Resurrecting Hope

Resurrecting Hope is partnering with our friends at Church at the Grove in
Loganville, GA, to pair local "at risk" children with police officers and
fire-fighters in Church at the Grove's annual "Shop With A Hero" project.
Church at the Grove purchases $100 Walmart for each child, and pairs them
with a local police officer for a Christmas shopping trip at Loganville
Walmart. The shopping trip provides an opportunity for the children to
interact with officers and fire-fighters in a non-threatening environment, and
promotes awareness among the officers and fire-fighters. Resurrecting Hope
will donate a percentage of our Christmas donations to this project, and help
Church at the Grove introduce our local heros to future heros.
Click HERE to DONATE / VOLUNTEER.

We are proud to announce or 15th annual Atlanta Union Mission Christmas
Project! I can't believe that we've been doing this since 1996! (We are
formerly known as the AUM Phoenix Society). What a blessing it has been
to us, and to hundreds of homeless women and children! Each year we
raise money to take homeless women who live with their children in the
Atlanta Union Mission, shopping for their children for Christmas. Each mom
gets $100.00 per child & $100 for herself, and we take them to a local
Walmart to shop for their children for Christmas. We give the gift of dignity
to these mothers by enabling them to give to their children for Christmas.
This year there are even more families, and our need for funds and
volunteers is the greatest it has ever been. We hope that you will join us
this Christmas and share your blessings with these mothers and their
children. Click HERE for more info or to DONATE / VOLUNTEER.

Resurrecting Hope is partnering with our friends at Church at the Grove in
Loganville, GA, to make a new home for Mrs. Mattie Dixon of Loganville, GA.
Ms. Mattie and six other family members, live in a deteriorated 1967 model
trailer. The ceiling has literally fallen in, and when it rains, it rains inside the
trailer as well. There is a 50 gallon drum at the foot of the bed in one of the
bedrooms, that is literally full of rain water! The floors are rotting, and there
is no central heat or air conditioning system. They heat with electric space
heaters, and there is a single old window air conditioner in a rear window to
cool the old trailer down. An impossible task when the hot summer sun beats
down on the uninsulated metal roof of the trailer.

The entire family of seven lives on approximately $1,700.00 a month. Ms.
Mattie is disabled and receives a $27/mo. disability check, and a little over
$600.00/mo. social security. That has to cover food, clothes, electricity, gas for
the cook-stove and property taxes. Ms. Mattie enjoys sitting on her front porch
and waving at passers-by, and singing in her church choir. In a recent
interview with CBS News, Mattie was asked how she felt about her situation
and she stated "I get mad sometimes.. sometimes I go in my room and cry... I
can't even afford to get myself a pair of shoes!" But most of the time she sports
a friendly smile, and greets you like she's known you for years. "Ain't nothin I
can do, she admits, so I just sit here and wait on the Lord. I know he's gonna
help me." Click Here for additional pictures of Ms. Mattie's Current Home.

Resurrecting Hope, Inc., along with Church at the Grove, local businesses and volunteers are embarking on a plan to
build a new home for Ms. Mattie. This is our second home make-over in the area. We completed the Sargent Project,
an estimated $60,000.00 renovation for the Sargent family last spring. We have partnered with the Atlanta
Fuller Center for Housing, which has donated a house to the project. We are currently addressing zoning and legal
issues, and raising money for the upcoming build. Click here to DONATE.

It's been three years since Peggy Lackey has had running water in her home.
That's three years without a shower, a flushable toilet, a way to wash clothes
or clean dishes. She depends on family to bring her jugs of water once or
twice a week. The shallow well on her property went dry three years ago, and
county water service is not currently available to her due to the prohibitive
cost of getting a meter installed, and running a water line. Her trailer has no
heating & air system, and she must endure stifling heat, sometimes 100
degrees or more. We need at least $5,000.00 to get a meter and water service
line installed, which does not cover the other repairs needed. We need your
help. Click here to DONATE.