The primary goal of Be Rich is to raise $500,000. See the Sickness and Children-At-Risk pages to learn what we will be able to do with this money. We believe that $500,000 is attainable. If we did that, what else could we do? What if we doubled that amount… or more? See below for both giving opportunities we've already funded and for the ones we're still working toward. Let's see how generous we can be this holiday season!
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Sponsor 20 Families Affected by Cancer for a Retreat
Lighthouse Family Retreat serves children with cancer and their families at a seaside retreat to help them to laugh, restore family relationships, and find hope in God. Our donation will cover the costs for 20 of these families to attend a week long retreat.
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Providing for Food and Communication Needs
BCM provides assistance to over 10,000 people in crisis annually. Our donation will support the work of BCM by funding two needs: upgrading their telecommunication hardware to better assist our low-income neighbors, many of whom are first introduced to BCM's services over the phone, and repair an industrial freezer from which they provide meat to their clients needing food.
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Clean Water Provision
Lack of clean water contributes to the declining health of everyone in a community: the children, parents, adults, and the elderly. Through this project, we'll begin to replace old pipes and refurbish water tanks and pumps in Bohoc, Haiti -- a community in which we already partner.
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Caring for Disabled Orphans
Effectively caring for and developing disabled orphans takes a team of dedicated, loving workers. Our donation will support the work of Future Hope by funding several needs: a new vehicle for transporting children, staff training, and the addition of four staff members: special education, physical therapy, foster care workers.
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Utility Assistance
North Gwinnett Coop has set a goal to turn no one away for assistance between now and the end of the year. Our contribution can make this possible by covering their contributions to the utilities costs of 130 families.
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Build 8 Greenhouses
Feeding programs in the schools in Ngaamba have proven to be remarkably effective in improving school performance. To help make these feeding programs sustainable, The 410 Bridge is working with the community to build 8 greenhouses to raise food in an extremely dry climate.
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Textbooks for Schoolchildren
In our partner community, Ngaamba, Kenya, four to six children in primary school share the same tattered, barely useable textbook. Our gift can provide school books for every child in every subject in four different schools.
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Transition House Renovations
Our contribution will help prepare a home in El Salvador for use as a transition house for the program's 18-year-olds. The transition house will provide a place in which these young men and women who first came to La Casa because of the drug and/or sexual abuse in their homes can now make a healthy integration into society.
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Emergency Fund Costs
The NFCC's Emergency Fund provides financial support to over 500 people/families each month. By helping them cover housing and utilities expenses, the NFCC prevents eviction and allows people to remain in our community.
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Medical Equipment for New Pediatric Clinic
This project is a joint venture between Atlanta Mission and Emory University's Department of Pediatrics. Equipment that will be purchased includes exam tables, scales, wall-mounted blood pressure equipment, and refrigerators.
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Behavior Specialist Position
This new position will provide case management services for all children whose mothers are in the Personal Development Program. Responsibilities will include counseling, classroom instruction on life and character- building skills, and assisting with smooth transitioning in family reunifications.
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Truck Driver Intern Program
The intern program is a job training system for formerly homeless clients. Interns fill a staff truck slot for a 3-month period, receiving a monthly stipend, Marta tokens, and resume assistance. At the end of three months, interns receive a scholarship to CDL-A training school, preparing them for a career in truck driving.
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Subsidized Food Costs for a Year
Subsidize the additional cost of food used for meal preparation due to inflation in 2011. Open Hand's average monthly food bill increased by over 20 percent from 2010 to 2011. Our donation would cover the inflation costs of food for one year.
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Food Bank
Provide resources to feed the women and children of Abba House, as well as single women and disabled adults in the Forsyth area, for one year.
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Continued and Extended Academic Services
In collaboration with Atlanta Mission, this project would retrofit a facility that offers completion of high school requirements for diploma, culinary, and cosmetology certification. The facility would also provide access to a full four-year degree at a college near the property for girls 17-22 years old that are clients of Wellspring. Funding would include the education facility renovations and set-up costs.