COMMUNITY RESOURCES 

Atlanta Community Food Bank: In this time of crisis, they continue their mission to provide meals for hungry children, hardworking families and struggling seniors. To donate visit Atlanta Community Food Bank website.

• Atlanta Community Food Bank's "Text For Help" SMS platform to assist those children, families, and seniors who need access to food during the current crisis of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

CDC: What You Need To Know - For up-to-date information on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), please visit the CDC website.

Childcare Services: 

Health service providers or anyone who is required to work for any reason and need emergency care, please call Quality Care for Children’s help line to be directed to available resources.

• Quality Care for ChildrenThis organization is keeping a list of childcare centers that are still open.
  1-877- ALL GA KIDS 877-255-4254
  8:30 am to 6:00 pm MON – THU; 8:30 am to 5:00 pm FRI
  www.qualityrated.org

• YMCA of Metro Atlanta
  YMCA will be providing childcare to medical workers that have to report to work ONLY.

Coronavirus Testing -

• Cherokee County (open to 60 years and older): The Speciman Point of Collection (SPOC) site in Cherokee County will be open for COVID-19 testing starting March 23rd - 27th, to persons 60 years old and over with symptoms of COVID-19. For more information on location and hours click here.
• Cobb County (High-risk Only) is offering drive-up testing for the Coronavirus at Jim Miller Park. Doctors will primarily screen "high-risk" individuals.
• Piedmont Hospital (7:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Mon - Fri.): You MUST call first, no walk-ins accepted. To schedule an appointment call 866-460-1119.

Cobb County Food Pantry (10 AM - NOON):

DeKalb County Recreation Center Food Pick-up Locations (for students):

Students will be able to pick up snacks at the following DeKalb County recreation centers from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday:

• Gresham Recreation Center, 3113 Gresham Road, Atlanta, GA 30316
• Exchange Intergenerational Recreation Center, 2771 Columbia Drive, Decatur, GA 30034
• Redan Recreation Center, 1839 Phillips Rd., Lithonia, GA 30058
• Tobie Grant Recreation Center, 644 Parkdale Drive, Scottdale, GA 30079
• N.H. Scott Recreation Center, 2230 Tilson Road, Decatur, GA 30032
• Lucious Sanders Recreation Center, 2484 Bruce Street, Lithonia, GA 30058
• Mason Mill Recreation Center, 1340- B McConnell Drive, Decatur, GA 30033
• Hamilton Recreation Center, 3263 Chapel Street, Scottdale, GA 30079
• Midway Recreation Center, 3181 Midway Road, Decatur, GA 30032

Disaster Loan Assistance (Small Businesses): Governor Brian Kemp announced Georgia has received an official statewide disaster declaration from the U.S. Small Business Administration. This declaration will provide assistance to in the form of SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans to impacted small businesses in all 159 counties in Georgia. Small businesses can visit the SBA online to initiate the process.

Employment: 

The following list of companies have immediate openings available. Visit their website to apply.

• Aldi https://bit.ly/AldiJobs20
• All Turf https://bit.ly/AllTurfJobs
• Amazon https://bit.ly/AmazonJobs20
• Dollar General https://bit.ly/DollarGeneralJobs
• Dollar Tree https://bit.ly/DollarTreeJobs
• Family Dollar https://bit.ly/FamilyDollarJobs
• Domino's Pizza https://bit.ly/DominosJobs20
• Ingles Supermarket https://bit.ly/InglesJobs
• Kroger Supermarket https://bit.ly/KrogerJobs20
• Publix Supermarket https://bit.ly/PublixJobs20
• Walgreens https://bit.ly/WalgreensJobs20
• Walmart https://bit.ly/WalmartJobs20

Free Meals for Students K-12:

• Bunche Middle School - 1925 Niskey Lake Rd., SW, Atlanta, GA 30331
•  Cleveland Avenue Elementary School - 2672 Old Hapeville Rd., SW, Atlanta, GA 30315
• Douglass High School - 225 Hamilton E Holmes Dr., NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
•  Phoenix Academy (formerly Alonzo Crim High School) - 256 Clifton St., SE, Atlanta, GA 30317
•  Sylvan Hills Middle School - 1461 Sylvan Rd., SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
•  Booker T. Washington High School - 45 Whitehouse Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 3031
•  Hope-Hill Elementary School - 112 Boulevard NE, Atlanta, GA 30312
•  King Middle School - 545 Hill St SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
• Thomasville Heights Elementary School - 1820 Henry Thomas Dr. SE, Atlanta, GA 30315 
• Young Middle School - 3116 Benjamin E Mays Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30311

