Fall 2024 Newsletter
New Gordon County Office Expands Advocates’ Reach
In a strategic move to increase services throughout the 11-county service area, Advocates for Children is now serving more clients through a new location in Calhoun. This significant effort stems from two much-needed services designed to support the community’s young adults needing housing and […]
Summer 2024 Newsletter
Newman House construction will radically change lives
Few causes are as significant as preventing and decreasing trauma in a young life. Child abuse, minors living in
homelessness, runaway youth and young adults aging out of foster care who are immediately unsheltered are growing issues and Advocates is committed to addressing them.
Advocates stands […]
Winter 2024 Newsletter
Dear Advocate’s Friends and Champions,
We are welcoming the new year with new opportunities to serve Northwest Georgia’s children and families. Our new Advocacy and Prevention Center has already proven to be a powerful tool in strengthening collaboration, not just with our prevention and advocacy programs, but also with our volunteers […]
2023 Annual Report
Dear Supporters and Friends,
Advocates for Children has been on an incredible journey in 2023. Last year marked a significant milestone in our organization’s history with the opening of the Prevention and Advocacy Center, made possible through the unwavering support and dedication of our community. This center stands as […]
Fall 2023 Newsletter
Gratitude for Advocate’s Friends and Supporters
As I sit in the newly established Prevention and Advocacy Center, I am humbled by the outpouring of support from those who helped make this vision a reality for the children and families of northwest Georgia. During the grand opening ceremony, it was an honor […]
Back To School 2023 Newsletter
Dear Advocate’s Friends and Champions,
For many of us, childhood summer memories are happy ones. We fondly recall trips to the pool or family beach vacations. Sadly, for many of the children we serve at Advocates, summer can be a time of uncertainty, fear, and abuse. Nationally, child abuse reporting decreases […]
Spring 2023 Newsletter
Dear Advocate’s Friends and Champions,
2023 has already been off to an amazing start and we have so much to look forward to in the upcoming year. On March 9th, I had the honor of sharing the stage with Ms. Nancy Newman and Ms. Terry Nelson as we celebrated 40 years […]
2022 Annual Report
2022: Advocate’s Year of Growth and Change
Dear Friends,
2022 has been a tremendous year of change and growth for Advocates for Children and we are deeply grateful for your support during this exciting year. In April, Together for Families, the newest program offered under the Advocate’s umbrella opened it’s doors in […]
June 2022 Newsletter
Dear Advocates’ Friends & Champions,
What an eventful start to the year! This spring has gone by in a blur. From the announcement that we are moving from our current location to all the amazing campaigns and events, including Kids Helping Kids, Child Abuse Prevention Month, our Half-Marathon and 5k, and […]
2021 Annual Report
Dear Friends & Supporters,
In 2021, our world continued to be filled with uncertainties and questions associated with Covid 19 and its variants, and its impact was felt in every area of our lives and businesses. Despite these challenges, Advocates for Children continued our mission of helping the children and families […]
October 2021 Newsletter
Dear Advocates Friends & Champions,
I am thankful to be a part of our caring community. Your response to our Back-to-School appeal was nothing short of amazing! In total, we received more than 50 book bags and charitable donations totaling $10,000. Thank you for being a blessing to our children!
This fall, […]
July 2021 Newsletter
Advocates for Children is proud to announce our newest program, SKORE!
Supporting Kids on the Road to Excellence (SKORE) is a program offered to children between ages 12 to 17 years old who have committed noncriminal acts that are considered a law violation because of their status as minors. In April […]
April 2021 Newsletter
Dear Friends and supporters,
2020 was a year to be remembered. It was a time unlike any other with so many challenges as we collectively learned to navigate a “new normal” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our community was significantly impacted, and one of those impacts was a 17% increase in […]
2020 Annual Report
Dear Friends and Supporters,
2020 was a year to be remembered. It was a time unlike any other with so many challenges as we collectively learned to navigate a “new normal” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our community was significantly impacted, and one of those impacts was a 17% increase in […]
November 2020 Newsletter
Dear Friends and Supporters,
This is a time like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to produce uncertainty, stress, and trauma in our communities. Advocates services are in high demand as we offer family support through our grief groups, parenting, and housing programming. We are seeing first hand the impact of […]
2019 Annual Report
2019 at Advocates brought us our theme: Growing Hope out of Hurt.
Our Board and Senior Leadership team collaborated to identify the heart of our services; we decided that Hope is central to everything we do at Advocates. Hope is defined as the feeling that what we want can be had […]
2018 Annual Report
Fostering hope… this powerful phrase led me through the welcoming doors of Advocate’s for Children in July of 2018. While the past year has been one of organizational transition, we have continued to provide the excellent programming expected from our dynamic team, volunteers, board and community leadership.
For more than 35 […]