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| Last updated on January 6, 2009 |
City of Refuge offers both life saving resources and life building tools to individuals and families in Atlanta who are living on the margin. We understand the need for programs that span multiple areas of need – from food, clothing, and shelter, to job training, placement, housing, life skills, and transportation. Our goal is to provide the best possible opportunities for success to those who are willing to work hard to change their lives. Using the City of Refuge warehouse as a base, we are committed to deploying men, women, and resources into environments where difficulty resides, bringing hope to those living there. The promise of a better life, along with the tools to build that life, is the passion of City of Refuge.
Description:
We understand the need for programs that span multiple areas of need – from food, clothing, and shelter, to job training, placement, housing, life skills, and transportation. Our programs are broken into two main divisions; The Lifeline and Resource & Training. The Lifeline is the initial entry point for exposure to the programs of City of Refuge. Our mission is to meet the initial needs of the last, the lost and the least of the city of Atlanta. This entry point gives the greatest opportunity for both volunteerism and charitable support. Our purpose is to take literally the words of Christ in Luke 14:23 to “go into the highways and byways and compel them to come in” to the Master’s banquet. The Resource and Training Department of City of Refuge has been established to provide tools and provisions that will enable individuals and families to make positive, long term changes in their lives. While the outreach programs of the Lifeline provide immediate, short term assistance in times of crisis, and service delivery is based purely upon need; Resources and Training are provided over months, even years, and service delivery is based upon a demonstrated commitment, and capacity, to change.
History:
Since 1971, City of Refuge has been actively involved in benevolent outreach to the Last, Lost and Least of inner-city Atlanta.
Contact person: Lindsey Futo, Executive Assistant To The Director, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (404) 564-7740
Address:
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1300 Joseph E. Boone Blvd
Atlanta, GA 30314
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Web Site: http://www.cityofrefugeinc.com
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