92 organizations
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Solidarity Sandy Springs is a nonprofit food pantry in Sandy Springs. It gives groceries to families and individuals who live or work in Sandy Springs and also runs volunteer and care-package projects.
5 services
Angels Among Us Pet Rescue is a foster-based dog and cat rescue in north metro Atlanta. They save animals from Georgia shelters and owner surrenders, place them in foster homes, provide care, and help them get adopted.
6 services
Operation Gratitude is a national nonprofit that thanks service members, veterans, first responders, and military families. It sends care packages, helps people request packages for eligible groups, and runs volunteer projects and delivery events across the country.
6 services
LifeLine Animal Project is a nonprofit animal welfare group in metro Atlanta. It runs the DeKalb and Fulton county animal shelters, helps people adopt and foster pets, and offers affordable or free pet care, vaccines, spay/neuter help, pet food, and other support so families can keep their pets.
14 services
A Million Thanks is a national nonprofit that supports active-duty service members and veterans with handwritten letters of thanks and encouragement. Its current work is focused on collecting letters, sending letter bundles, running MailCall250, and helping schools start student letter-writing clubs.
6 services
Operation Interdependence, Inc. is a national volunteer-run nonprofit that sends Department of Defense-approved care packages to deployed U.S. service members. It also supports veterans at home and asks the public to help by donating items, money, or time.
3 services
Dogs for Better Lives is a national nonprofit that trains assistance dogs for people with disabilities. They place hearing assistance dogs, autism assistance dogs, and facility dogs at no cost to clients, and they also run volunteer programs including a shelter-dog foster program with The Atlanta Humane Society.
6 services
Atlanta Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a nonprofit home improvement store at 271 Chester Ave SE. It sells donated furniture, appliances, building materials, decor, tools, and other home goods at discounted prices, and the money helps Atlanta Habitat build and repair affordable homes.
6 services
Atlanta Habitat ReStore South Fulton is a nonprofit home improvement store and donation center. It sells donated furniture, appliances, home goods, and building materials to the public, and the money supports Atlanta Habitat for Humanity's affordable homeownership work.
2 services
Family Life Restoration Center is a faith-based nonprofit in Mableton that helps families with basic needs. Its website says it provides food, clothing, shelter-related help, and education or job training resources.
6 services
Books to Prisoners is a Seattle nonprofit that mails free books to people in prisons across the country. People in prison must send a letter with their name, prison ID number, and mailing address; the group says it does not take book requests by phone or email.
4 services
Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a volunteer nonprofit that builds and delivers beds for children who do not have their own bed. The Gwinnett County chapter serves the Gwinnett County area and provides twin-size beds and bedding to qualifying children ages 3 to 17.
6 services
The Anti-Cruelty Society, now branded as Anti-Cruelty, is an animal welfare nonprofit in Chicago, Illinois. It helps pets and pet owners through adoption, shelter services, low-cost veterinary care, pet owner support, a free behavior helpline, foster care, volunteer programs, and community events.
10 services
Sierra Club Georgia Chapter is a statewide environmental group with more than 75,000 members and supporters. It helps people get outdoors, volunteer, and advocate for clean energy, transit, public lands, wildlife, and environmental justice in Georgia.
11 services
First Baptist Roswell is a church in Roswell that runs local service ministries. Its food pantry gives non-perishable food and personal care items to people in need, and the church also connects people to counseling, grief support for children, and partner ministries for families facing homelessness.
10 services
Quilts of Valor Foundation is a national nonprofit that honors U.S. service members and veterans touched by war. Volunteers make and formally award handmade quilts as a thank-you and a source of comfort.
4 services
Hot Mess Express Rescue is a women-led nonprofit with volunteer chapters across the United States. Volunteers help women with free home reset work like dishes, laundry, basic deep cleaning, organizing, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and friendly support. I could verify the national organization, but I could not verify an Atlanta-area chapter or office from the public pages I reached.
3 services
The National Guard Educational Foundation is a nonprofit in Washington, DC that tells the history of the National Guard. It runs the National Guard Memorial Museum and library, offers research help, supports scholarships for some Guard families and wounded Guard members, and connects eligible NGAUS members with Honor Flight guardian service.
9 services
Forgotten Soldiers Outreach is based in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, and sends monthly care packages to deployed U.S. service members around the world. The packages include snacks, toiletries, needed items, and letters of encouragement, and the group also runs volunteer letter-writing, packing, school, and scout programs.
8 services
LifeLine Animal Project is an Atlanta nonprofit animal welfare group. It runs Fulton and DeKalb county animal shelters and helps people keep pets through low-cost vet care, spay/neuter, vaccines, pet food, adoption, foster, and community cat programs.
9 services
