Midtown Assistance Center was fortunate to have a student from Atlanta’s Marist School intern for a week in June to learn about the work MAC does and dedicate her time and positive attitude to assisting MAC clients. Emmy is an Atlanta native and rising senior...
Cynthia Cindric joined the MAC family in December 2016 and has been a dedicated volunteer on Wednesdays during administrative hours. She has excelled in entering clients’ information into MAC’s Salesforce Database, while simultaneously telling riveting stories of her travels and past volunteer experiences. Cynthia has...
WSB featured MAC recently on the evening news and their People2People program. Special thanks to Sacred Heart members and WSB employees Leona Nascimento & Mary Fiorello for volunteering their time and talents to making this happen. [embed]https://youtu.be/Yi_1HfxzrQs[/embed]...
MAC is fortunate to have a strong relationship with the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB). Each week, ACFB delivers a pallet of over five hundred pounds of much-needed food to MAC. On top of that, they also facilitate monthly cooking classes for MAC clients. These...
The sun dipped below Marietta Street on the horizon. Jimmy stood up from his bench in front of the social security building and limped away. Some nights he would wind up in a crummy shelter; others he just wandered the streets. This was a typical...
How did you first get involved with MAC? I got an email from Cheryl Naja, Director of Pro Bono and Community Service at Alston & Bird LLP, asking if anyone was interested in joining the MAC board. I then spoke with former Board Member and current...
The future looked bleak for Anna back in 2015. Laid off from a salaried job, she struggled to find work. After six months of unemployment, Anna was hired by a leading insurance corporation. This was a step in the right direction but six months of...
In summer of 2016, Lauren found herself in a detrimental situation that required her to seek a helping hand- and fast. As someone who had never utilized MAC’s assistance before, Lauren called MAC’s office in need of help paying her rent. Her car had broken...
Midtown Assistance Center is pleased to announce that we have received a grant award of $3,000 from the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia. These funds will be used to assist low-income, working households with rent and utility assistance. Special thanks to our friends at the...
Soon after being hired for a specialized operations position, Shaun was the victim of a random shooting. After being shot five times and hospitalized for three weeks, he survived with a serious spinal injury that left him temporarily unable to use the right side of...