recurring (monthly).”
You can use your credit card or a PayPal account for these donations. However, if you plan to routinely donate online to SNGA, you might consider signing up for a PayPal Giving Fund account. PayPal Giving Fund charges no fees to enrolled charities, so all of your donations will go to SNGA!
Of course, you could also just mail a monthly check to:
Simple Needs GA
P.O. Box 670265
Marietta, GA 30066
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF PEOPLE IN NEED!
Comfy pillows and more from Christ Lutheran Church
For most of us, the likes of toiletries, towels and cleaning supplies count as “little things.” We hardly give them a second thought. For Simple Needs GA’s clients, though, these items are hugely important.
That’s why we were so thrilled when Christ Lutheran Church, 176 W. Sandtown Rd. SW, recently gave us 72 brand-new pillows donated by its members in the course of just one week after seeing our plea on Facebook.
“We get lots of gently used furniture from our donors, but we don’t accept used pillows and are constantly running short of new ones,” said SNGA founder Brenda Rhodes. “This donation gives us a nice supply for our furniture families. It was fun stashing them all away!”
Brenda also thanked Russ Marshall, a member of the church, for his outstanding contributions to SNGA. “Russ has been invaluable as a volunteer with a truck, doing somuch for us, including putting together cribs for our clients,” Brenda said.
It was Russ who told Paula Bode, chair of the church’s nine-member social committee, about SNGA. Paula describes Christ Lutheran as “a small congregation with a big heart.” Founded in 1983, the church started as the West Cobb Mission. “The first service had 34 people in attendance,” Paula says. Members volunteer at the likes of MUST Ministries and Cobb Street Ministries. They have held blood drives, contributed to the annual Diaper Day event and, last year during Lent, collected funds for Out of Darkness, a ministry of the Atlanta Dream Center focused on fighting sex trafficking.
This year, Christ Lutheran Church made Simple Needs GA the recipient of its generosity during Lent. “We were so honored by that and also by the church’s invitation to have us come speak about our work,” Brenda said. “It was great to meet such warm and caring people. I especially loved the cool birdhouses (PICTURED). What a neat way to collect donations during Lent!”
The church’s mission statement is to be the Body of Christ in word and deed in West Cobb, Paula says. “We are enthusiastic about our mission and it seems whatever we put out to our members they embrace it, as witnessed by the outpouring of pillows,” she said.
One of the church’s members, Julie Ridings, set up a recent Simple Needs GA service day for congregants as well, and youth at the church are planning a similar event. “Julie and the volunteers were fantastic!” Brenda said.
SNGA’s programs that focus on helping people who have emerged from homelessness resonated with many at Christ Lutheran, including Paula. “I know there are many worthy global causes,” she said, “but I’m a huge fan of trying to help what’s right in front of me.”
Thanks again to Christ Lutheran for their kindness and commitment!
Check out ‘The Incredible Little Happy’!
Greetings, all.
We wanted to let you know about a wonderful children’s book by Simple Needs GA supporter Holly Britt.
It’s called The Incredible Little Happy. An affirmations book for kids, it’s about a cute puppy who goes to the zoo, meets the animals there and learns lots of positive lessons along the way. The book gives parents the opportunity to spend quality time with their children and share positive affirmations with them.
Holly, an Atlanta-based mom and actress who is passionate about contributing to her community, wanted to make sure the project gave back in other ways as well.
“Fifty percent of my profits go to individuals in need and nonprofits such as Simple Needs GA, Kiva.org, Wounded Warrior Project, Atlanta Dream Center and several others,” Holly explained.
Before its official store launch, The Incredible Little Happy also provided enough funds for 8,100 meals via global relief agency SERV International. Every book sold continues to provide five meals through SERV to people in need!
Illustrated by Toby Mikle, the beautiful book is available here at Amazon and here at Barnes & Noble.
As if that weren’t enough, Holly is also hosting a link for donations to various charities, including Simple Needs GA, at theincrediblelittlehappy.com. “One hundred percent of donations will go to helping others,” Holly said. “We’re making random, surprise gifts to many national and international nonprofits.”
You can check out the book’s media page for photos and video.
“My purpose for this book is to give the gift of great thoughts that can lead to great actions–the gift of reminding us to love ourselves and reinforcing the fact to each child that they are special,” Holly said. “I am most grateful for the gift of my daughter Jade who inspires me to be better everyday.”
For more information, email theincrediblelittlehappy@gmail.com.
