Volunteers statement to hole them for organisation to children adopted done CAC’s portal. (CAC)The Adopt-a-Family portal of the Community Assistance Center (CAC) has opened to supply gifts to much than 1,400 children successful the Dunwoody and Sandy Springs country whose families request assistance for the holidays.
CAC invites individuals, groups, congregations and corporations to browse done accusation connected families and “adopt” them, making a committedness to supply vacation gifts for those children. The nonprofit assemblage assistance enactment expects much than 1,600 children to participate.
“The interaction of the Adopt-a-Family programme cannot beryllium understated,” Francis K. Horton III, CEO of CAC, said successful a release. “For the children successful this program, this whitethorn beryllium the lone luxury they acquisition this vacation season.”
Donors provided gifts for much than 1,500 children from hundreds of children successful 2021. On average, the magnitude spent per kid was from $75 to $100.
Each household registers with CAC and provides documentation to amusement their level of request to suffice for the program, ensuring that the assistance goes to those who request it the most, CAC Youth Programs Coordinator Christina Kennett said.
The portal displays each child’s gender, age, and preferences to let for a acquisition that acknowledges the kid arsenic an individual. The Adopt-a-Family portal was built pro bono for CAC’s usage by CJ Sutherland of Atomic Marshmallow Web Design.
“Participating successful the CAC Adopt-a-Family programme was a large accidental for our squad to springiness backmost and walk immoderate clip unneurotic during the holidays,” said Kat Dawson, Account Manager astatine Cisco Systems and 2021 Adopt-a-Family programme participant. In 2021, Dawson and immoderate coworkers pooled resources to “adopted” 50 children from a twelve families.
Many families besides donate their clip to signifier and administer the gifts. Volunteer opportunities are disposable successful November and December for individuals and tiny groups.
For much accusation connected the Adopt-a-Family program, oregon to spot profiles and prime a household to assistance this vacation season, sojourn www.ourcac.org/adoptafamily. For those assemblage members and organizations who are funny successful adopting a larger fig of children, interaction Kennett straight astatine adoptafamily@ourcac.org. To donate straight to the program, sojourn www.ourcac.org/donate-online.
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