The inspiration and mission of Helping One Guy comes from the compassion and blessing of THE GOOD SAMARITAN: "He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him." - Luke 10:34:34
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“If the plan doesn't work change the plan, but never the goal.” – Unknown
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RIGHT NOW, we are taking applications for someone who was impacted by the Coronavirus and needs financial help. If you know someone who needs help, send their story, along with their email and phone number to info@helpingoneguy.org as quickly as possible. We will read each application to determine our next beneficiary.
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HOG has a mission to help those going through crisis in our communities...and that includes never giving up! Many of you know that it's been quite a challenge with lots of starts and stops, moves and changes thanks to Covid-19 lockdowns and public safety concerns that directly affected how we normally raise funds for our HOG Honorees. Even so, thanks to God and all our wonderful HOG family, over $12,000 has been raised during 2020! Isn't that amazing!
Finally, on August 11th, HOG was able to honor Jose Martinez, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, with our first-ever "VIRTUAL POWER HOUR" on ZOOM and streamed on Facebook LIVE to raise funds. CLICK HERE to watch a recap!
Affectionately labeled, "Jose Tuesday" many of our HOG fans joined in to meet Jose and get to know him more, share inspiring stories, listen to beautiful worship music, be the recipient of some great raffles (thank you Tidal Wave Auto Spa!), and enjoy some good fundraising fun.
During the virtual dinner, we learned that Jose is quite the artist! In fact, one of his beautiful paintings was raffled off to the highest donor of the hour (Conrad and Shannan Sikorski of Big Shanty Barbershop) who in turn, commissioned Jose to paint a portrait of their dogs. What a win-win!
We are pleased to report that Jose Tuesday combined with all donations for Jose amounted to over $5,000! How awesome is God! These photos show Bob presenting the second check to a BIG smiling Jose! Earlier in the month, we shared that Bob also gave Jose a check for some of the funds already raised since his dinner had been moved from May to August...a reminder that just because of delays, our Honorees need help NOW, amen!
Thanks to everyone who participated in Jose Tuesday and all these months of online fundraising and many prayers for Jose and his family. HOG is so grateful for each of you!
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Helping One Guy's Facebook LIVE and ZOOM Was Produced By: |
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Special thanks to Tidal Wave Auto Spa who donated car wash coupons to the first 10 POWER HOUR Virtual Dinner attendees that pledged a gift bigger than $20.00. Those went pretty quickly thanks to generous HOG sponsors! |
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Another creative project is coming for Jose! Conrad and Shannan Sikorski, owners of Big Shanty Barbershop, are commissioning him to do a painting of their dogs, at a $200 value! |
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HOG's Bob Kelly interviewed Mike Wynn, Staff Member at Northstar Church on July 31st. Mike shared his experience finding God's ministry for him later in life.
You can watch a recap the interview HERE.
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COMING SOON! Set a reminder to tune on to HOG's Facebook page on August 28th at 10:30AM where Bob will go LIVE with his next interview! Follow HOG's FB page to get notifications and updates. |
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UPDATE ON MACKENZIE
Many of you know that recently HOG Board Member Lori Deforest's daughter, Mackenzie, recently lost everything she owned in an apartment fire... including her two dogs, Echo and Nyxie. Not only is this young woman grieving over the loss of her beloved pups, she lost literally everything she had inside her home.
Help from all began pouring in through HOG channels in addition to the Go Fund Me page that was set up for Mackenzie.
Here's a photo of Lori, presenting a check for $2,165.00 to a smiling Mackenzie from our HOG family. Sending out a big THANK YOU to everyone that jumped in to help...and this check represents a little extra hope for Mackenzie.
"I am so thankful that HOG gave my daughter HOPE! Hope the HOG, truly a befitting name."
- Lori Deforest
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RECOVERING: Steve Ahouse had a hip replacement at Emory earlier this month. Steve was a big part of HOG from the start back in 2012 and will always be in our HOG family.
