Stone Mountain Arts Center Feeds the Need,
and We Need You!!

"Help SMAC Get Through the Year Ahead and Help Us
Feed Some Folks in Need Too.
Keep SMAC Alive for the Music Sakes
and for Some Deserving Families Too"

That plea was then ... this is now.

* Please note
Your Support is a Gift
NOT tax deductible.

And some of our folks that we have supported this past year, have landed on their feet thanks to you all....and I would humbly say so have we.

The silver lining of all of this past year, was us being here....now serving an additional purpose. Your support still will help us continue to support the families that need help..folks that needed help even before any pandemic. We thought it might be a temporary program that we did to help sustain us and some deserving local folks who can use this help. But its is clear we need and want to keep this going with your help. We also want to be here if the winter brings new hardship.

Right now we soon expect to continue to provide for the remainder of 2021, meals that we send out each Thursday. And we will continue ...with your help. This program has been a huge success. If we have the means, we send as much food as possible, hoping it will carry them into the week too. A dinner like meatloaf or chicken parm including lots of sides like pasta salad , and green salad, fruit cups, cookies, mac and cheese and chicken fingers for the kids, and hearty soups for the week ahead and of course corn bread!! We are finding that there are way more folks in need than we knew about. Geesh you think you know your neighborhood, but at this challenging time everyone needs a little help.

The good news, is that now that we are open more, we can help feed these folks with much less help from you. The only cost that remains challenging is the packaging,..there is tons of it!! A family of 4 will have upwards of 30 containers along with bags and boxes. It gets pricey.

Our Support to Provide a Meal Program has made a lot of deserving families happy and given them a small respite during this challenging time. So thank you ...what a gift!!!

Keep it Goin'!!!
Below is info, if you would liike to support thios prograsmn in any way. ..we can always use it.

• An email from a parent ...
  "Absolutely blown away! Literally in tears right now. I'm so proud to be a part of this community. Please let them know we are forever thankful!"
   
• From a staff member at one of our local schools ...
  "I wanted to take a moment to thank you on behalf of the families who have received your incredible meal donations. Each delivery I have made has resulted in a level of appreciation that is difficult to convey. It's hard to put people's gratitude into words because so much of it is in their facial expressions and body language. They have sighed in relief. They have hugged the bags of food. They have cried while smiling the most appreciative smiles. They have said that the meals are "lifesavers" and that they feel like they "have won the lottery". Your kindness is truly appreciated and it is creating a beautiful ripple effect on the community."