Volume 4, Issue 3 • November 2010
A publication by
In This Issue:
CAC Holiday Programs Help the Neediest
Adopt-a-Family
Adopt-a-Family • Give Holiday Food
Donate Holiday Food
You can make the holidays a little happier for local families in need
by “adopting” a CAC family and fulfilling the wishes of a child or
children. Get into the holiday spirit and “adopt” with your family,
friends or groups from work, church or clubs. Together you can
select families, shop and wrap gifts for the children with a $50
maximum per child.
Vintage Affair Gallery
Sonenshine Family Project
Temple Sinai Food Drive
CAC Sends Kids to Camp
In 2009 CAC donors provided gifts for more than 600 children from
about 250 families. CAC also gave 400 families holiday food baskets
and distributed hundreds of grocery store gift cards.
Adopt-a-Family
Thanks From
A CAC Client:
“When I came to CAC I had
heard of the wonderful gifts
known as volunteers that
helped out here. I felt accepted
and helped without judgment
for my problems. I was able to
get food which I desperately
needed and I feel truly grateful
for the assistance I received. ”
- A CAC Client
Give Holiday Food
Donate a Pre-Packed Food Basket
Donate Food for the Food Pantry
Donate Grocery Store gift Cards in
denominations of $10, $20 and $30
Visit www.ourcac.org for a basket food list
Visit www.ourcac.org
View Families for Adoption
Sign Up for a Family or More
Deliver Your Wrapped Gifts
Children Receive Gifts in December
CAC’s Annual Fundraiser a
Fabulous Night!
Community Action Center’s annual Vintage Affair benefit was a
fabulous success! About 300 guests attended the black-tie wine
tasting, dinner and auction event on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at the
beautiful Retreat of Villa Christina. The event raised $96,000 to help
prevent homelessness and alleviate hunger in the Sandy Springs and
Dunwoody communities.
See inside for photos.
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CAC Board member Bob Levinson, left, and his wife Charlene with friends Teresa and Ed Kennedy.
Grammy Award winning drummer Yonrico Scott and his band entertained with live jazz.
Laura Rosen, David Christopher, Kelly Dolan, Darby Christopher of Dunwoody.
Curtis Kimball of Vintage Affair sponsor Willamette Management Associates tries some Three Sisters wine.
Guests take a look at some silent auction items.
Vintage Affair Sponsor Party hosts Bert and Laura Jones, left with Laura and DJ DeLong.
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Award winning Tiger Mountain Vineyards served guests.
Host Committee members Van and Susan Westmoreland were the
winning bidders for diamond earrings by Ascot Jewelers.
Christy and Ginny Niclkes raise a glass to their winning live auction bid.
Wildfire was one of 15 sponsoring restaurants.
Conrad and Catherine Lautenbacher, Vintage Affair Chairwoman, left, with Nikki Yarnall and Paul Diebold.
Auctioneer Bill Borden auctions off “Mayor for the Day” with Mayor Galambos.
Virginia and James Ellis, left with Vintage Affair Host Committee members Julie and Jeff Ackemann.
Sandy Springs Mayor Eva Galambos, left with her husband Dr. John Galambos and CAC Executive Director Tamara Carrera.
Sonenshine Family Project Feeds Hundreds this Holiday Season
When Debbie Sonenshine’s husband asked her what she wanted for her
upcoming 60th birthday, she said, ‘a truckload of food.’ With planning
help from her family and donations from hundreds of friends, associates
and others, Debbie’s birthday wish came true.
The family raised $25,000 to purchase enough food to fill 500 holiday
baskets for Community Action Center and provide food gift cards to the
agency which prevents homelessness and hunger in the Sandy Springs
and Dunwoody communities.
“Hopefully it will give the recipients a little hope and make their holidays
a little brighter,” said Debbie, a Sandy Springs resident and Coldwell
Banker realtor.
On Sunday, November 7, Debbie’s 60th birthday, about 100 volunteers
came together to pack the food in recycled boxes that were donated and
decorated by volunteers.
Debbie Sonenshine, left, and her family, daughter Rachael, husband Stan, and son-in-law Jonathan Halitsky
organized the holiday food project.
“I’m overwhelmed, said Debbie. “ I shouldn’t be surprised because
our friends are very community-minded and generous people and
it’s just been wonderful that people from all parts of our life have
come out to support us.”
