Organizational Summary

2007 - 2008 Corporate ID PDF for download (3mb)

HFTH operates from its headquarters offices at 1035 Donnelly Avenue, SW Atlanta 30310. This location houses the administrative offices and food bank, clothing centers, job training class rooms, and serves as an organizing hub for the dinners. It also houses the operational departments. As an example, A few of our department and function are shown below.

Food Preparation and Service: Prepares and distributes to main dining halls all food items to feed 33,000 persons per feeding; establishes menu; prepares shopping lists; inventories food and supplies on hand; identifies, solicits and maintains contact with chefs and cook helper volunteers; schedules volunteer work shifts and determines job duties; coordinates delivery of hot food from kitchens to dinner locations. This department also prepares the food baskets that we distribute to others on a daily basis and services the shelters and transitional houses and organizations that we send food and supplies to weekly.

Food Serving Line: Receives food at dinner locations; organizes and implements serving line and table service including receiving and disseminating all paper goods and serving utensils; organizes volunteers at dinner locations on the serving line and those who serve the tables.

Home Delivery: Organizes and trains volunteers who will deliver food into homes on the day of the dinners; prepares take-out plates and gives plates out to the drivers; receives all requests for meals and organizes delivery.

Transportation & Security: Designs and implements security plan for all HFTH locations (i.e. clothing center, showers, kitchen, office, contributions table); solicits security for dinners (Fulton County Sheriff's, ARC, Atlanta City Police, venue); solicits and supervises use of all vehicles; develops and implements plan to bring "guests" without transportation to the dinner and getting them home. Responsible for taking donations around the city on a daily basis and transporting clients to and from classes and other activities.

Resource Development: Solicits, receives and inventories donations of food, supplies, equipment and money; develops solicitation list and coordinates mailing of some 800,000 pieces; responsible for developing plan for corporate and foundation (city, state and private) donations; produces and implements can drives.

In-house Material Production: Designs and produces forms, flyers, press kits, posters, signage, letters, envelopes and other public relations material; implements mailings.

Social Services: Implements all social services including the clothing center, shower center, barbers and beauticians, long distance calling center, toy and book center, medical and counseling center and others that volunteers may suggest; trains and supervises volunteers; sets-up and breaks-down social service areas; determines supplies and signage needs for these programs.

Volunteers: Solicits and assigns some 3,000 volunteers for dinner functions throughout the planning, implementation and close out of the event; create and maintains a data base of volunteers; staffs the volunteer registration table at the dinner; monitors shift changes and services all departmental volunteer needs.

Media & Public Relations: Identifies and establishes a relationship with media sources including newspapers, cable systems, television, and radio for the purpose of disseminating ads, PSAs, articles and photographs; interacts with media sources that want to be sponsors; coordinates tradeoffs, radio-a-thons and live fundraising broadcasts; develops lists of community resources that have contacts with hungry people and those who can help raise funds or disseminate information; writes press releases and copy for letters, brochures and other marketing materials; produces radio and television spots featuring major personalities.

Special Events and Entertainment: Books bands, trios, vocalists and others who perform at the dinners and at HFTH special events year-round. Cover a broad range of styles including blues, jazz, gospel, R & B, country, rock, poets and storytellers; interacts with major radio stations that may want to do live-broadcasts from the dinner; solicits and supervises lighting, sound and portable stage set-ups.

Advocacy and Research: develops organizational standing on issues that relate to homelessness and hungry in Atlanta. Responsible for disseminating that information to the appropriate groups and for keeping HFTH staff and Director's up to date on current trends and statistics.