Give or Receive Help This Thanksgiving in South Cobb

The volunteers at Christian Aid Mission Partnership’s (C.A.M.P.) are helping more families during this economic downturn than they ever have before.

The nonprofit organization's annual holiday food program is expected to feed 1,200 families this year for Thanksgiving. Families in need will each recieve a complete Thanksgiving dinner, complete with a turkey, from each $10 donation that C.A.M.P. receives. This is made possible through a partnership with Atlanta Community Food Bank.

To learn more about the “Thanks Giving” program, please contact Jay Cantrell, Food Pantry Manager, at 770-819-0662, x12. To make a donation, please mail to: C.A.M.P., P.O. Box 802, Austell, GA 30168.

Today and Saturday, volunteers are working hard from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to distribute the many donated Thanksgiving food boxes to families in need throughout Cobb County. The Center for Family Resources is hosting its annual Thanks for Giving event at Jim Miller Park at 2245 Callaway Road in Marietta.

All volunteer shifts are full, but the center does have a waiting list for individuals interested in volunteering. All volunteers must be at least 14 years old, and accompanied by an adult if under the age of 16.

Cobb residents who would like to receive a Thanksgiving dinner box can drop by the Mansour Center at 995 Roswell Street in Marietta on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. or on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon.

To receive the donated food boxes, recipients must bring:

• your photo ID,
• your Social Security card,
• Social Security card or birth certificate for each person in the household,
• information about one's earned income, such as pay stubs from the last four weeks AND/OR information about one's unearned income, such as unemployment or Social Security payments,
• lease or utility bill in your name, verifying that you are a Cobb resident,
• an adult translator if you do not speak English.

This is an income-based program. All recipients must be Cobb residents. The center will not be able to verify status or information with DFACS.

For more information, visit the Center for Family Resources website.