The Orchard Park Kroger donated empty space for the project and
delivered dozens of pallets of non-perishable foods. Volunteers
worked all day packing the holiday boxes of food. The boxes will be
distributed by CAC to pre-screened local families who have experienced crisis situations this year and need assistance to remain in the
homes and feed their families.
Volunteers Joan Gill Redmond, left with Jean & John Thornton help move food baskets to CAC.
Debbie’s inspiration for the project to help families in our community comes from her late father who often organized efforts to help
those who are less fortunate. She hopes others will be inspired to do
similar volunteer projects to help families in need.
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CAC 2010
Board of Directors
Cheryl Sykes – President
Jafra
Travis Halford – Vice President
Sandy Springs Christian Church
R. Willis Cook – Treasurer
Brooks, Cook & Associates, LLC
Temple Sinai Annual Food Drive Fills Food Pantry
Temple Sinai in September donated more than 800 bags of
groceries to CAC, filling the food pantry which was mostly bare.
The annual food drive coincides with the Jewish holy day of Yom
Kippur. Members are asked to donate a bag of groceries. Many
thanks to Lynn Freedman, Susan Minsk, Jackie Greene, Alan
Rolnick and Steve Bram for leading project and to all of the
volunteers who helped load, unload and shelve the food. The
donation provided CAC with about 6 weeks worth of food. CAC’s
Food Pantry receives an average of 750 visits per month.
Eric Carlson – Assistant Treasure
Gradient Services Inc.
Bob Levinson – Secretary
Robert N. Levinson, PC
Private Practice Attorney
Laura Caragol
Verizon Wireless
Rev. Ron Gilreath
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
Empty Shelves in CAC Food pantry before Temple Sinai’s donation.
The 24” foot truck used to deliver the food with a volunteer driver and helper.
One of two truckloads of donated groceries.
Volunteers helped unload the truck and stock the shelves.
Terry Hartigan
Gifford, Hillegass & Ingwersen
James Kelley
Kelley Boshell Toole & Ellison, LLP
Catherine Lautenbacher
Community Representative
Judy Lehmann
Fidelity Federal Credit Union
Kevin Oates
Jackson Oats Shaw Corp. Real Estate
Rabbi Elana Perry
Temple Sinai
Joan Gill Redmond
Volunteers Representative
Bob Shumard
Precision Practice Management
Stan Sonenshine
Preferred Real Estate Funds LLC
Van Westmoreland
Westmoreland Company
Cindy Williams
Keller Williams
Randy Young
Young & Goldstein Architects
CAC Sends Kids to Summer Camp
Private donations and grants made it possible for CAC to send 122 children to summer camps in 2010. The
children from Sandy Springs and Dunwoody ranged from grade levels pre-K to 12th grade. Children who
qualified for the program selected from 8 camps in in Georgia including day camps and overnight camps
with different focuses such as outdoors, theater, science, religious and computers. CAC gave 21 children
camp supplies such as clothes, shoes, swim suits and sleeping bags.
Member Congregations
Apostles Lutheran Church
Church of St. Andrew Presbyterian
Church of the Redeemer
Congregation B'nai Torah
Dunwoody Baptist Church
Dunwoody Community Church
Dunwoody United Methodist Church
Episcopal Church of the Atonement
First Baptist Church of Sandy Springs
Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church
Kingswood United Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
New Hope Church
North Atlanta Church of Christ
North Springs United Methodist Church
Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Rivercliff Lutheran Church
Sandy Springs Christian Church (DOC)
Sandy Springs United Methodist Church
Second Church of Christ, Scientist
St. John United Methodist Church
St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church
St. Luke's Presbyterian Church
Temple Emanu'el
Temple Sinai
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CAC Makes a Difference
Serves 787 households per month
Touches 2014 lives per month
Answers 700 calls a month for assistance
Gives more than 80 families a month financial assistance
Receives 750 visits a month to the food pantry
Gives more than $25,000 per month in groceries
Gives clothing to 250 people per month
Holiday Giving at CAC
Community Action Center
Adopt-a-Family
Through December 10, 2010
Donate Holiday Food
Through December 20, 2010
1130 Hightower Trail • Sandy Springs, GA 30350
Business 770-552-4889 • Helpline 770-552-4015 • Fax 770-552-4339
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