ACFB Partner Agency Advisory Council Biographies

Gail Ross

Bright Futures Atlanta
Founded in 2002, Bright Futures Atlanta, provides unique educational, social, and spiritual opportunities for adolescents and their families in the inner-city of Atlanta. As a way to break the cycle of too-early parenthood, glorification of criminality, and criticism of academic achievement, year-round programming is offered in an environment conducive to learning, for the physical as well as spiritual growth of participants.

Darnell Matthews

Atlanta Union Mission
The Atlanta Union Mission provides food and shelter for the less fortunate. The Mission also provides a recovery program for men and women as well as shelter for women with children who have been abused. The Mission has several facilities all over North Ga.

Jay Cantrell

Sweetwater Valley CAMP
Sweetwater Valley CAMP (Community Action Mission Program) was founded in 1968 as a coalition of churches, businesses, civic groups and caring individuals to better serve the needs of their neighbors. That mission continues today with a dedicated group of more than 100 volunteers, who provide food, clothing and emergency financial assistance to low-income neighbors in Clarkdale, Austell, Mableton and Powder Springs in crisis situations.

Donna Crumbly

Helping in His Name Ministries
The mission of Helping in His Name Ministries is to model the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by providing food to the hungry and needy people of Henry County. This mission is carried out by an entirely volunteer work force using donated food and money. Our mission is usually short term, "stop-gap" help; long term relief is usually outside the scope of our mission. In all cases, modeling the loving and compassionate character of Jesus is as much a part of our mission as the tangible food that we give.

Isadore Hillman

Emmaus Road Missionary Baptist Church Bio of Agency: Emmaus Road provides after school programming for children 5 to 15 years old. A summer camp operates during the summer months for this age group as well.

Sumner Cahoon

Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit has sponsored a non-food pantry for over 20 years. The pantry currently serves more than 100 families on the last Saturday of each month. The pantry was created to fill the needs of food stamp patrons for items they could not obtain on that program.

Barry Slay

Fairytale Learning Academy
A quality childcare center in Northwest Atlanta the Academy's mission is to provide a structured learning environment for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years. Eighty percent of the children we serve are at-risk and receive assistance from the State of Georgia. Hours of operation are 6:30 am -6:00 pm. A full breakfast, lunch and a light snack is served daily. The center has the National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation.

Souhila D. Kilby

Antioch African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Church feeds the hungry in the community by disbursing boxes of food on a weekly basics serving the DeKalb and Gwinnett counties. The program also provides warm meals to the community on special occasions such as mother's and father's days, and provides special food boxes on special holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving.

Dr. Rayleen Presta

Fayette SDA Church Community Services
The mission of this program is to provide nutritious meals, clothing, and basic essentials to the homeless and underserved in the community on a weekly basis.

Mike Hardin

Holy Cross Catholic Church
The Food Ministry of Holy Cross was established in 1982. Currently they serve 400-500 families in specific zip codes near the church are served monthly through the food pantry.