September 2, 2024 -We Are One Community, the charitable giving fund of local union organizations, distributed $17,000 in grants to 22 local charities to celebrate Labor Day 2024.
The charities received their awards at the annual Labor Day Picnic following the Labor Day Parade Monday.
Decatur Trades & Labor Assembly and Decatur Building & Construction Trades Council joined forces in 2011 to create the We Are One Community fund, which promotes collective giving and philanthropy among working families. The donor-advised fund is housed at The Community Foundation and the advisory board commits that 100% of all individual donations go directly to local services. They can do this because local unions cover the 1% administration fee and interest is reinvested to the fund.
Charities awarded grants include
$2000: Meals on Wheels
$1,500: Good Samaritan Inn
$1,500: Big Brothers / Big Sisters
$1,500: Shemilah’s Outreach Center
$1,500: Youth Advocate/Webster Cantrell Hall
$1,000: CASA
$1,000: Boys & Girls Club
$1,000: St. Mary’s Hospice
An additional $6,000 in designations were given to the following agencies: Child First Center ($750), Boy Scouts ($700), Girl Scouts ($700), Decatur Family YMCA ($500), Old Kings Orchard Community Center ($500), John C. Ellis Lodge #17 ($500), Humane Society of Decatur & Macon County ($500), Salvation Army ($480), Yoga4Cats ($400), American Cancer Society ($260), American Red Cross ($260), DOVE ($250), Shriners Hospital ($100), and Special Olympics ($100).
To see photos from the parade and picnic, click HERE.
