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Community Assistance Center opens Empowerment Center
The Community Assistance Center brought its career and adult education services together with the grand opening of its Empowerment Center on Nov. 13.Executive Director Francis K. Horton III said the Empowerment Center was the first project completed in its $18 million, three-year Compassion in Action capital campaign. CTJ Construction completed renovations of the second floor of the CAC’s building at 1130 Hightower Trail in Sandy Springs. Holder Construction donated all the furniture for the Empowerment
‘Reason will prevail’; Food pantry CEO says not to panic
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The largest food pantry in Metro Atlanta’s Central Perimeter is sharing how a temporary SNAP benefits suspension may be affecting local families and where to go for immediate assistance. The Community Assistance Center is a nonprofit split between the cities of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody, as well as Fulton and DeKalb counties. In 2024, the CAC assisted nearly 10,000 people, distributed approximately one million pounds of food and helped prevent more than 1,000
Community Assistance Center launches fundraising campaign
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — While the Community Assistance Center’s Sept. 20 Broadway Lighs Gala raised $480,000, the nonprofit announced a loftier goal in the form of its three-year Compassion in Action campaign. With a goal of raising $18 million, the campaign will address growing community needs while expanding the Community Assistance Center’s programs and operational capacity. Including proceeds from the gala, the Central Perimeter nonprofit says $3 million has already been committed toward
