WHO WE ARE
Founded in 2019, Cheers For Good celebrates repurposing surplus items from events in order to spread cheer and hope to the community of Atlanta. Through the rescue of food and floral from events of all types, we feed the homeless and donate floral to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and nursing homes throughout the city.
We believe that cheer spread is cheer earned. We believe in happy endings, sunshine, and most importantly that there is enough to go around. With well over 500,000 events taking place in Atlanta annually, the amount of contributing waste is substantial. We hope to help turn that waste into cheer and repurpose it for good. We thank you for taking the time to learn more about us and hope to get the opportunity to work with you to spread hope to those in need.
OUR WHY
FEED THE COMMUNITY
1 in 6 Georgians (16.2%) are food insecure, meaning they don't always know where they will find their next meal. This is well above the national average of 13%. 1 in 4 children (23.2%) in Georgia live in food insecure households. This is well above the national average of 17.9%. This means that more than 700,000 children in Georgia have been hungry without access to the food they need for their physical and mental development.
SHARE HOPE
More than half a million people currently meet the definition of homeless in our country, and of those - 7,000 live in Atlanta.
Homelessness is defined as a person without a home, and therefore typically living on the streets. There are three types: chronic, transitional, and episodic.
SPREAD LOVE
Georgia has the ninth fastest growing 60-plus population and the eighteenth fastest growing 85-plus population in the United States. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than 50% of nursing home residents have no close relatives and 46% have no living children. An estimated 60% of nursing home residents never have visitors.
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
Twelve percent (more than 800,000 tons) of the waste sent to Georgia landfills each year is food waste, with approximately 48% of this coming from the Greater Atlanta area, according to a statewide study completed in 2005. This represents the largest single category of solid waste going into the state's landfills.