We started with one simple belief—families would prefer to provide for themselves at Christmas rather than receive a hand out. Pride for Parents is a program designed to provide the families in our neighborhood the opportunity to shop for their families at greatly reduced cost. We’re about powering joy, generosity, and community!
Through the support of generous schools, churches, businesses, and individuals, FCS sets up a toy store at our South Atlanta location for the two weeks leading up to Christmas. Families from the neighborhood get to shop for that perfect toy for their loved one!
In the process, we are able to provide quality jobs for residents of South Atlanta – one of the key ingredients to making our neighborhood healthy again.
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The gift of a job for South Atlanta residents.
Santa is coming to South Atlanta! People like you are stocking our Christmas Toy Store. This year, we are excited to welcome South Atlanta shoppers and volunteers again. We’re counting on our stellar Santa’s helpers more than ever!
Take a look at the ways you can join the joy below, and email us at prideforparents@fcsministries.org with any questions.
December 14 – 23
Monday – Friday from 10:00 AM – 12:30pm and 2:30pm – 5:00pm
Saturday from 10:00am – 4:00pm
If you already know you want to join the joy this year, email prideforparents@fcsministries.org
This is one of our favorite ways for people to get involved! Whether you are a large group working or worshiping remotely or a small group of any kind, hosting a toy drive is for you! It’s a fun and effective way to join the joy this year. We invite you to host either an in-person or virtual toy drive – whatever works for you best.
Virtual Toy Drive
Spice up a regular meeting by taking some time to select toys together!
Here’s how it works:
In-Person Toy Drive
We are open for toy drop-offs and can pick up the toys from your toy drive!
We can receive toys from toy drives via mail or at our offices at 1297 Jonesboro Blvd SE 30315.
To request a pick up, please reach out to prideforparents@fcsministries.org via email or 943-212-2131 via phone.
Please contact us at prideforparents@fcsministries.org with any questions.
We are thrilled to welcome volunteers to our store this year! Volunteers or “South Atlanta Santa’s Helpers” are invited to sign up to serve in our outdoor Gift Wrapping Villages. Pre-registrations required prior to every volunteering session. Volunteers should be 16+ years old.
Click below or email prideforparents@fcsministries.org if you’re interested in volunteering at the Christmas Store.
As you jump in to help Santa in South Atlanta, take some photos of yourself, your family, your toy drives, and more! We will be reposting photos that use the hashtags #jointhejoy and #prideforparents on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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