Thanks so much to Holly for including Simple Needs GA in this awesome project!
My Birthday Matters turns 5 yrs. old!
Greetings, all.
Simple Needs GA’s My Birthday Matters program is turning five years old! We hope you can drop by our Marietta warehouse on April 13 to don a party hat and celebrate with us! (OK, party hats aren’t mandatory!)
The Open House/MBM Birthday Party is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We’ll be giving tours, chatting with old and new friends and introducing others to our MBM and other programs. Clients will be on hand to share their stories as well. We’ll have some yummy snacks, as well as sandwiches and salads generously donated by Newk’s Eatery, 1975 Cobb Parkway in Kennesaw. Thank you, Newk’s!
If you plan to attend and/or need the address to our warehouse, please email brenda@simpleneedsga.org to help us with our planning. Feel free to bring friends or colleagues who might be interested in learning more about how our work benefits people in need. 
About My Birthday Matters
Five years ago, Simple Needs GA launched a program to bring new presents and basic necessities to disadvantaged children celebrating their birthdays. With the generous support of our donors and volunteers, our My Birthday Matters program has brought smiles to the faces of hundreds of children in need across Cobb County. In 2018 alone, the fast-growing program helped approximately 256 children, up from 217 the year before.
“Today is my daughter’s birthday. She is nine years old and is really excited and extremely happy on her day. As a parent, I am in tears, because this is so important to a child. It’s absolutely great that there are others who care!” — parent of a student at Sawyer Road Elementary.
“I want to thank you and your volunteers so much for such wonderful gifts for my son. He really enjoyed his books! May all of you be blessed for putting such a big smile on his face on his birthday!”
–furniture client after one of her sons received his presents from our My Birthday Matters program.
“You and yours have been so much help. Thank you for the love you have shown my family. You have truly shown me we do matter.” — thank-you note from parent of My Birthday Matters recipient.
“Thanks for the birthday items. The boys are very pleased! [A.] is ready to go to GameStop to use his gift card. [T.] is admiring his new book bag and goodies. [S.] is already snuggled in his throw watching the game. Thanks again for everything, including the furniture!” — thank-you note from parent of My Birthday Matters recipient.
Thank you for your support of people in need!
Next Donation Drive: Sat., March 16!
“You made another child, another human being, very, very happy this morning. This is by far one of her happiest birthdays in a long time.”
—text from a single mom of a girl who received a bike that she rode in Walmart and wanted but couldn’t afford. We also bought her a “My Life” doll and some other things—thanks to you, our donors.
If you’d like to brighten a child’s birthday, just visit the SignUp Genius link for our My Birthday Matters program.
NEXT DONATION DRIVE IS MARCH 16!
Our next monthly Donation Drive is Sat., March 16, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at our Marietta warehouse. Email brenda@simpleneedsga.orgfor the address or if you have any questions.
If you can’t make it on March 16, we’ll have drives next month on April 6 and April 20. Mark your calendars!
Top needs are:
BRAND NEW: men’s underwear sizes med and large, markers (box of 10-12), kitchen garbage cans, mops and brooms, books for tweens (esp boys), Amazon Fire 7 tablets and cases, light bulbs.
NEW OR GENTLY USED: comforters (all sizes), candles, microwaves, toasters, irons, ironing boards, DVD players, mattress pads (esp full), air mattresses, vacuums.
We are currently collecting lightly used children’s books for Communities in Schools. You can bring to us – or take directly to them.
One of the goals for our furniture clients is for them to not spend too many nights sleeping on the floor. We do not receive enough donations of mattresses and box springs, so we often need to purchase them.We welcome financial contributions toward the purchase of those. DONATE.
Additional donor resources:
SNGA client Amazon Wish List
Our updated list of client needs
List of small household items SNGA clients are offered
BRENDA GIVES ‘STATE OF SNGA’ ADDRESS TO LOCAL OFFICIALS
Special thanks to Powder Springs City Councilman Patrick Bordelon (Mayor Pro Tem) for inviting Brenda to speak about SNGA’s mission as the first speaker in a series of presentations by community-based organizations.
CMA is comprised of all the elected city officials in the county as well as the city managers and clerks. For Brenda’s Feb. 10 presentation, the audience members, just to name a few, included: Powder Springs City Councilman (and SNGA supporter!) Henry Lust; Marietta Ward 7 City Councilman Joseph R. Goldstein; Cobb Travel & Tourism President & CEO Holly Quinlan; Austell Mayor Pro-Tem Ollie B. Clemons, Jr.; and Cobb County District 1 Commissioner Keli Gambrill. 
