Thank you for supporting the 23rd Annual Essentials Drive!
Over 241,000 Essentials items were donated and distributed in 2024!
Here’s how you can help! Donate:
• Diapers (All Sizes & Pull-Ups)
• Unscented Baby Wipes
• Feminine Hygiene Products
• Adult Diapers
• Funds (used to purchase diapers and wipes)
All donated items will be delivered to HomeAid Atlanta’s service provider partners (listed below) serving families with infants and toddlers experiencing or at risk of homelessness - just in time for Mother’s Day.
There are over 20 metro Atlanta drop-off locations welcoming your donations from April 1 - 30, including several SouthState Bank locations, D.R. Horton communities, the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, Consruction Resources, and Round Trip Brewing. These locations are not receiving donations after April 30. Thank you!
WHY the Essentials Drive?
An estimated 4,770 people in metro Atlanta experience homelessness on any given night and almost 35% are women and children. HomeAid recognizes how challenging it can be for families and individuals to provide for their most basic needs during times of crisis and transition. Babies can go through 8-12 diapers a day, and the average monthly cost of diapers for one child is $80. Families experiencing homelessness or economic hardship may have to improvise to make diapers last longer, changing diapers less often, or even attempt to clean and reuse disposable diapers.
Thanks to the support of metro Atlanta’s home building industry and generous community members, the Essentials Drive has collected more than 2.1 million baby items, assisting countless families since 2002.
Where did my donations go?
In 2024, HomeAid Atlanta will distribute your Essentials Drive donatons to these metro Atlanta organizations providing housing and/or services for families in need:
Atlanta Children’s Shelter | Atlanta Mission | Blessings Working Together | Family Empowerment | City of Refuge - South | Crossroads Community Ministries | The Drake House | Decatur Cooperative Ministry | Gateway House | Helping Mamas | Mothers Advocacy Project | Motherhood Beyond Bars | Nicholas House | North Fulton Community Charities | Our House | The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta | The Salvation Army Red Shield Services | Serenade Heights | Solomon’s Temple Foundation | Wellroot Family Services | Women’s Resource Center
These companies and organizaitons are supporting the 2024 Essentials Drive!
Ashton Woods
Atlanta’s Best New Homes
Bank of America
BankSouth Mortgage
Bedrock Homes
Big 10 Alumni of Atlanta
Brightwater Homes
CBRE
Cherokee County Homeless Veterans Program
CHOA- Technology Dependent ICU
Construction Resources
David Weekley Homes
Davidson Homes
Denim Marketing
DR Horton Atlanta West Division
Franklin Street
Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association
HB NEXT
HomeTrust Bank
Juneau Construction Company
Lennar
Loren Homes
Meritage Homes
North Georgia Brick
Northview Church
Northwest Exterminating
NterNow
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Professional Women in Building Atlanta Chapter
Round Trip Brewing Company
Smith Douglas Homes
SouthState Bank
SouthState Correspondent
Sutter McLellan & Gilbreath
Taylor Morrison Atlanta Division
Timberlake Cabinetry
Vincent Longo Custom Builders
Westlake Royal Building Products
& others!
Why the Essentials Drive?
“HomeAid’s donation of diapers and wipes has been critical for the many moms that we serve. We partner with a school for children experiencing homelessness, and many of the mothers have younger children in diapers. Most live in shelters or hotels and have little access to these resources. Those with income have difficulty covering all their expenses, so any free essential can mean the difference between choosing to buy diapers or see a doctor. Others have no income and often have to leave infants in dirty diapers as long as possible to make them last.”
— Crossroads Community Ministries
“We send a sincere THANK YOU for the amazing items donated to DCM as part of the Essentials Drive! Year after year, HomeAid Atlanta and its supporters have continued to surpass our expectations and we consider HomeAid to be one of our greatest allies in the fight to alleviate homelessness in metro Atlanta.”
— Decatur Cooperative Ministries
"It was like Christmas morning! The timing was perfect for this donation. We were out of Pull Ups and size 6 diapers and had several requests for them. The Essentials Drive donations allowed us to fill those requests. We were very low on wipes as well, so again perfect timing. We will be able to keep serving so many babies because of HomeAid Atlanta!”