EDITORIAL: Support Habitat, other local nonprofits on Georgia Gives Day

Published 11:22 am Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Later this month local residents will gather in town to partake in heaping helpings of pancakes piled high for a commendable cause. These won’t be any old flapjacks, however. The donations these pancakes garner will go to support the local Habitat for Humanity mission. 

The second annual Georgia Gives Day LongHorn Pancake Breakfast is slated from 7 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. Donations from the event will go to Habitat MBC and will be used for the various community initiatives.

Georgia Gives Day launched in 2012 and each year several local organizations, including Habitat Milledgeville-Baldwin County participate. The initiative is a day of giving dedicated to promoting non-profits across the state in hopes or urging residents to give to these worthy causes. 

The effort has grown since its inception, becoming the third-biggest day of the year for non-profits, with over $180 million dollars raised online. 

No donation is too small, and Habitat officials say all of the money raised at the upcoming pancake breakfast will stay local, going toward community enrichment services for the Milledgeville area. That could mean any number of programs from building new homes to constructing wheelchair ramps or revitalizing existing residences. 

Habitat recently celebrated the completion of the first local home since 2009, it’s 19th since the local arm of the organization was established. 

There are plans for more in the very near future, with the organization aiming to build two additional houses very soon. 

As quality family housing is an increasing need, organizations like Habitat should be commended for the work they accomplish, and they can’t do it alone.

Nonprofits like Habitat represent a part of the lifeblood of many communities. They provide so much for so many, yet they rely heavily on community support, which often fluctuates. In difficult times they often come to the rescue. They are there to support Baldwin County, to provide resources and help fill a void. We should be there for them as well by doing our part to give back and support them.