Posts Tagged ‘volunteer project’
Teen Volunteer Upgrades Our Garden
Teen volunteer Leia Amos of Ball Ground, along with her friends and family, recently completed a garden upgrade at our shelter. The group built large, raised garden boxes and beautified our garden area, providing us a location to grow feed and plants. Leia completed 100+ hours of volunteer service to earn the Stars and Stripes…
Read MoreCupid Struck CFVC
Last week, the CFVC Children’s Program had a great Valentine’s Day Party! Decorating cookies, snacking, and getting a “box of love” made it the night a lot of fun for everyone involved. We want to thank Robin Hovanec and her daughter Lily for donating nearly 100 decorated shoe boxes filled with snacks, letters, and love.…
Read MoreProject Night Night
CFVC would like to thank Ms. Lawton’s first grade class from Knox Elementary School. The class assembled 30 Night Night tote bags for children in the emergency shelter. The tote bags include a stuffed animal, a blanket, books, and a special card with a positive message from the students and were designed to bring comfort…
Read MoreChristmas Elves Visit CFVC
We have been visited by so many of Santa’s helpers this week who have been bringing in gifts for the families participating in our program. There is no way we could list everyone who has been so generous with us this season, but we wanted to share a little bit of the fun that we…
Read MoreSeasonal Student Celebrations
We have had the pleasure of working with some exceptional young adults this Christmas season and wanted to highlight just a few of the projects that we have been lucky enough to be a part of this season, all made possible by local students. We were invited to attend the Teach One to Lead One…
Read MoreShop for Mom Enters its Eigth Year
Shop for Mom has come to represent that Christmas is officially on its way to CFVC. On December 6th, 2015, our friends at Hillside United Methodist Church set up “shop” at Hearthstone Landing for the eighth time! Shop for Mom allows the families in shelter and transitional housing a fun day of shopping in a…
Read MoreMolly Maid's 2015 Making a Difference Drive Benefits CFVC
It must be Giving Tuesday because we have been overwhelmed with kindness today at CFVC! We were so happy to receive a truckload full of paper products and personal care items from Molly Maid of Cherokee County, Kennesaw & Acworth. We wanted to take a quick moment and thank not only Molly Maid, but the…
Read MoreThank You Thursday – Liberty Hill UMC
It is Thank You Thursday and we want to highlight the volunteers of Liberty Hill UMC who participated in Trunk or Treat 2015! Our friends at Liberty Hill often show up to help the families we work with, but sometimes things are a little more sweet (this time, they brought candy!). Trunk or Treat was…
Read MoreThank You Thursday – Creative Ways to Give Back
This Thursday we wanted to highlight a special student at Creekview High School who did his senior project as a service project for CFVC. This young man, Stu Mixon, gave CFVC hundreds of handmade greeting cards for the women in our program to use for special occasions.
Read MoreEaster Came Early at Cherokee Family Violence Center
Easter came early for Cherokee Family Violence Center!
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