Valuable additions to the FODAC team - and to a young client's life

"Keeping people with disabilities moving!"

Welcome to FODAC, Sandra Guthrie

The newest member of the FODAC team is Sandra Guthrie. As director of human resources, Sandra will supervise all aspects of FODAC staffing, including staffing plans, compensation, benefits, training and development, budget, and labor relations.

Sandra comes from the for-profit world, and is excited about lending her talents to a non-profit like FODAC. "In a for-profit business, even when a person really enjoys their job, they ultimately are working for a paycheck. With a non-profit like FODAC, people work because they believe in the mission. They are working for more than a paycheck, they are there for bigger reasons."

Sandra has lived in Atlanta for almost thirty years, but has an international history. Part of a military family (her father was career Air Force), she was born in Japan and grew up literally all over the world. She graduated with a BA in accounting from Jacksonville State University in Alabama, but moved from accounting to human resources in 2003.

Sandra has two children: Sebastian, who is set to graduate from Savannah State University graduate school in May, and Zoey, who will graduate from Georgia Tech undergraduate in December. With two kids away at college, Sandra keeps busy with her two "fur babies:" a Yorkshire Terrier named Bearington Bear, and a Pomeranian mix named Charlie Bear. She has been working with the Yorkie on agility training, and is ready to move him to the second level of training.

Sandra has only been at FODAC for a couple of weeks, but she already has been inspired by the people around her. "The volunteers who work here are as dedicated as the paid staff; everyone has a real passion about what FODAC does. Meeting the people that we help makes me see that there is so much more to the world and work than just me; I am happy to be part of an organization that brings so much good to others."

Volunteers Contribute More Than Just Hours

Last year, volunteers at FODAC donated over 16,000 hours in onsite manpower, working at a variety of jobs - sorting medical supplies in the warehouse, cleaning donated equipment and readying it for re-issue, organizing inventory for the Thrift Store, even cleaning and planting the facility grounds. The hours donated by these 1,500+ volunteers accounted for over $415,000 in labor savings - money that went to support FODAC's mission.

If you or your organization is interested in volunteering at FODAC, contact davidcarroll@fodac.org or call 770.491.9014 .

Little Denises - Always on the Go

Like most 2-year-olds, little Denises was always in motion, playing and exploring the world around her. But unlike other 2-year-olds, she had a hard time moving comfortably around her home and the outside.

At FODAC, she received a pediatric wheelchair and a pediatric gait trainer. Now look at her go!

Denises's parents were so happy to see the joy on their daughter's face at her sudden new freedom. "This equipment will make her happy and make her much more comfortable at home."

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