Neighbors helping neighbors in need!
In East Lake, Kirkwood and Edgewood communities in Atlanta.
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Upcoming Events
- Wednesday May 1st - Community party at the Solarium, $30 responsibly all inclusive, catered by Oakhurst Market.
- Sunday May 5th - Golf Historic East Lake, reserve your slot $450 per player. All golfers plus guest get in free to conmunity party.
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Why are we here?
 Since the autumn of 2007, news headlines not only around the nation but right here in the Atlanta area have been an indicator of how the recession impacts senior citizens. Yet even in the best of times, many of your longtime neighbors struggle with the rising costs of city taxes, home maintenance, heating and cooling and the ever-rising health care costs associated with growing older. Many have seen their 401(k) funds decimated and their home's value drop markedly as well. The bottom line: cost-of-living increases are often impossible to meet for your elderly neighbors on fixed incomes.
 Faced with hard choices, what trade-offs must our elderly neighbors make in the twilight years of their lives when a sudden home repair is needed? Do they pay their taxes or replace crumbling plumbing?
Do they keep paying for their medicine or do they fix that leaky roof that if left unattended will soon destroy the value of their only real asset? In many cases, the cost of upkeep forces an elderly homeowner to sell their home. It is just plain wrong that after being good neighbors, paying off their homes and paying taxes in their communities, the cost of a home repair would force an elderly homeowner to sell their property!
Our older neighbors worked and paid taxes to make these communities the wonderful places they are today, and that's one reason why we work to eliminate such trade-offs and help them stay in their homes. The kinds of trade-offs elderly neighbors have faced in recent years are unacceptable to us.
What do we do?
Neighbor in Need is a non-profit corporation that helps low-income elderly neighbors in East Lake, Kirkwood and Edgewood communities in Atlanta make emergency home repairs.
We work to bridge the gap between what an elderly homeowner can afford to pay in necessary home repairs and what the actual repair would cost so they can avoid the slippery slope leading to the loss of their home that these sudden expenses can cause.
How do we do it?
Through a unique combination of local community involvement and corporate sponsorship. Neighbor in Need is 100% volunteer run. The money you give goes directly into action for our long the elderly neighbors as a result. We have very low overhead and provide quality, licensed and insured work at no charge to those we help.
Read more about how the Neighbor in Need program works and the corporate sponsors who help us help our neighbors.
Are we making a difference?
Read what Nell has to say about the work Neighbor in Need did to repair a leaky roof and bad plumbing in her home.
Some of the sponsors of her project working alongside Neighbor in Need volunteers were USA Architectural Roofing and Windows, Mr. Plumber Atlanta, "Doc Rock" Services (drywall repair) and Peach State Realty.
To read Nell's actual entire letter and learn more about the companies who sponsored her project, you can view and download the 2-page PDF file here.
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See Neighbor in Need Projects For Yourself!
 We keep a digital record of some of our Neighbor in Need projects online. It's fun to see the faces of the people who Neighbor in Need has helped.
Browse our photo gallery to take a look at what we've been doing to change the world on your street
Make a difference in your community today!
We appreciate your support!
Change the world on your street, by donating now.
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