Where to donate

Donations can be brought to the bus on East Park Square on December 11 between 11:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. or Marietta Business Association meetings or the Marietta Wine Market. The Stuff a Bus will also be available at other locations around the county.

Distribution of donations

Families seeking holiday assistance are carefully screened for eligibility jointly by The Center for Family Resources and the Cobb County Department of Family and Children Services. Qualifying families are assigned an appointment time during the distribution period to pickup their gifts.

Distribution is held at Jim Miller Park and managed by the Cobb Christmas Board of Directors with the help of hundreds of volunteers who sort food, stuff stockings, select toys and pack gifts. Each family receives at least a box of food, four new toys and a filled Christmas stocking for each child.

To maximize limited resources, Cobb Christmas coordinates with other county-wide holiday assistance programs to ensure that there is no duplication of services among the client population.

About Cobb Christmas

Cobb Christmas is a non-profit, non-denominational organization, solely dedicated to helping the low-income and working-poor families of Cobb County during the holiday season. Between 2003 and 2007, Cobb Christmas served over 6,600 Cobb families. Gifts and toys were distributed to over 18,300 children with food assistance going to more than 27,400 children and adults in each qualifying household. Cobb Christmas has distributed between 80,000 to 90,000 gifts and toys in this time period.

For more information, call 770-428-2601, extension 272 or visit www.CobbChristmas.net.