Christ’s Closet

Question 1

Services offered

Answer

Emergency Services available upon request for house burns, foster parents, domestic violence cases, etc.

Partnered with West Georgia Tech WIA Program to help people with schooling and jobs

Question 2

How can you help?

Answer

Give a financial donation to help with rent, power bill, water bill and supplies. mail monetary donations to The Refuge Ministries of West Ga., Inc. P.O. Box 466, Tallapoosa, GA 30176 and earmark your check “Christ’s Closet”.

Give white garbage bags. Christ’s Closet uses thousands each year.

Donate toiletries to our “burn unit” such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, combs and brushes.

Question 3

Christ’s Closet touches lives in and out of our community.

Answer

Christ’s Closet has….

Served over 2500 families –many more than once
Serves about 15 families who lose their home each year
Serves foster parents
Serves Carroll County Women’s Shelter by delivering loads to them each month
Serves women who have to leave abusive relationships and are in hiding
Serves local schools with items children need while in schools’ care
Provides prom dresses

Question 4

Christ’s Closet has also...

Answer

Helped Cleburne County Baptist Association start their own clothing ministry
Helps Mt Moriah in Delta, Alabama start their own clothing ministry
Provided 35 foot boxed trailer load to Tuscaloosa, Alabama after the tornadoes
Provided clothing in Carrollton, Georgia after the flood
Provided more than 100 bags of clothing to the girls home in Eufa, Alabama
Provided 35 foot boxed trailer load to children’s home in Oneida, Kentucky
Provided coats, gloves and toboggans to a Head Start Program in Carrollton, GA
Provided more than 100 coats to children in Mexico
Provided barrels of clothes sent to Haiti
Provided dress clothes and shoes to the Carroll County Public Defender’s Office for people required to attend court
Provided clothes and blankets to Feed The Sheep Ministries for their outreaches in Bremen and outreaches in Atlanta for the homeless
Provided Kansas Baptist Church in Waco clothes for their annual outreach
Provided Waco First Baptist clothing & flip flops for their mission trip to Honduras
Provided coats for outreaches for homeless in Douglasville & Atlanta
Provided coats and blankets for the homeless in Carrollton

We have gone out into our communities and set up outreaches at Beaver Run in Waco, Helton Howland Park in Tallapoosa and Tallapoosa Christian Academy. We have set up at the Community Resource Fair at Tallapoosa Primary and at the Tallapoosa Housing Authority’s annual picnic and did face paintings.

Question 5