May 2025 - In This Issue

Diapers Delivered for Mother's Day
DWH Cares for Calvary Refuge
North GA Angel House Nears Completion
Sign Up: Hope & Homes Golf Tournament
Thanks for Playing Pickleball
2025 Giving Partners

HomeAid Georgia's mission is to help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness build new lives through construction, community engagement, and education.

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Successful Metro Atlanta Essentials Drive

During the first phase of HomeAid Georgia’s 24th Annual Essentials Drive in April, the metro Atlanta community donated thousands of baby items online or dropped them off at 20 metro Atlanta locations including Academy Mortgage, Ameris Bank, David Weekley Homes, Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, and SouthState Bank. Nearly 220,000 baby items were distributed to 24 nonprofits serving families in need just in time for Mother’s Day.

HomeAid Georgia's Essentials Drive continues through June, with the Athens Area HBA participating in honor of Father’s Day. All baby items collected will go to the Athens Diaper Bank.

Essentials Drive Volunteers Aid 24 Nonprofits

During the week of May 5, volunteers from Pinnacle Financial Partners, Juneau Construction Company, Ameris Bank, Lennar, Starlight Homes, Timberlake Cabinetry, and BankSouth Mortgage helped unload, sort, count, and pack Essentials Drive donations at HomeAid Georgia in Alpharetta. Carter Lumber and Stuart Pro Heating and Air provided box trucks and assistance with delivery. All donated items were delivered to these nonprofits serving moms and young children in need just in time for Mother’s Day:

4Sarah

Atlanta Children's Day Shelter

Atlanta Mission

Blessings Working Together

The Butts County Pregnancy Center

Circle of Health

Covenant House Georgia

Crossroads Community Ministries

The Drake House

Gateway House

Helping Mamas

International Women's House

The Mom Community

Motherhood Beyond Bars

North Fulton Community Charities

Restoring Healthy Families

Riverside Community Baptist Church

The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta

The Salvation Army Red Shield Services

Serenade Heights

Solomons Temple Foundation

Wellroot Family Services

Whispering Hope Women's Resource & Pregnancy Center

Women's Resource Center

“There truly aren't enough ways to say thank you to the HomeAid Georgia team for the incredibly generous donation of diapers and wipes. Your generosity brings comfort, relief, and dignity to the families we serve, and we are beyond grateful for your support!”

- Paulina Hererra, Wellroot Family Services Volunteer Coordinator

DWH & Friends Save $97,000 with HomeAid

On May 16, David Weekley Homes and their trade partners joined HomeAid for a major Care Day at Calvary Refuge Center, which provides emergency and transitional housing in a safe, faith-based environment for individuals and families while providing the tools to transition from homelessness to self sufficiency.

In addition to the work of the Care Day, a brand-new commercial gas stove was purchased and installed to replace a decades-old and broken one. Funds for the stove came from David Weekley Homes' DWH CARES grant and a donation from Weaver Grading. Altogether, the hard work of David Weekley Homes volunteers and trade partner donations of labor and building materials provided a savings of over $97,000 on construction and maintenance work for Calvary Refuge Center.

This was HomeAid's fifth Care Day with David Weekley Homes.

Approximately 50 volunteers completed a variety of tasks throughout the Calvary Refuge Center campus on May 16, and 30 volunteers began work at the site the week prior. Jobs included:

Remediation
Interior painting
Roof repairs
Extensive grading and landscaping throughout entire campus
Updated electrical and plumbing throughout facility
Added ceiling fans in transitional rooms
Added new HVAC vents and humidistats to prevent mold issues
New lighting
Installed new drainage system
Repaired chapel area and salvaged historic stained glass
Caulked and sealed all windows

...and more!

David Weekley Homes engaged these trade partners for the Care Day, who generously donated or discounted nearly $80,000 worth of labor and materials:

A & B Framing

Alpha-Omega

Builder’s Carpentry Source

Contract Lumber

Dan Hart, Sr.

Earthly Matters

Georgia Specialty Products

iCaptureHomes Photography

MSF Electric

Outdoor Expressions

Pace Drywall

Patriot Portables

PDI

Reliance Heating & Air

Sherwin-Williams

Strack, Inc.

Strathmore Floors

Superior Drywall

Valor

Weaver Grading

Northwest Exterminating generously provided lunch for volunteers.

North Georgia Angel House Nears Completion

HomeAid Builder Captain Taylor Morrison leads work on this new administrative and reception center at the entrance to North Georgia Angel House (NGAH) to help increase safety and security. NGAH provides shelter, life skills, educational assistance, and clinical services to give youth in and transitioning out of the foster care system the best shot at a successful future. Since 2006, more than 1,800 girls between ages 12 -21 have called NGAH home. This project is expected to wrap up in June.

"We so appreciate the lift to help us add this building. Taylor Morrison and HomeAid Georgia have invested a lot in our girls over the years. A HUGE THANK YOU to Eric Wacaster and his leadership alongside some of the most giving trades in the country to make this a reality."

- Susan Worsley, NGAH Executive Director & CEO

Click HERE to see this project's development since fall of 2024 on Facebook!

Play Golf for HomeAid. Register Now!

Michael D. Williams and the team at Trailblazer Mortgage continue their support for HomeAid's Hope & Homes Golf Tournament this year, having sponsored this event yearly since 2022!

We hope you can join us

Monday, October 27 at TPC Sugarloaf

for the

23rd Annual Hope & Homes Golf Tournament

presented by Trailblazer Mortgage

Third Annual HomeAid Georgia Pickleball Social

Thank you to all sponsors and players for supporting HomeAid Georgia at the Third Annual Pickleball Social, presented by Arcxis on April 24 at More Than Pickleball in Buford.

Congratulations to Stephen and Madison Hester on winning the tournament for the second year in a row!

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