Stand Up for Stand Down

Stand Up for Stand Down "Stand Up for Stand Down" is an annual event collecting travel/sample size toiletry items for homele

"Stand Up for Stand Down" is a community service project started by local Pilot International Clubs in metro Atlanta. The goal is to collect and sort donated toiletry items to be distributed to homeless veterans and their families in conjunction with the local VA Hospital's "Stand Down", held the first weekend in October. In 2014, with the support of other community based organizations and corpor

ations over 850 homeless veterans received assistance with these basic needs. The collection campaign runs from July 4th through Labor Day each year. We are a group of volunteers (otherwise employed full time) who focus on this project for three months each year. We do not have a website, but do provide other means to contact us.

We've had a terrific week!We received a very generous donation of pre-packaged personal care bags from the Hilton Garden...
12/03/2020

We've had a terrific week!
We received a very generous donation of pre-packaged personal care bags from the Hilton Garden Inns - Northpoint, Marietta, North Atlanta/John's Creek, the Hyatt Place Atlanta - Perimeter Center, Canopy Atlanta-Midtown, and Doubletree Atlanta Perimeter -Dunwoody. Volunteers from these locations sorted and bagged, and then delivered the boxes and 12 cases of water to Governor-Elect Robin's office.

Today, the items were picked up by Matthew and Ulysses from the Salvation Army, for distribution to their multiple shelters and rehabilitation centers in the Atlanta metro area.

While we were unable to do our Stand Up for Stand Down event this year due to the pandemic, we are truly appreciative to have been selected by the hotel group to be the recipients of their service program! Thank you everyone.

07/03/2020

This year's event is being cancelled due to the current pandemic. We want to ensure the safety of our volunteers and recipients.

We plan to resume again next year, God willing.

Thank you !
09/06/2019

Thank you !

09/03/2019

Thank you.
Francine Macon James-Jones and the Federally Employed Women,
Greater Atlanta Chapter, for the very generous donation.

09/03/2019

Thank you
Lynn Harris at Ameritas for your very generous donation!

09/02/2019

This is our last week to collect donations for our 8th annual campaign benefitting homeless veterans in north and central Georgia.

We are in need of deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrushes.

You can drop off your donation at any Georgia Cancer Specialists clinic throigh Friday. Call 770-864-5347 if you need more information.

Thank you in advance.

08/19/2019

Call for volunteers - Sept 17th, 5-8pm

Donations continue to come in for our 8th Annual Stand Up for Stand Down event, benefiting homeless veterans in north and central Georgia.
Volunteers are needed for our final "Sort and Pack" party, Tuesday, Sept 17th., 5-8pm
YOU MUST REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER. Please register by calling 770-864-5347. Location: Adult Day of Dunwoody, One Dunwoody Park South, Suite 123, Dunwoody, GA. Dinner will be provided by Wild Ginger Thai Restaurant.

08/14/2019

Thanks to all the volunteers who came out yesterday evening for our first "Sort and Pack" party for this years campaign.
The Pilot Club of Atlanta, Anchor Club members from Centennial High School, Daughters of the American Revolution, Atlanta Chapter, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Learning Services Corp, employees of Northside Hospital and Georgia Cancer Specialists and The Peachtree Pilot Club of Atlanta.

Special thanks to Chris Burds, Adult Day of Dunwoody for allowing us to use his facilities and to The Jim Ellis Automotive Group for providing the dinner meal for our volunteers.

We prepared approximately 300 "Comfort Bags" which will be delivered to the Dept of Veterans Affairs in Decatur, Georgia, to be distributed at upcoming Operation Reveille and Stand Down events.

Our next "Sort and Pack" party for this years campaign will be Sept 17. Let us know if you would like to volunteer.

My friend Mal came by my office this morning with his donation to our homeless veterans project, Stand Up for Stand Down...
07/31/2019

My friend Mal came by my office this morning with his donation to our homeless veterans project, Stand Up for Stand Down.

You can drop off your donation as well at any Georgia Cancer Specialists clinic now through Sept 6th. If you want more information please call 770-864-5347.

07/29/2019

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS...

Our 2019 campaign is moving along very well and the donations are coming in steadily.

This post concerns our call for volunteers for our upcoming "Sort and Pack" parties. Our first will be Tuesday, August 13th, from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm. We have a new location this year due to needing more space and we have found a local business willing to host us. Adult Day of Dunwoody, located at One Dunwoody Park South, Suite 123, Dunwoody, GA 30338. Located just across I-285 from where we have sorted and pack the last seven years.

Dinner for our volunteers will be provided again this year by one of our generous sponsors, the Jim Ellis Automotive Group. You must register to participate in the event as we need to provide the caterer with an adequate count.

Please register by calling 770-864-5347 and leave your name and contact number. We will confirm the address with you at that time.

Thank you in advance.
Robin

Last year we received 5.5 Tons of toiletry items. Let's see if we can beat that this year. Press Releases will be goin...
05/16/2019

Last year we received 5.5 Tons of toiletry items. Let's see if we can beat that this year.
Press Releases will be going out in June.

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