Center for Family Resources launches 2025 Thanks for Giving

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Center for Family Resources launches 2025 Thanks for Giving

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This November, The Center for Family Resources (CFR) will kick off its 39th annual Thanks for Giving campaign, a longstanding community initiative dedicated to supporting Cobb County families facing food insecurity during the Thanksgiving holiday. The campaign provides families with a full Thanksgiving meal and enough groceries to sustain children while schools are closed for the holiday break.

In 2024, CFR distributed more than 1,000 food boxes (some 53,200 pounds of food) and stocked nearly 18,000 pounds of pantry staples, extending support well beyond the holiday season. This year, a new kickoff day for food drop-off—Friday, November 14—will help streamline packing and delivery to local schools and families.

The Thanks for Giving campaign helps families by:

  • Ensuring children who rely on school meals don’t go hungry during the break
  • Providing a full Thanksgiving dinner for families in need
  • Offering a week’s worth of groceries to reduce stress and restore dignity
  • Making healthy food accessible when it’s often out of reach

Community involvement is essential to the success of this campaign. The CFR invites businesses, civic groups, faith organizations, and individuals to be part of this powerful movement. Your involvement helps transform a week of worry into a season of joy for families who need it most. 
Ways to support the campaign include:

  • Sponsoring the campaign to help fund food purchases and logistics
  • Donating funds to support meal boxes and pantry staples
  • Hosting a food drive to collect non-perishable items
  • Volunteering to help pack and distribute food boxes
Together, we can ensure that every family in Cobb County has the opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving with nourishment, dignity, and hope. To learn more, to donate, or to get involved in volunteering to sort, box and help distribute food between Nov. 14 & Nov. 17-21, visit http://bit.ly/477q45A. If you have questions, please contact Melissa O’Brien at melissaobrien@thecfr.org. 

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