Every year, our agents and staff are asked to nominate a charity close to their heart to receive a donation made on their behalf by Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty. We love to hear how different organizations are impacting our agents and staff’s lives and how we, as a team, are influencing our communities. The nomination and announcement take place during the holidays, but we always invite our recipients to our Buckhead office for a check presentation at the beginning of the year. Below is the list of charities, the agents who nominated them and details about each charity!
Open Hand | Nominated by Tom Abrams
Open Hand is passionate about building a healthier community. Open Hand seeks to eliminate disability and untimely death due to nutrition-sensitive chronic diseases and serve the community by empowering people to live healthier, more productive lives.
The Bill Harrison Foundation | Nominated by Neal Heery
The Bill Harrison Foundation’s mission is to create educational experiences for the next generation of creative and curious thinkers that foster exploration, inspiration and creativity to open the door for all students to have equal access to pursue career pathways in the arts, architecture and design.
Frankie and Andy’s Place | Nominated by Patti Ellis & Adam Ellis
Frankie and Andy’s Place is a unique combination of senior dog shelter and emotional healing center for troubled humans. Frankie and Andy’s Place is home to a small number of gentle, loving senior dogs who have been cast aside by their humans and yet who still have many valuable gifts to share.
Wellstar Foundation: Heart to Heart Campaign | Nominated by Jeff Olsen
For more than 40 years, Wellstar Hospice Care has been serving patients and their loved ones with care and compassion. The goal of Wellstar is to give peace of mind to future patients and their families by honoring the thousands of patients and families who have received care through the years.
1 PowerHouse | Nominated by Alan Kaplan
1 PowerHouse’s mission is to provide the community’s youth and their families in need with opportunity, dignity, and hope so they may possess the tools for change in themselves, their family, and their community.
City of Refuge (Atlanta) | Nominated by Avion Abreu
City of Refuge is a faith-based environment that helps individuals and families transition out of crisis which includes providing housing, food, healthcare (physical and mental) and workforce training. In addition to all those programs, they also offer education for pre-K – 12th grade.
MUST Ministries | Nominated by Ellen Hill
MUST Ministries is a faith-based organization that, for 38 years, has been dedicated to providing services to persons and families in crisis. Must programs services provide food, clothing, financial assistance, case management and employment services to individuals and families with little to no income.
National Breast Cancer Foundation | Nominated by Laura Josel
NBCF’s mission is to help women now by providing help and inspiring hope to those affected by breast cancer through early detection, education and support services. NBCF offers free, innovative programs that other organizations aren’t providing to women facing breast cancer so that no one faces breast cancer alone.