MISSION STATEMENT

Cobb Christmas, Inc. is committed to helping provide Cobb County's low-income and working-poor families with a memorable holiday experience for their children during the Christmas holiday, thus ensuring that the holiday spirit remains alive and well for everyone involved: the children, their families, and the Cobb Christmas donors and volunteers.

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History

How the Program Works

Facts

Needs

History

Cobb Christmas, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), all volunteer organization that was started in 1963 by The Center for Family Resources (then known as the Cobb County Emergency Aid Association, Inc.) to assist the low-income and working poor families of Cobb County at Christmas time. The early years were made possible through community involvement from groups like the American Legion, the Cobb Jaycees and the United Way of Cobb County. Eventually the Christmas program branched out on its own in 1978 and incorporated in 1980. Since its founding, Cobb Christmas has provided gifts of food and new toys to thousands of disadvantaged children in Cobb County.

How the Program Works

Families seeking holiday assistance are carefully pre-screened for eligibility jointly by The Center for Family Resources (CFR) and the Cobb County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS). Many of these families are current clients of one of these social service organizations. To qualify, families must be residents of Cobb County, meet low income requirements, and have dependent children eighteen years or younger living in the household. Qualifying families are provided with an appointment time during mid-December to come and pick-up their gifts. The distribution event is held at Jim Miller Park and managed by the Cobb Christmas Board of Directors with the help of hundreds of volunteers who sort food, stuff stockings, select toys and pack gifts. Each family receives at least a box of food, a gift certificate to a grocery store, and four new toys and a filled Christmas stocking for each child. To maximize limited resources, Cobb Christmas coordinates with other county-wide holiday assistance programs to ensure that there is no duplication of services among the client population.

Facts

• Cobb Christmas, Inc. is a registered non-profit

• Cobb Christmas is a 100% volunteer run organization

• Cobb Christmas invests most of each $1.00 donated directly into client assistance

In 2006, Cobb Christmas provided assistance to 1,385 families comprised of 3,884 children and 1,962 adults. The following charts show how that compares with Annual Distributions over the past five years.

Five Year History of Client Population

Five Year Trends

Cobb Christmas Operational Efficiency

Needs

Your donations

To make a financial contribution towards helping Cobb Christmas achieve its mission, click here.

Your time

To learn more about all the different ways you can help Cobb Christmas year-round, click here. While we have events throughout the year, and can always use new ideas and additional hands, we especially need volunteers at our Annual Distribution. To get more information or to sign-up contact Paul Prater, Volunteer Coordinator at 678-488-4728 or e-mail S1a2d3n4@yahoo.com

THANK YOU FOR MAKING CHRISTMAS BRIGHTER FOR CHILDREN IN COBB COUNTY!

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