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American Red Cross - NE Georgia Chapter responds to disasters such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and fires, or other situations that cause human suffering or create human needs that those affected cannot alleviate without assistance. Camp Glisson is a camp run by the N. Ga. Conference of the United Methodist Church that ministers to children and youth . Center Point is a non-profit, youth development organization, providing proactive developmental support to parents, teachers and students located in Gainesville City and greater Hall County. Eagle Ranch provides a Christ-centered home for boys and girls in crisis and in need of hope and healing. Partnering with their families to pursue family restoration and runifiication. They seek to influence and equip others who share a similar calling to impact children, families and future generations. EnAble provides services to adults with developmental disabilities. Forsyth County Child Advocacy Center is a child-focused, home-like facility that combines the resources and efforts of many local agencies and organizations to create a caring, effective team approach in dealing with victims of physical/sexual abuse and their families. The mission of the Forsyth County Community Connection is to identify community strengths and needs; develop goals and community strategies; provide a structure for planning, evaluation and financial responsibility in order to implement a community agenda for children, youth and families Forsyth Disability Coalition, Inc. is a nonprofit networking support group whose goal is to lend support to all of the challenged and to create public awareness of the needs of the disabled. Forsyth County Head Start provides comprehensive child development services to economically diasadvantaged children and families, with a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school. Forsyth County Senior Center's mission is to be the focal point where older adults gather for services and activities thatrespond to their diverse needs and interests, enhance their dignity, support their independence, and encourage their involvement in their community. The mission of Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless is to rescue, restore and restablilize at-risk and homeless individuals and families so they can thrive and become self-sufficient. Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center provides end of life care to terminally ill patients in their homes. Their goal is to enable patients to live each day to their fullest potential, according to their needs and wishes. Jesse’s House provides emergency care and shelter to at-risk children in North Georgia ensuring a safe and stable living environment for high-risk girls between the ages of 7 and 17. Joy House is a home for hurting teenagers where the love of Christ can be modeled and ministered to both them and their families, with the goal of reconciling teens and their families and to transition them back to their homes. The mission of Keep Forsyth County Beautiful is to cooperate with government, businesses, schools, civic organizations and citizens in a joint efort to improve beautification, litter reduction and recycling. Maintaining a beautiful county is a team effort, which needs to invovle everyone. Legacy Link, Inc. is a Community Care Services Program that helps people who are elderly and/or functionally impaired to continue living in their homes and communities as an alternative to nursing home placement. NOA (No One Alone) provides safe haven and sulpport services for victims of family violence. Through educational programs, NOA works to foster attitudes in the community that violence is not acceptable. The Place of Forsyth County provides emergency financial assistance to people in need. They also operate a food pantry to ensure that no one in the community goes without food. St. Francis’ Table was conceived in 1982 by members of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. St. Francis’ Table is open each Saturday morning to feed and support the hungry. United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) is the not-for-profit global humanitarian aid organization of the United Methodist Church, working in more than 80 countries worldwide, including the US. Their mission, grounded in the teachings of Jesus, is to alleviate human suffering - whether caused by war, conflict of natural disaster, with open hearts and minds to all people. UMCOR responds to natural or civil disasters that are interruptions of such magnitude that they overwhelm a community’s ability to recover on its own.
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