Please keep him in your prayers for smooth and speedy healing.
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REMEMBERED: It is with a heavy heart that we mention the passing of Bret Fackler on August 8, 2020. Bret was a HOG honoree back in 2015.
Please keep his family in your prayers.
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BOB'S BIG & BOLD
SHOUT-OUTS!
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WELCOME TO OUR NEW HOG SPONSOR!
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Sending out a huge HOG thank you to Crabapple Landscapexperts for becoming our newest sponsor! We appreciate this fine company joining the HOG family of all our wonderful business sponsors. Thanks for blessing this ministry with your much-needed support to help the people in our communities!
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1012 Union Center Dr # A
Alpharetta, GA 30004
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Congratulations to Shannan and Conrad Sikorski, owners of Big Shanty Barbershop, 2893 N Main St. in Kennesaw, on the recent purchase of the building that is home to their business! Be sure to stop by and give these friendly, long-time HOG supporters a big HOG hello!
Check out their website HERE for more info and awesome specials!
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With all of the problems we have faced, I'm happy to announce that HOG has raised over $12K for honorees this year. That's quite an accomplishment and shows the wonderful level of support for the HOG ministry!
As of this writing, the rest of this year's planned events have been cancelled and are being re-scheduled. We will miss our Christmas Concert this year but are looking forward to 2021. Stay tuned for more HOG updates!
-Bob Kelly, HOG Director & Founder
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Positive reviews from awesome people like you help others to feel confident about giving. Could you take just a minute for HOG and CLICK HERE to share your happy reviews?
We will be forever grateful and so will future Honorees. Thank YOU in advance for helping HOG!
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HOG has a 5-Star Google Rating! Do you love HOG, too?
CLICK HERE to leave your Google rating! Hope the Hog truly appreciates everyone who takes the time to leave a review.
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A super HOG HUG goes out to the wonderful folks at Northstar Church who have been so great about donating their facility over the years and working with us.
We want to recognize them for all their hard work and participation in our ministry!
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THANK YOU
We sincerely thank the wonderful folks at Cobb EMC Community Foundation for their ongoing and generous contributions to Helping One Guy. We appreciate your support!
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HOPE the HOG wants everyone to know that even though we have had to re-arrange and change our usual way of getting together for fundraising, what hasn't changed are the continuing financial and prayerful needs of our recipients.
As before, we are ALWAYS accepting donations online and appreciate your support now more than ever. Call (770) 639-7694 to set up regular giving. Stay tuned for information on our website and in our newsletters and social media channels of how to virtually give to specific, urgent needs now and in the coming months. THANK YOU!
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- 100% of the money we raise is given back to the recipients.
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Your donations are tax deductible. We are a non-profit 5013c. Our Federal Tax Identification Number is 47-4190605 and may be used for tax deduction purposes when making donations. A verification letter of donations made will be provided for your records. Thanks for your support!
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Want to give by check? Please mail any checks to:
Helping One Guy
3864 Vineyards Lakes Circle
Kennesaw, GA 30144.
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How does it work? Helping One Guy (HOG) hosts dinners and other fundraising events usually at Northstar Church or at other venues in the Marietta/Kennesaw area, to honor men and women and their families who are experiencing the most challenging crisis of their lives.
Examples of their crisis could be a terminal illness, loss of an immediate family member, or some other non-material tragedy. The HOG Dinner is a time to show support and encouragement to each recipient and their family.
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These are some of our many generous and dedicated sponsors. We hope you will join them in support of Helping One Guy. God Bless! |
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SHARING IS CARING! Please keep your eyes open for this newsletter delivered to your In-Box around the 10th-12th of every month. Please share this newsletter with others so we can increase our attendees and donations to our recipients. Remind them to check their "junk" email folders just in case the newsletter gets directed there so they don't miss it! Thank you for your support!
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3864 Vineyards Lakes Circle
Kennesaw, GA 30144
(770) 639-7694
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