“I was honored to tell the public servants of our county about our mission at Simple Needs GA,” Brenda said. “Several CMA members are highly committed to combating poverty in Cobb and are doing great work in raising awareness. Councilmen Bordelon and Lust, in particular, have done a lot to support SNGA. They get my vote for sure!” 😀
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH
One of our dedicated volunteers (with a truck!), Russ Marshall, attends Christ Lutheran Church in Marietta. He suggested SNGA be considered for the church’s Lenten Offering and they said yes! Paula Bode (chair of the committee) took a tour during a Donation Drive and was impressed. “We are so excited to be supporting Simple Needs GA!” she said. On March 10, Brenda spoke to the congregation during their two morning services “The members were all very gracious,” Brenda said. “You can tell they are very involved in community outreach.” A table was set up in the lobby with a monitor which explained SNGA’s program. Members were encouraged to take a cardboard birdhouse and fill them with donations. We’ve already received a few requests from those who want to volunteer; looking forward to our partnership!
HEARTFELT THANKS!
We are very grateful for all of our donors and wish we could call each and every one of them out! Here are a few who have helped out lately. Be sure to “like” our Facebook page so you can read more about each over the next month or so.
The O’Dell and O’Neil law firm (Marietta) and their employees have offered to help out monthly with our My Birthday Matters and other programs by purchasing top needs. The Golden K Kiwanis Club donated $1K this quarter as part of their sustaining sponsorship dollars. Board member Jen Sypeck spoke at the Ruby Cooper Circle at the First United Methodist Church of Marietta; the Circle followed up with a donation and plan to be involved more with us. The Epstein School children volunteered with us, and many families brought donations with them.
THANKS TO AHG TROOP 2012 FROM WOODSTOCK!
Sixteen members of American Heritage Girls Troop 2012 from Woodstock volunteered at SNGA’s warehouse on March 2. The children, ages 6 to 13, and several troop moms pitched in to make fleece blankets, sort and organize stuffed animals, and put together school-supply packs. They have made in-kind donations in the past to SNGA but it was their first time volunteering, said troop coordinator Kathleen Tallent, who volunteered with her daughter Violet.
“Everyone was very impressed with how many different areas and ministries that Simple Needs GA has a hand in, as well as with how organized the warehouse and volunteer dynamics were run,” Kathleen said. “The overall impression was what a great experience and great organization to volunteer with! We hope to be invited back for more service opportunities.”
Founded in 1995, The American Heritage Girls is a Christian-based Scouting-like organization. It has more than 43,000 members. Thanks so much to Troop 2012 for their great work on behalf of people in need!
RECURRING DONATIONS – BE PART OF OUR SIMPLY CARING PROGRAM
If you regularly make donations to Simple Needs GA (or would like to!), we’d love it if you would consider making your donation automatically recur each month. Just go to SimpleNeedsGA.org, click one of the “donate” buttons and then check “make this donation recurring (monthly).”
You can use your credit card or a PayPal account for these donations. However, if you plan to routinely donate online to SNGA, you might consider signing up for a PayPal Giving Fund account. PayPal Giving Fund charges no fees to enrolled charities, so all of your donations will go to SNGA!
Of course, you could also just mail a monthly check to:
Simple Needs GA
P.O. Box 670265
Marietta, GA 30066
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF PEOPLE IN NEED!
Donation drive today (Jan. 19)
“Simple Needs GA is a groundbreaking organization that needs to be emulated nationwide”—Facebook comment from a former client (a mom with three kids) who received help from SNGA in a time of need.
Greetings, all.
Our next monthly Donation Drive is Sat., Jan. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at our Marietta warehouse. Email brenda@simpleneedsga.org for the address or if you have any questions.
If you can’t make it on Jan. 19, we’ll have drives next month on Feb. 2 and Feb. 16. Mark your calendars!
In addition to winter outerwear for people of all ages and sizes, our clients need:
BRAND NEW: kitchen garbage cans, mops and brooms, boy’s socks for ages 5 and up, books for tweens, small “shopping” bags to put smaller items in for kids who are in pre-K or younger (older kids get backpacks), Amazon Fire 7 tablets (when you see them on sale).
