Category Archives: HomeAid Atlanta

2012 Essential for Young Lives Drive

Coldwell Banker NRT Development Advisors is excited to be participating in the Essential for Young Lives Drive, April 30, 2012 – May 7, 2012.  The Essentials for Young Lives Drive is HomeAid’s annual community – wide drive to collect “essentials” such as diapers, baby wipes, baby food and formula for homeless infants and toddlers.  The drive is conducted in conjunction with Mother’s Day, providing a great opportunity to help homeless mothers and their babies.

The official drive dates are April 30 – May 7.  Coldwell Banker NRT Development Advisors  is a drop off for the items! Bring your essentials.

 

Vote Today to Support HomeAid Atlanta!

By: Christine Macrenaris

Everyone needs a distraction on a Friday and we have a great one for you! We are looking for votes to support HomeAid Atlanta’s video contest that will help raise much needed funds to support this charity.

If you don’t know HomeAid Atlanta, the mission of HomeAid Atlanta is to build and maintain dignified housing where temporarily homeless families and individuals can rebuild their lives. This is accomplished through generous donations of construction services and materials from members of the homebuilding industry.

HomeAid Atlanta strives to improve the conditions of Atlanta’s temporarily homeless families and individuals by focusing on increasing capacities at local transitional housing facilities, providing more homeless children, women and men with an opportunity to restore their lives.

You have an opportunity to help HomeAid win $500 from My Friend’s Place Biggest Fan Contest. Voting is open until late November. Please take a few minutes to vote, and ask your co-workers, friends and family to vote as well. It’s an easy way to support HomeAid and it only takes a few minutes.

My Friend’s Place Biggest Fan Contest

• Go to www.youtube.com/group/MFPBiggestFanContest.

• Click “Sign In” at the top right and enter your username and password.

• Once you’re signed in, click the yellow “Join Group” button at the top.

• On the right side of the page, look under the “Top Rated” section and scroll down until you see the video titled “HomeAidContestVideo2”. Click on the video.

 • While the video is playing, you will see a tab that says “I love it” under the video. To vote for the video, simply click “I love it”. A message will then appear that says “thank you for voting”.

Essentials for Young Lives Drive a Success!

By: Leslie Williamson

We were excited to have the privilege to participate in HomeAid Atlanta’s ninth annual Essentials for Young Lives Drive!  HomeAid reported that more than 37,000 baby items were collected through the drive this year including:

 - 23665 baby wipes

 - 11984 diapers

 - 302 cups/bottles/pacifiers

 - 200 containers of formula

 - 509 containers of baby food

 - 75 baby bath items

 - 89 articles of children’s clothing

 - 207 stuffed animals/blankets/burp clothes/washclothes

 - 282 toiletries for moms

The items collected were distributed just before Mother’s Day to seven local shelters that serve homeless and young children.  HomeAid Atlanta Has provided housing construction assistance to all the shelters that benefitted from the drive.

We look forward to participating in the next fundraiser for HomeAid Atlanta -   Project Playhouse.  This fundraiser features extraordinary playhouses, designed and built by some of Atlanta’s premier architects and home builders.