Volunteer Couple Revolutionizes Food Pantry
The food pantry now averages more than 120 households per day thanks to our dedicated volunteers and the Smart Choice program. In fact, our Smart Choice program works as well as it does, because of just two volunteers – Dale and Martha Murphy. As Mel Fortin, Director of Food Pantry Services says, “Martha and […]
Amazon Warehouse Comes to NFCC Food Pantry
Last week a group from Amazon Fulfillment Center in Alpharetta paid a visit to the Food Pantry. Pictured left to right are Brian Faistenhammer, Ross Kirkpatrick, Wallace Parks and Darrell Lewis. Amazon made a generous donation of $1500 as part of their visit. We are excited to welcome Amazon to the community and are delighted […]
Time to Sign Up for Holiday Programs!
AROUND THE CORNER: Our holiday programs are available online now! It’s finally time to sign up to volunteer or donate to our Warm Coats program, Thanksgiving Food program, Holiday Baskets for seniors or The Toyland Shop program. We have already had tremendous response from the community pledging support of Warm Coats. One change you may […]
Special Gift from St. Aidan’s
Board Member Rev. Reginald Simmons (on right) presented Board President Kathryn Albright with a check for more than $11,000 dollars this week. The funds are the result of a gala fundraiser hosted by St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church earlier this month. NFCC is incredibly thankful for this generous donation and for the time and effort the […]
The Chicken Lady!
One of our food recovery partners brings cooked, hot chickens for our families each week from a fund set up by “The Chicken Lady” solely to serve neighbors in our care. Usually Hazel and Tony deliver 50 hot chickens from Sams but last week they brought us 100! They smell so good when they come […]
FitLife Food Drive
We’d like to offer a special word of thanks to the organizers of North Atlanta FitLife for including NFCC in their event Sunday. They collected canned goods for our food pantry, demonstrating community leadership even in their first year as an event! We look forward to a long partnership together as we work in our […]
Help NFCC with Amazon Smile
DID YOU KNOW? You can make your donations go even further by selecting North Fulton Community Charities as your Amazon.smile.com beneficiary? NFCC will soon roll out our annual community giving programs – the Warm Coat drive, Thanksgiving Food, Holiday Baskets and Toyland Shop – for our clients. As part of that launch, some programs […]
NFCC Earns GuideStar’s Platinum Seal of Transparency
Roswell, Ga., September 14, 2021 – GuideStar awarded North Fulton Community Charities their highest rating for 2021, the Platinum Seal of Transparency. Candid’s GuideStar is the world’s largest source of information on nonprofit organizations. Every year, millions of nonprofits spend trillions of dollars around the world. Candid finds out where that money comes from, where […]
We Couldn’t Agree More!
The activism, drive and caring of children in our community is amazing. We are constantly stunned by their ability to weave mission and purpose into their accomplishments and projects. This week we would like to shine a light on Ronak Bhatt, an 11-year-old reporter who wrote a feature article for TIME for Kids about a […]
NFCC Earns Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
North Fulton Community Charity’s strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. This is the second consecutive time that NFCC has earned this top distinction. Since 2002, using objective analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most fiscally responsible organizations […]
Thank You Total Wine!
Total Wine & More in Alpharetta demonstrated their community passion from the very beginning. Their Grand Opening was Mother’s Day Weekend and they made NFCC a beneficiary of part of their opening weekend sales. We are delighted to report that we received $21,400 as a result! Thank you so much to Bryan Portnoy, store manager, […]
Holly York on the Air With GNFCC 400 Insider
Tori Kerlin interviewed NFCC’s Executive Director, Holly York and Amy O’Dell, Executive Director of Jacob’s Ladder for the radio show GNFCC 400 Insider. The talked about how non-profit organizations are partnering with their community to meet the rapidly changing challenges we face today. You can hear the entire interview here.