Foreverfamily’s Wish List
We are often asked if we have a wish list and yes, we do! Below is a list of our organization’s needs (and wants!). We thank you and your community for helping us ensure that every child gets what’s deserved — our very best and lots of love.
On-Going Items We Need:
- Gas Gift Cards (increments of $25 or $50 preferred)
- Visa, Kroger, Walmart (or other similar store) Gift Cards – these help us with the day to day expenses at program, such as healthy snacks, materials for activities, as well as unforeseen needs. For example, when we did tennis lessons, some kids couldn’t participate because they didn’t have tennis shoes. For swimming lessons, we had to purchase a few suits for those who did not have them. Gift cards allow us to meet the on-going, real needs of our families.
- Tablets (iPad or other) and Laptops – while new devices are preferred, we will gratefully accept your old devices, but please, only donate devices that are in good working order. If you wouldn’t give it to your child as a gift, please do not gift it to ours either.
If you have any questions about these items or wish to help fulfill our dreams, please contact Camilla Paul, CEO, at camillapaul@foreverfam.org or 404-223-1200. Thank you in advance for your support and generosity.
Other Ways to Give
There are many other ways you can help. If you choose, you can elect to support some of our specific programs:
FAMILY VISITATION PROGRAM
We provide free transportation every month so that kids can visit their parents in prison. Due to distance of the prisons and cost, for many we are the only way they get to see their parent. You can help us defray the cost of transportation by covering the cost of a roundtrip Uber or Lyft, providing a gas card so that families with a car have gas and/or breakfast items or food for lunch for these long distance visits.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Foreverfamily is proud of the accomplishments of children graduating our programs and going on to college. The Ruth & Ed Dressel Scholarship Fund was established by Paula Dressel, Foreverfamily’s first Board President, in memory of her parents. This Fund provides scholarship money for selected young adults in our program who are graduating from high school and heading to college. Contributions are appreciated.
FOREVERFAMILY ENDOWMENT
The Foreverfamily Endowment account is managed by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. We picked The Community Foundation because of the strength of its asset management and its involvement in the Atlanta community. The endowment is currently small, but we are working to build it. For large contributions, we can offer certain tax planning counsel. Please call us for more information.
In-Kind Donations
In addition to cash gifts, we are happy to receive certain types of in-kind gifts:
- Neck pillows and blankets for children to use to keep warm on the buses during the long rides to the prisons
- Vans/buses with a driver to help us transport our young people to the prisons to visit their parents
- Birthday cakes for monthly birthday parties for the children.
- Tickets to athletic events that can be used by our kids and volunteer chaperones. Other types of entertainment tickets may also be welcomed.
- Subscriptions for books and magazines for children and teens.