Volume I Issue 2 January, 2014
Building community, strengthening lives
Family Promise of Cobb County’s Newsletter
WE ARE OFFICIALLY OPENED!
Help Us Reach Our
Annual Budget Goal of
$120,000
On Sunday January 5th Family Promise of Cobb County officially opened its doors, hearts, and resources by welcoming in
our first family. St. James’ was the first hosting church for our
wonderful ministry. With all of their very dedicated volunteers
St. James’ created a very loving homey atmosphere embracing
the guests. The children at the church made colorful signs for
the bedroom doors and delicious chocolates left on their pillows. From very young children to adults the enthusiasm for
caring for these families was incredible. The genesis of Family Promise in
Cobb County brings in hope and a future for the families in need of new beginnings. All of our participating churches will continue to provide all of the resources and care to ensure this success.
$120,000
$100,00
$90,000
$80,000
$75,000
$70,000
$60,000
Our Day Center
$50,000
Thank you East Cobb UMC for our new day center! It is located at 2325 Roswell Rd., Marietta, GA 30068. While our day
center is being renovated, families will be using St. Catherine’s
youth house temporarily. Special thanks to St. Catherine’s
Episcopal Church for providing the youth house as a temporary day center while ours is being renovated.
$45,000
$40,000
$30,000
$25,000
$15,000
$10,000
RECRUITING ALL VOLUNTEERS
Please contact Camilla Worrell, Executive Director at
404-556-5465 or email
[email protected]
"There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to
be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your
land." Deuteronomy 15:11
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Another Successful FPCC Event!
“See Box City”
We had a great first “See Box City” event on November 16-17, 2013 at the parking lot of St. James Episcopal Church near the
Marietta Square. We had 33 groups sleeping in 27 cars, 1 tent and 5 boxes. We raised about $3900. We handed out brochures
on our walk around the square with our banner, raising awareness in Marietta of our organization, and enjoyed wonderful food,
music and fellowship in the evening. The music from the Australian Bakery Bluegrass Jam and from the Jubilate Choir were
great and raised our spirits. We also had some homeless men visit and we were able to feed them. Food was provided by ChickFil-A, Jersey Mike’s as well as from Lane Henderson, Paula Grady and Diane Sanders and it was just enough for all of us. This
was a great first-time event and will only get better next year. Many thanks go to Jennie Scott for coordinating this event.
Thank you Jennie!
With homeless families comes homeless pets. FPCC
plans to work with PetSmart to have a Pet Hotel in
Atlanta to keep our guests' pets until they can find permanent housing.
Volunteer Van Drivers Needed
We are officially open and are in need of several volunteer van drivers to drive the guest families
from the hosting congregation to the day center and back in the evening. The van will be a 15-seater
so there is no special license required. We would like to have six or seven volunteer drivers, if possible, to support a rotation of drivers. Primary driving times will be 6:30 a.m. – 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. We will also need drivers on Saturdays & Sundays around 8 to
8:30 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. These times are estimates and may change as we get into our
routines. There may also be a need to drive families to medical appointments and to other centers for
training, but these will be sporadic needs that cannot be predicted. If you are interested, please let us
know as soon as possible or if you know of someone who might be interested. You can contact Hale
Sanders or our director Camilla Worrell.
Hale Sanders
678-472-1839
Camilla Worrell
404-556-5465
Recruiting Day Center Office Angels
Office Angels needed to answer phones, make calls, or help a child with
homework, call Camilla Worrell at 404-556-5465.
Every congregation will have a Volunteer Coordinator (VC) that will explain ways to volunteer at your
church. Sign up with your VC today and help a homeless family find a “new beginning!”
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Fred Massey, President
Our President , Fred Massey, has been a resident of Cobb since 1976 when he moved here and started
Massey Automotive, one of the largest auto repair businesses in Cobb County. Fred is a member of St.
Catherine’s Episcopal Church and a graduate of Georgia Tech. Fred has a large heart for helping the less
fortunate, and has been an active volunteer with a resume of contributions which includes over 15 plus
Habitat for Humanity builds, a habitat style build of MUST Ministries Day Center as well as the St Catherine's Youth House. Fred has been married 26 years to his wife, Jennifer, has two grown children and one
grandson.