NEW OR GENTLY USED:microwaves, irons, ironing boards, DVD players, baking pans, large serving bowls, pizza cutters, bath rugs, sheets (esp. full and twin), blankets and comforters (all sizes), air mattresses, mattress pads, water pitchers, shower rings.
CURRENT FURNITURE NEEDS (NEW OR GENTLY USED): mattresses and box springs, kitchen tables and chairs, couches, dressers or chests of drawers, TV stands, nightstands, coffee tables, small desks and bookshelves.
If you would like to donate larger (essential) furniture, please email photos to brenda@simpleneedsga.org. If you can deliver, GREAT! If not, include address as well (pick up in Cobb County only).
One of our goals for our furniture clients is for them to not spend too many nights sleeping on the floor. We do not receive enough donations of mattresses and box springs, so we often need to purchase them.We welcome financial contributions toward the purchase of those.
Additional donor resources:
SNGA client Amazon Wish List
Our updated list of client needs
List of small household items SNGA clients are offered
BY THE NUMBERS
Our My Birthday Matters program helped approximately 256 children in 2018, increasing from 217 in 2017. Our Simple Household Needs program brought furniture and household items to 126 clients—a huge increase over the 77 we helped through this program in 2017. It was also a tonof extra work and required a lot more money to buy beds, rent trucks and cover other costs. Thanks so much to all of those who made this possible, including not just our regular volunteers but also local franchises from Two Men And A Truck. (Grateful for the help from Two Men’s Lawenceville/Suwanee location! @TwoMenLawrenceville @tmt_lville)
Our Spirit of Christmas program was an amazing success as well: Volunteers and donors came together to give $100 in requested gifts to 159 children in 61 families, all of whom also received extras like puzzles, board games and hats, gloves and scarves. Parent(s) also received a $25 Walmart card.
Donations drives organized by individuals and groups were part of what made our Spirit of Christmas program so amazingly successful this year.
Lori Hollaran, for example, tapped into the high energy and commitment of her fellow members at Burn Boot Camp East Cobb, 2100 Roswell Rd Suite 1120, to run her second Christmas toy drive in a row for SNGA!
A member of the high-intensity fitness center since November 2017, Lori made a toy box for the East Cobb location and collected nearly 50 presents [generously donated by more than 40 Burn Boot Camp (BBC) East Cobb members. “BBC East Cobb is a facility where members come together all the time to help out our local community,” she explained.
All in all, this year Lori and her friends, family and BBC East Cobb workout partners collected a total of 62 gifts for SNGA’s clients. The donations, which Lori brought to SNGA’s warehouse on Dec. 20, included baby dolls, slime sets, remote control cars, and a Target gift card. The gifts were for children all ages, including infants. “We were blown away last year when Lori and her daughters brought our clients about 50 presents from an SNGA ‘toy party,’ ” Brenda said. “Now she’s done it again. Thanks so much, Lori. You’re amazing!”
Another example is the drive run by Explore Wildwood. Members of the nature-based homeschool enrichment program, comprised mostly of Cobb and Paulding families, bought about 30 items off of our “most wanted” Christmas list.
“Last year, the 10 children in our program did a ‘secret Santa’ gift exchange for each other,” said Jenn Fletcher, Explore Wildwood’s director, founding member and head art teacher. “This year, instead of doing for each other, we decided to all pitch in and do donation gifts for others instead.”
Those donations included dolls and accessories; educational and crafty play items; Hot Wheels sets; books; board games; winter gloves; and an Amazon tablet.
Jenn, who has worked with SNGA’s My Birthday Matters program, said Explore Wildwood’s members liked the idea of supporting the mission of a smaller nonprofit. You can find out more about Explore Wildwood on its Facebook page and website.
We wish we could thank individually all of the amazing, dedicated, generous community volunteers and donors who make these programs possible. We also continue to receive support from local organizations and companies, such as the Marietta office of Progressive Insurance, which sponsored two families and gave each of the kids a lot of presents!
You’re touching the hearts of families in need and putting big smiles on children’s faces! Way to go!
AN INSPIRING ACT FROM AN AMAZING 10-YEAR-OLD
To celebrate her 10th birthday this past November, Addison did something that was as inspiring as it was unusual—rather than focusing on herself, she collected presents for children in need.
“Addison found out about Simple Needs GA through a family friend,” said her mom Paula. “She realized that she had more than enough, and that other children her age may not, so she chose to give items to SNGA’s clients as her birthday wish.”
