Our House Celebrates its Volunteers
This spring Our House celebrated our volunteers with our first ever Volunteer Appreciation Event. Our House recognizes the value that volunteers bring to our organization. They provide kitchen support at the shelter through weekly meal preparation activities. They perform needed facility tasks such as organizing donations and deep cleaning classrooms. They coordinate drives for needed […]
Social Club Makes Collective Impact
Purple Pleazure is a social club in Atlanta that supports the African-American motorcycle club, Regulators. They recently decided that it was important to do more to support their local community. “It’s kind of been our initiative as a club to do more community service,” Eboni, the club’s Bus Manager, explained. In the past they have […]
Cocktails, Confetti & Cake, a 30th Birthday Party for Our House a Success!
With over 350 guests in attendance, Our House’s 30th Birthday celebration, Cocktails, Confetti & Cake, generated close to $275,000 – 10% more than the goal! The program started off with a welcome by the night’s emcee and advisory council member, Jovita Moore. Board Chair, Adele Gipson, introduced gala honoree, Stephanie Blank, and presented her with […]
Our House Announces 30 for the 30th Campaign
Our House is pleased to announce the launch of our 30 for the 30th Campaign! In March of 2018, Our House will celebrate its 30th Anniversary. That’s 30 years of changing lives and building self-sustaining families. Throughout 2018 we’ll be asking our supporters to give one particular item a month with a goal of getting […]
Our House Teacher Finalist for Georgia Pre-K Teacher of the Year
Michele Brown, lead Pre-K teacher at Our House’s Decatur location, is full of energy. With a ready grin and an engaging laugh, she seems perfect for the role of making learning fun for her students. And that’s her goal. She says her mission is to get her students to understand that “school is a fun […]
Save the Date: Cocktails, Confetti & Cake Gala
The gala to celebrate Our House’s 30 years of serving the Atlanta community will be held on February 10, 2018 at the Atlanta History Center. There will be a DJ, cocktails, dinner and dancing as well as a live and silent auction to benefit families with children experiencing homelessness. For more information about the gala […]
Director Cagle Visits for Georgia Pre-K Week
Bobby Cagle, Director of the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) visited Our House and read to the Pre-K classroom for Georgia Pre-K Week. We thoroughly enjoyed hosting Director Cagle and we are grateful to him for spending time with the children. Our House would also like to congratulate Director Cagle on his appointment […]
Shelter Renovations have Begun
Our shelter renovation has begun! Plans for the shelter renovation have been finalized and permits obtained. Construction began on September 7, 2017. Our House will demolish the existing shared bathrooms and replace them with private bathrooms in 14 of the 18 residential units. The four rooms that will not have private bathrooms will be short-term […]
Bright from the Start’s Commissioner Jacobs Visits Decatur Pre-K
On August 31, 2017, the Our House Decatur Pre-K received a very special visit from Amy M. Jacobs, Commissioner of Bright From the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning. Commissioner Jacobs spoke to Linda Stouffer of WSB-TV about the importance of Georgia’s Pre-K program and spent some time playing and interacting with our […]
Our House, Inc. Awarded Transformational $900,000 Grant
Largest Program Grant in 30 Year History of Our House Atlanta, GA May 25, 2017: In a powerful statement of support for the importance of early childhood education, a local foundation recently awarded Our House a grant of $900,000 to support high-quality early learning programs for Atlanta children experiencing homelessness. Over the next three years, […]