Eileen Collins, Vice President
Eileen Collins holds Degrees in Legal Assistance and Business Management from Sacred Heart University,
Fairfield, CT. Eileen was the International Liaison for the Perkin-Elmer Company, a Fortune 300 Company,
before relocating to Tampa Bay Florida where she spent several years in commercial banking for both Barnett and SunTrust banks. Since 1996, Eileen has been the Executive Assistant for OGARAJETS with an
acknowledged commitment to exceptional customer service, and the ability to build and maintain client relationships. Residents of the North Cobb Community, Eileen, her husband Grover, daughter Katie, and son
Danny, have all served on various leadership levels of the Boy Scouts of America, NJROTC, High School PTSA, NCHS
Touchdown Club, and the National Red Ribbon Week drug awareness programs. Eileen and Grover are graduates of the
Acworth Police Dept. Citizen's Police Academy. The family shares a passion for serving their church, Acworth UMC,
in such areas as youth ministry and foreign and domestic outreach missions. At home, they enjoy quiet time with their
cats Midnight and Venus, and dogs Pugsley and Molly--all locally “rescued” and treasured pets.
Hale Sanders, Secretary
Hale retired from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in December 2011 where he was employed as a Scheduling Lead and, prior to that, as an Internal Audit Supervisor. Hale and his wife Diane are members of St.
Catherine’s Episcopal Church. Hale is currently serving as the Outreach Coordinator & the Youth Mentor
Coordinator at St. Catherine’s. Hale has one son, Chris, a daughter-in-law Megan, and a granddaughter
born Dec. 21, 2013.
Bob Foster, Treasurer
Consultant on Health Reform, Medicare and Social Security. Retired after 39 years with the Federal Government. His most recent position was as Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator, for the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Atlanta. Mr. Foster spent 6 years as an OIG Special Agent in
addition to assignments in CMS’s policy, budget, anti-fraud and external affairs. He holds a B.A. and
M.Ed. from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from Georgia State University. He is admitted to the
bar in Georgia and is a member of the Bar’s Health Law Section. He is married, with 3 children
and four grandchildren. He is an elder and teaches adult Sunday School in his church. Much of
his time is spent as a Director and Treasurer for Family Promise of Cobb County.
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Lane Henderson enjoys speaking, team-training and leading corporate and faith-based retreats.
She also works with Georgia Trend magazine in developing new relationships with corporate advertisers. Most of her career experience has focused on sales, management and training with
business print publications and she has also worked for MUST Ministries in Corporate Relations.
Lane is married to Sam, a Presbyterian pastor, and they enjoy hosting friends and family in their
home and long hikes with their fun, “never-met-a-stranger” pup, Moxie.
Kristin Caudell received her Bachelor of Science degree from Bowling Green State University
in Ohio with emphasis in health promotion and exercise physiology in 1991. Her career experience spans 24 years in the healthcare industry, and has focused on health promotion and preventive wellness programming primarily in hospital or healthcare settings. Kristin currently
serves as Director of WellStar Corporate & Community Health with WellStar Health System,
and has been with the organization for 14 years. She is the Spirit of Women Coordinator for the
system and oversees various community health education and outreach programs including
Speaking about Wellness, the Congregational Health Network, and The Good Life Club senior
membership program.
Charlene Young is a Patient Care Secretary for Vitas Innovative Hospice located here in Atlanta for the past 12 years. She is a member of Mount Sinai Baptist Church in Taylorsville ,GA., she loves to sing in the choir, as well as being part of the usher board. She currently serves as a volunteer at Shepard's Rest Ministry in Paulding County, which is a domestic
violence shelter for battered and abused women and children. She attends weekly meetings as
well as fundraises for the shelter. She volunteers one weekend a month to answer the crisis
line. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, and advocates for support of area churches to participate in area events.
Christy Mahon resides in Dallas, GA with her two sons. She is an active member of Northstar
Church in Kennesaw. Christy is a Strategic HR Business Leader with more than 14 years progressive experience leading HR teams as proactive, valued strategic partners by planning and integrating critical short and long-term goals in partnership with C-level and executive team to guide
in the development of performance and customer-driven organization. Demonstrated effectiveness
in providing vision and counsel in steering organization through accelerated growth through individual contributions and team leading strategies.
