Dance! Eat and Drink! Raffle! Silent Auction!

Sound fun to you? Get your tickets today for Athens Area Homeless Shelter's
9th annual Harvest for the Homeless! 

Get ready to dance the night away to music by the Athens Swing Band; bid on great silent auction baskets from local retailers, entrepreneurs, and businesses; and don't forget to enter our raffle once or twice (or 10 times!) to win 52 gift certificates to area restaurants!

Event and Raffle tickets are available now at www.helpathenshomeless.org,
by calling 706-354-0423,
by emailing tickets@helpathenshomeless.org,
or by clicking the links right there to the right

We can't wait to spend the evening with you!

Harvest for the Homeless 2012!

Summer Newsletter 2012

Check out what's been going on at the shelter this summer and get the scoop on what we've got coming up this fall!

Open publication - Free publishing - More volunteer

Support AAHS and see Packway Handle at the same time!

21st Annual Silver & Archibald Run/Walk for Home 5k - April 7!

AAHS Update

March has been a great month for AAHS!

• We've had two residents move out into permanent housing!
• We've been able to pull up old carpet and put down laminate flooring in a resident room

•  Most of the shelter has a fresh coat of paint

• The common room has new couches

                                           

• Two new residents have moved in within the last week and we're screening residents for one more open room
• Elephant Ocean has finished their mural on our old shed

• We've had financial counselors from the UGA Aspire Clinic come to work with residents

What we need this month:

• Size 5 diapers - some of our new residents have little ones still in diapers!
• 30 gallon black trash bags

We couldn't have done any of this without our wonderful donors and volunteers! Thanks so much for all that you do!

Spotlight on Volunteers!

This month AAHS wants to thank St. Joseph's Catholic School for some amazing donations! 

With the incentive of throwing a pie in the principle's face for the students who brought in the most supplies, St. Joseph's was able to stock our supply room to the rafters!

A Huge thank you to the:

Pre-K kiddos for toothbrushes and toothpaste

Kindergarteners for soap

First graders for gloves 

Second graders for deodorant

Third graders for shampoo

Fourth graders for conditioner

Fifth graders for band-aids

Sixth graders for disinfectant wipes

Seventh graders for toilet paper

Eighth graders for paper towels

And a REALLY huge thanks to Mr Martin for letting the kids pie him in the face! What a great sport!

 Thanks to the students of St. Joseph's, residents at AAHS as well as programs around Athens will have toiletries, cleaning supplies, and first aid supplies that they need! What a great service!

What's up in 2012

2011 Was a great year for Athens Area Homeless Shelter! 

It was the 25th anniversary of programming for the shelter

 

Several programs were restructured and created and Shea Post became executive director of the shelter

Volunteer groups brought dinners, ran programs for residents and their children, and helped with shelter maintenance and upkeep.

Our Website, Twitter, Facebook, and Blog were re-vamped and updated to get news and events to you faster and more effectively!

Donations, grants, and fundraisers provided Christmas gift cards for all residents, collected over 600 winter coats for the Athens community, and funded a great deal of shelter programming and living expenses for residents including high efficiency washers and dryers. 

So what all do we have to look forward to in 2012?

A new location for JobTREC

Continued participation with the Northeast Georgia Homeless Coallition, Athens Resource Center for the Homeless planning, Georgia Shares, HandsOn Northeast Georgia, UGA student organizations, and local religious and community organizations

  

Increased programming for residents including skills classes for moms and activities for kids

 

Lots of work on the shelter!

Join us for this exciting year! To volunteer, donate, or just learn about the shelter visit www.helpathenshomeless.org or email volunteer@helpathenshomeless.org