Georgia Chapter

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Programs

The Georgia Chapter Welcomes You!

There are a multitude of ways that you can become better acquainted with CCFA, and we would love to welcome you into our family of friends! We want to provide patients and their families with all of the education and support services they need, and provide anyone who would like to participate in our events or volunteer, with plenty of opportunities. Take a look at our list of programs, we know there will be something to fit your needs!

Education and Support Programs

CCFA Partners is a unique opportunity for you to contribute to advances in your own care, and has the unprecedented potential to improve the quality of life of patients everywhere. Join the 10,000 people who are already helping us build this legacy of knowledge for a better future!

By completing a short, confidential survey about your current quality of life and providing occasional updates on your health, you can shape researchers' understanding of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. This will ultimately help us reach the goal of rapid research progress, better treatments, and cures. In return, we will update you every three months and provide you with educational information about these diseases and their treatments. Take the survey, see the latest statistics, or learn more at www.ccfapartners.org. You must have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis in order to join CCFA Partners.

Do you need someone to talk with about Crohn's or colitis? Are you newly diagnosed or experiencing new symptoms or treatment? Want insights from someone who's been down the same path? Then contact the Georgia Chapter to learn more about the Power of Two!

Power of Two is a Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America support program that connects people facing challenges brought on by living with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Individuals seeking help are matched with a peer mentor who has experienced similar medical and personal concerns. Power of Two peer mentors are trained to support participants through two phone, email, or video chat exchanges. The program is open to people with Crohn's or colitis and those children, family members, or other loved ones with these diseases. Anyone over the age of 10 can apply to be a mentor to provide insights into living with Crohn's and colitis. (Individuals under the age of 18 will need parent/guardian consent.)

Whether you are seeking support or are willing to help others as a peer mentor, please contact Mary Ball at mball@ccfa.org, or (404) 982-0616 to learn more about the Power of Two!

How to Donate

Donate Your Car

Wanting to sell or even just get rid of your old car? You can donate it to CCFA instead! With free towing, it’s easy and we even take RV’s or boats as well. You’ll get a tax deduction for your donation, and feel like you’re helping a worthy effort to cure Crohn’s and colitis.

Workplace Giving

CCFA Georgia is a proud participant in the workplace giving campaign of Community Health Charities, among many other companies that provide an avenue for their team to give to their charity of choice. Look for our foundation name and agency code in your company campaign. If you don’t find us, please ask your employer to add CCFA.

Matching Gifts

Many companies across the state of Georgia also offer Matching Gift programs, where employees can make a donation, and the company will match their gift with an additional donation to CCFA. Some organizations even match 2:1, doubling the amount that the donor originally gave!

Donate Stock

Looking to donate to CCFA, but not sure how to do it? We even accept stocks as donations, if you are interested in learning about this program, please contact the local chapter today!

Advocacy Update

Click to see our National Advocacy updates! We have many exciting new developments with CCFA and legislation, and we can only continue to grow these efforts with advocates. Please contact us if you are interested in becoming an advocate for these devastating diseases known collectively as IBD.

Become a Member

As a member with CCFA, you will help us continue to further the cause while receiving special membership benefits. Memberships with us include subscriptions to our chapter quarterly e-newsletter and national magazine, discounts on CCFA books, and invitations to participate in chapter programs. Individual memberships start at only $30, and all memberships are valid for one year from the date we receive your membership fee. Join or renew today, by calling our office at (404) 982-0616.

General Donations

Thinking of making a gift in honor or in memory of a loved one? We would like to help you. When you send a tribute gift to CCFA, we always provide an acknowledgment to the family, and a receipt for you as well, and your gift will support research that brings us ever closer to a cure for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Please contact us via phone, or mail your gift to: The CCFA Georgia Chapter, 2250 North Druid Hills Rd., Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30329.

Volunteer Opportunities

Torch Gala, January	* Committee Members: Could involve securing corporate sponsorships, tables and tickets to event, ad solicitation for Book of Hope (journal for Torch Gala), securing in-kind donations for silent/live auction and/or raffle, helping with event marketing/PR (committee meets monthly from August through January) *Administrative Pre-event Volunteers: Help with administrative projects in the office, such as Save the Date, patron and invitation mailings, administrative tasks related to the Book of Hope and auctions. *Day-of-Event Volunteers: Greeter, raffle sales volunteer, auction monitor, auction check-out, and event clean-up

Patient and Professional Education Symposium, Atlanta (March)	* Day-of-Event Material Preparation * Guest Speakers * Day-of-Event Volunteers: Registration/check-in, timers for patient program and professional program, event clean-up

GI Office Visits, Year-round	Volunteers needed to drop off CCFA information at gastroenterology offices, and possibly speak with staff at these offices about CCFA's mission and programs.

Golf Classic, April	* Committee Members:Could involve securing corporate sponsorships, foursomes and individual golfers for event, securing in-kind donations for silent auction and raffle, securing in-kind donations for golfer "premiums" such as golf shirts, bags, promotional items for golf bags, securing in-kind donations of soda, water, and sports drinks, helping with event marketing/PR (including creation/maintenance of website and marketing materials) (committee meets monthly from September through April) * Administrative Pre-event Volunteers: Help with administrative projects in the office such as Save the Date and patron mailings, assembling the silent auction, and perhaps other tasks * Day-of-Event Volunteers: registration/check-in, silent auction set-up, hole monitors for Hole in One and Closest to the Pin contests, silent auction check-out, event clean-up

Take Steps Events, Atlanta, Macon, Savannah	* Committee Members * Administrative Pre-event Volunteers * Day-of-Event Volunteers: registration, t-shirt/hat tent, food tent, Kids Corral, walk route, set-up, clean-up

Team Challenge Events, Virginia, Napa Valley, Chicago, Nashville, Las Vegas	* Grassroots Marketing: attend race expos, post flyers, distribute brochures * Assist at Information Meetings * Supervise tables at Saturday trainings * Administrative volunteering in the office: prepare packets for information meetings, prepare packets for race weekend participants

Camp Oasis, July	* Administrative Pre-event Volunteers * Camper check-in * Camp counselors * Camp nurses

Poolside for a Purpose, August	* Administrative Pre-event Volunteers * Day-of-Event Volunteers: set up (move chairs, set up pop tents, raffle items and raffle sales), registration, floaters, clean-up

A Touch of Football, Summer	* Committee Members: could involve securing corporate sponsorships and teams for event, selling raffle tickets and general admission tickets, securing in-kind donations for silent auction and/or raffle, securing in-kind donations of water and sports drinks, helping with event marketing/PR (including creation/maintenance of website and marketing materials) * Day-of-Event Volunteers: team registration/check-in, water/sports drink distribution to players, score keepers, referees, massage therapists, sports trainers

Administrative (non-event related)	* Prepare General Gift Ask Mailings: Assist office staff with preparing mailings for differing purposes to encourage previous and new donors to mail donations to CCFA. Mailings can benefit Camp Oasis, research or patient programs. Volunteer tasks would include: preparing a mailing list in Microsoft Excel, merging the mailing list into a form letter in Microsoft Word, printing letters and stuffing envelopes, attaching postage and sealing solution for large batches of letters.