Julie Binney Julie first learned about Family Promise when she helped to start the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Somerset County NJ 21 years ago. Children, families, and homelessness have
all been priorities for Julie, and she has worked as a teacher and directed a mentoring program in
Fulton County. In addition, Julie has volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate
(CASA) for children in Forsyth County, been active as a volunteer and board member for Habitat
for Humanity, and has volunteered with StandUp for Kids Atlanta in working to end teen homelessness.
Donna Chambers Donna is on the nursing faculty in the WellStar School of Nursing, at Kennesaw State University (KSU). She received her B.S.N. from the University of Colorado, a MS
from Georgia State University in adult health nursing and her Nurse Practitioner, Post Masters,
from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Donna used to be the Nurse Practitioner in
charge of the KSU Community Clinic at MUST Ministries for six years. She provided episodic
and chronic care to the MUST Shelter residents and to numerous homeless patients. She worked
with the underserved population for many years with Grady Health System and participated in
many outreach programs (including mission trips). Donna has enjoyed working with the underserved population in healthcare, and is looking forward to assisting families to end homelessness as a Board member of Family Promise of Cobb County.
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Prior to becoming the Executive Director of FPCC,
Camilla Worrell was in private practice, specializing in
estate planning and consumer law. She graduated with
a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell
University. She received her Juris Doctorate from the
Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University. She is licensed to practice law in Florida and
Georgia.
From a very early age, Camilla Worrell knew she wanted to practice law and help people. She started her l
legal career with the Legal Aid Society of the Orange
County Bar Association in Orlando, Florida. She was
dedicated to finding solutions for clients in all areas of
need, including but not limited to immigration, public
benefits, landlord- tenant and family law. Mrs. Worrell
then worked for the Florida Coalition for the Homeless. She was chosen to help conceptualize and administer a breakthrough program to obtain housing for
homeless Floridians. When the surplus money used to
fund this program was no longer available, she became
a vociferous advocate on behalf of homeless families,
men and women. She wrote legislation and worked as a
lobbyist to illustrate the plight of homelessness for state
and local government officials.
In 2012 PetSmart formed a partnership with
Family Promise to create PetSmart Promise.
The program offers options for homeless families to keep their pets while participating in the
Family Promise program.
On December 17, Atlanta was one of 6 Pet Hotels across the country that opened their doors to
the pets of families participating in the
PetSmart Promise program! PetSmart in Duluth and Family Promise of Gwinnett County
have joined forces for a national pilot program to
help temporary homeless families keep their four
-legged members of their family.
For more information visit PetSmart Promise at:
https://www.facebook.com/PetSmartPromise
Mrs. Worrell has served extensively in a volunteer
capacity as well. She served as Chairman of the Board
of an economic development group, which acquires
distressed motels and turns the units into permanent
housing for those without shelter. She volunteers her
time doing pro bono legal cases and as a member of St.
James United Methodist Church, she has been a frequent guest presenter on many areas of the law. She is
married and is the mother of three children.
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Jan. 1st
Opening Day -1st family arrives
Jan 5-11
St. James Episcopal Church host week
Jan. 7
Training 7 p.m. @ Pilgrimage UCC
Jan 12-18
Covenant Presbyterian host week
Jan. 18
Training 7 p.m. @ St. Catherine’s
Jan. 19-25
Pilgrimage UCC
Jan. 26-Feb. 1
St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church host week
host week
Upcoming Events
March 1, 2014
Day Center Grand Opening
In-Kind Donations Needed
Through the Amazon Smile program, Amazon is
offering .5% of any purchases that you or your
friends make, as long as you go to the Amazon
Smile website at http://smile.amazon.com/
and indicate Family Promise of Cobb County as
your charity of choice. You will have to start
any online shopping from Amazon Smile
rather than regular Amazon website .
Office Supplies, Cleaning Supplies, Laundry Supplies
Toiletries, Children’s games, Children’s books, Arts and
craft supplies…
Please contact Camilla Worrell at
404-556-5465 or email at
[email protected]
Thank you to our
corporate sponsors:
Massey Automotive
And
OGARAJETS
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