S. Austin

Review of North Fulton Community Chariti...

Since they helped me once early last year with a l...

Since they helped me once early last year with a less than130.00 electric bill they refused to help me with any bills during the winter. There are so many people that get so much help from them on a regular basis and I never ask for help more than once or twice a year and many times they refused to help me. In the past I have donated Furniture clothing appliances Etc to them but I guess they don't take that into consideration. I used to make a habit of donating everything to them especially all of the clothes that my grandchildren grew out of because I felt as if that was the way to give back. One day I visited the thrift store and there was a dining room set, a sofa and loveseat, all priced more than $149 per set. I didn't have a table. I was short $10 and I asked the manager if she would let it go for $10 less and she declined. It made me feel so degrading for even asking because I see them work with people everyday to give them Full houses of Furniture and all I wanted was a table so my family and I could have something to eat on. Just because a Hispanic person comes into NFCC with five children doesn't make them more or less hungry are needing help than I! I am disabled with a fixed income. I just feel that they help certain people better than others. The Hispanic lady that checks people in for financial assistance can be very degrading and rude. I think that Ann is the manager over the finance and food office but for her to be a manager she can be very degrading at times. Maybe it's her way of pushing people to do something for themselves but that's not the way to do it. It can push people over the edge! I feel that many of them still look at the color of the skin and assume that we are trying to take advantage of the system. I have work for 40 years and now I'm disabled and just need a little help every now and then. Is that wrong? Over the years, I have been one of the dedicated few to make charitable contributions through my employment and North Fulton charities has been one of them. The next time these Charities think about who they should help they should think about who has helped them in the past.