<i><span id="U11653705363gtx">(As a reminder, APS does not manage the hours or service at these food distribution sites. Contact the food distribution sites directly for information about their hours, service, and any other requirements for food. </span></i><span id="U75430728528pYG"><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1H1JRYsj5oajjgcUf_tVGzJpa3LuUdlxq" shape="rect"><i>Click here to see the full list of food distribution sites</i></a></span><i><span id="U57100370733fAD">).</span></i>

Giving Kitchen supports food service workers with compassion and care by providing financial assistance to those in crisis due to an unexpected illness, injury, death of an immediate family member or housing disaster in Georgia.  Donate now.

• Food service workers in Georgia who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and/or those who are under doctor's orders for a mandatory quarantine should ask for help at Giving Kitchen.
• Food service workers experiencing unemployment due to restaurant closings should start with their Stability Network resources.

Homeless Assistance:

Love Beyond the Walls
This organization has set up wash stations around downtown Atlanta for the homeless to keep their hands clean. The stations are set up in Hurt Park and areas where the homeless congregate.

Hope Atlanta is currently open and providing homeless outreach in North and South Fulton. Citizens who require services should contact Hope Atlanta at 404-817-7070 or email info@hopeatlanta.org.

If you need immediate assistance and are not able to reach a representative, please call the United Way at 211.

Free Internet: 

• Comcast 855-846-8376 English, 855-765-6995 Spanish
  Starting on March 16, Comcast will be extending their service to low-income families. New customers who are low-income and live in the Comcast service are can sign up to receive 60 days of free internet service. Existing customers of their Internet Essentials service will have their speeds increased
• Charter-Spectrum 844-488-8395
  Free broadband and wi-fi access will be available for 60 days to households with K-12 and/or college students who are new customers. Installation fees will also be waived to households with students.
• AT&T will not terminate the service of any of their wireless, home phone or broadband residential or small business customers due to nonpayment for the next 60 days. They will also waive the late payment fees. Additionally, their fixed wireless internet and home internet customers can use unlimited data.

Meals on Wheels: The North DeKalb, South DeKalb, DeKalb-Atlanta and East DeKalb (Bruce Street) senior centers will be open to distribute meals to their 559 customers only. Seniors will be able to pick up their meals between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Senior customers of these centers who do not have transportation should call 770-322-2950 from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The Lou Walker and Mason Mill multipurpose senior centers will be closed until further notice.

Prescription Delivery: 

• CVS: is offering free medication delivery from March 9th - May 1st. Delivery is available for eligible prescription drug orders with qualifying prescription benefit programs and insurance plans. Contact your local CVS for details.
• Walgreens: is waiving delivery fees for all eligible prescriptions during the COVID-19  pandemic. The will offer free delivery on any purchase at www.walgreens.com.

Slutty Vegan Serving Service Workers of the Community:

 Times of Service: 12:30 PM – 8:00 PM

In response to the pandemic, starting Tuesday 3/17, Slutty Vegan ATL will exclusively serve the service workers of the community (police officers, fire fighters, doctors, nurses, teachers, EMT, utility workers, TSA, etc.). Hours of operation will be 12:30 PM to 8 PM.
The restaurant will provide walk up window service, for service workers only. Please visit Slutty Vegan to order ahead.

***You must provide and present your ID or your uniform to be served

Storage: Uhaul is offering free storage for one month to students being forced to leave campus.

Red Cross:  Please give blood during this challenging time! Those who are healthy, feeling well and eligible to give blood or platelets, are urged to make an appointment to donate as soon as possible. Here's how:

1. Download and use the Red Cross Blood Donor App to make an appointment at www.rcblood.org/2vsLhaA.
2. Visit RedCrossBlood.org
3. Call 1-800 RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
4. Activate the Blood Scheduling Skill for Amazon Alexa

Red Door Food Pantry (March 24th - 30th, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM) will be preparing and serving dinners to-go in a drive through fashion from the First Presbyterian (183 West Main Street, Cartersville, GA 30120) parking lot. Please get your FREE tickets to this event through Eventbrite.

If you are interested in volunteering, please join our Red Door Food Pantry Volunteers page on Facebook.