Category "Updates"
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Can you donate filled backpacks, socks & undies?
May 15th, 2012It’s only two months until the big event and we need filled backpacks and new packages of socks and underwear, particularly for older children. Ask your church, Sunday school class or small group to pitch in and full 10 or 20 backpacks! Pick up an extra pack of socks (no tube socks please – no-show [...]
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Thanks, Coldwell Banker, for a generous donation!
March 9th, 2012The folks at Coldwell Banker have given $1,000 to help Give a Kid a Chance help the children in Cherokee County! Thanks so much!
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We are off and running for 2012!
February 21st, 2012Believe it or not, this is the 7th year for Give a Kid a Chance! Our meetings for planning will be held the 3rd Tuesday of each month at SERV Ministries, 3145 Marietta Hwy., Canton. Please join us if you’d like to get involved! We are so blessed with the awesome volunteers who show up [...]
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Leadership meeting Feb. 21, 2012
February 14th, 2012We’re gearing up for our 7th annual event! Please come to the leadership meeting, at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at SERV Ministries, 3145 Marietta Hwy., Canton, to see how you can be a part of this exciting outreach!
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6th annual back-to-school bash a success!
July 22nd, 2011Thanks to the many many volunteers who came out to help on July 16, 2011! This ministry is a true body of Christ effort and we are always humbled and honored to be a part each year. We will update the site as soon as we compile the figures from Saturday’s event. First number we know – 2,781 filled backpacks [...]
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Glorybound concert netted $900!!
June 20th, 2011Special thanks to the Southern gospel quartet Glorybound, Sixes UMC and Todd Cantrell for the concert we enjoyed on June 26! We collected $900 for Give a Kid a Chance – Cherokee!! http://thegloryboundquartet.com/
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Etowah High’s Spanish Honors Society makes donation
May 27th, 2011Thanks to club advisor Tamara Linares and honor society students for raising $204 for our kids! They also collected school supplies, and presented GAKAC co-founder Cheryl Ruffer with a check on May 25. Kids helping kids – it’s a beautiful thing!
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Breakfast With Santa raises $250!
February 2nd, 2011Special thanks to Sequoyah senior Caitlin Hollander, who organized a Breakfast With Santa at Ebenezer UMC in Roswell. The event, which was her senior project, was such a success that the church members want to adopt it as an annual tradition! Check out the pictures from that very special day.
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Give a Kid a Chance in the News
November 11th, 2010The Give a Kid a Chance event was featured on 11alive news recently. Watch the video here on Vimeo
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