Our mission.
To provide emergency and transitional housing along with supportive services to those in need, leading to an enhanced quality of life.
Our vision.
To create a community providing stable housing and supportive services for our citizens.
Saying "Thank You" to you!
As we are progressing into our seventh month of sheltering those suffering from homelessness, we have had some great community support! We have had several churches step up and help out with some dinners here at Branches of Hope! Thank you to First Presbyterian Church of LaGrange, Upper Room Pentecostal Church, Freedom Baptist Church, and Broad Street Church of Christ for providing dinner to our folks!
We appreciate you!
Throughout the month we have various individuals and groups that donate food and various items to the shelter and some serve the homeless in practical ways. Let us know if you would like to help out by emailing us.
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Our financial need.
Our annual budget is just under $600,000 to cover all the costs of full-time staff covering our facility 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing programming to help get the homeless back on their feet.
Our greatest need actually is funding, so we are asking people to just give what they can on a monthly basis to help us keep our doors open. The cost to a city or county for one homelessness person runs between $40,000 - $120,000 per year. Often the homeless end up in jail, the hospital, or the ER.
Daily needs.
We need regular items that everyone needs to run a household. Remember the homeless when you go to the store or if you have something extra at home that you don't need. To see what we need today, please see our Daily Needs page.
Did you know that Midwest Food Bank Georgia provides us with the needed food and resources to serve our clients? Midwest Food Bank Georgia is located in Peachtree City, Georgia and distributes food to over 230 non-profit partner agencies in the Southeastern United States. We are thankful for our continued partnership! For more information on Midwest Food Bank Georgia, please visit their website at: midwestfoodbank.org.
Love, Trust, Transition, Compassion, Hope, Honesty, Care.