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THE CHAMPION, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 -16, 2019
PAGE 5B
A coat drive for families in need was held Dec. 22 at Wade Walker Family YMCA in Stone Mountain
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Nonprofit seeking new home
to continue giving
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN
Officials of a local
organization dedicated
to helping mothers and
children are hoping that
2019 will be the year they
find a new home.
Carolyn Watson,
founder of Helping
Oppressed Mothers Endure
(H.O.M.E.), a nonprofit
organization based in
DeKalb County that delivers
furniture to mothers in need,
said the group needs a new
place of its own to continue
its charitable work.
Watson said the
organization’s 2019 motto
is “God bless the dream in
2019.” She said she hopes
the organization continues
to expand in the new year.
“We’re searching for
a permanent home for
H.O.M.E.,” Watson said,
laughing. “It’s a must that
the doors to a brand-new
warehouse swing open.
We’ve outgrown the one
we’re in now. I believe
there’s so much greater in
store for H.O.M.E. There’s
so much in store for 2019.”
H.O.M.E. officials said
they delivered furniture
to 218 mothers and
children during 2018. The
organization also gave
120 prom dresses to teens
who could not afford them
during their Priceless
Princess Prom Expo.
“We commend and honor
the single mothers and
children who we’ve served
who are bravely fighting
the good fight of faith.
H.O.M.E. is proud to be a
community resource to help
those seeking betterment of
life for themselves and their
families,” Watson said.
H.O.M.E. had a busy
December and was involved
in a holiday coat and
toy drive that benefitted
hundreds of families in need
on Dec. 22 at the Wade
Walker Family YMCA in
Stone Mountain.
According to organizers
of the event, the L.O.V.E.
(Love Out-Loud Voyage
Event) in Action program
distributed 614 coats to 243
people.
The coats were
provided by Good Morning
America, Burlington
Coat Factory, Delivering
Good and distributed by
H.O.M.E. Officials said the
community coat drive will
become an annual event.
“We just wanted to put
love into action and show
people that love is still real
and alive among our people
and in our community,” said
Watson.
The family event also
featured a Toys for Tots
giveaway with more than
500 toys distributed.
The coat drive, which
began last year, started by
chance. Watson said the
organization was contacted
by Good Morning America
to join the Warm Coats
and Warm Hearts Coat
Drive initiative. Last year
H.O.M.E. distributed
approximately 1,000 coats
to residents and community
partners such as Chris 180,
My Sister’s House and New
Life Church.
“I’m still so amazed
and still in awe,” Watson
said. “We didn’t go out
and decide we were going
to give away coats; that
initiative was offered to us
and we’re so thankful for
the help we have received.
Freely you give and freely
you get...we’ve received
these coats by the grace of
God.”
rt.O.yl/.£. Organization
Helping Oppressed Mothers Endure distributed more than 500 toys to children with the help of Toys for Tots.