Addison collected an array of gifts—everything from Kindle Fire tablets, to household items such as pillows—for the school-age clients of our My Birthday Matters program and other children in need referred to us or known to us through our furniture program.
“She asked family and friends to donate a toy or item instead of buying her a gift,” Paula explains. “I have never seen her happier to receive something for her birthday knowing she would be donating it!”
“As a parent, one of the greatest things you can teach your child is to give to others,” she said. “We were very proud of her—especially since it was her own idea. I believe Addison has gotten a good foundation of teaching from her church, school and family about being kind to others, and it’s showing!”
“We couldn’t agree more!” Brenda said. “What I particularly love about Addison’s story is the way it illustrates the joy that we feel whenever we act from a place of generosity and concern for others. Way to go, Addison! You’ve inspired us all!”
RECURRING DONATIONS – BE PART OF OUR SIMPLY CARING PROGRAM
If you regularly make donations to Simple Needs GA (or would like to!), we’d love it if you would consider making your donation automatically recur each month. Just go to SimpleNeedsGA.org, click one of the “donate” buttons and then check “make this donation recurring (monthly).”
You can use your credit card or a PayPal account for these donations. However, if you plan to routinely donate online to SNGA, you might consider signing up for a PayPal Giving Fund account. PayPal Giving Fund charges no fees to enrolled charities, so all of your donations will go to SNGA!
Of course, you could also just mail a monthly check to:
Simple Needs GA
P.O. Box 670265
Marietta, GA 30066
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF PEOPLE IN NEED!
SNGA: An Amazing Year!
Both families were so happy to receive their gifts with everything they wanted in them. I just want to say a huge thank you to you and your volunteers for your kind hearts and dedication. –Cierra Boyce, child advocate for liveSAFE Resources in Marietta
Greetings, all.
As we say goodbye to 2018, we wanted to thank you for all the many ways in which you have helped Simple Needs GA’s clients over the past year.
Literally hundreds of people of all ages from across Cobb County and Metro Atlanta—and even some folks from out of state—have supported our mission in all kinds of ways. They’ve worked in our warehouse; brought furniture, household items and birthday presents to people in need; and even donated their own birthday presents to help children with much harder circumstances than their own.
From the discussions on our Facebook page, to our busy volunteer days and donations drives, to the quiet gifts of time and money, it is clear that SNGA truly has grown into a community-based organization. We are not only connecting people in need with scarce resources. We’re also connecting with each other in meaningful ways. It’s why we’re so looking forward to growing our mission and reaching even more people in the year ahead.
We’re also looking back to 2018 and marveling at our nonprofit’s continued growth.
This past year, our My Birthday Matters program helped approximately 235 children, increasing from 217 in 2017. Our Simple Household Needs program brought furniture and household items to 123 clients—a huge increase over the 77 we helped through this program in 2017. (It was also a tonof extra work and required a lot more money to buy beds, rent trucks and cover other costs. Thanks so much to all of those who made this possible!)
Our Spirit of Christmas program was an amazing success: Volunteers and donors came together to give $100 in requested gifts to 159 children in 61 families, all of whom also received extras like puzzles, board games and hats, gloves and scarves. Parent(s) also received a $25 Walmart card.
None of our clients’ smiles would be possible without our wonderful donors, volunteers and supporters. Even a small donation or a few hours of your time go a long way in relieving some of the stress our families go through at difficult times in their lives.
We know this is true because they tell us so in such heartfelt ways. Take this recent message from one of our furniture clients:
“Thank you so much for helping my family out at a time in need! Simple Needs GA made it possible for my family to feel important in our new home and for the holidays. I can’t express how grateful we are. God bless you. Your program is amazing!”
Have a Happy New Year full of Peace, Love and Joy.
RECURRING DONATIONS – BE PART OF OUR SIMPLY CARING PROGRAM
If you regularly make donations to Simple Needs GA (or would like to!), we’d love it if you would consider making your donation automatically recur each month. Just go to SimpleNeedsGA.org, click one of the “donate” buttonsand then check “make this donation recurring (monthly).”
You can use your credit card or a PayPal account for these donations. However, if you plan to routinely donate online to SNGA, you might consider signing up for a PayPal Giving Fund account. PayPal Giving Fund charges no fees to enrolled charities, so all of your donations will go to SNGA!
Of course, you could also just mail a monthly check to:
Simple Needs GA
P.O. Box 670265
Marietta, GA 30066
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF PEOPLE IN NEED!
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