Join the
Joy with
Pride for
Parents


We started with one simple belief—families would prefer to provide for themselves at Christmas rather than receive a hand out. Pride for Parents is a program designed to provide the families in our neighborhood the opportunity to shop for their families at greatly reduced cost. We’re about powering joy, generosity, and community!

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Our Story

Through the support of generous schools, churches, businesses, and individuals, FCS sets up a toy store at our South Atlanta location for the two weeks leading up to Christmas. Families from the neighborhood get to shop for that perfect toy for their loved one!

In the process, we are able to provide quality jobs for residents of South Atlanta – one of the key ingredients to making our neighborhood healthy again.

Pride for Parents is a unique giving opportunity at Christmas because it provides three gifts in one:

1

The gift of a toy at Christmas for a child.

2

The gift of pride for the parents who are able to provide for their families.

3

The gift of a job for South Atlanta residents.

Generosity and Joy are in full swing!

Santa is coming to South Atlanta! People like you are stocking our Christmas Toy Store. This year, we are excited to welcome South Atlanta shoppers and volunteers again. We’re counting on our stellar Santa’s helpers more than ever!

Take a look at the ways you can join the joy below, and email us at prideforparents@fcsministries.org with any questions.

Regular Store Hours

December 14 – 23

Monday – Friday from 10:00 AM – 12:30pm and 2:30pm – 5:00pm

Saturday from 10:00am – 4:00pm

If you already know you want to join the joy this year, email prideforparents@fcsministries.org

How to Join the Joy

Donate Toys

Donate Funds

Host a Toy Drive

Volunteer

Donate toys by shopping online

We spend our year keeping an ear out for the most exciting toys and cultural icons in our neighborhood! With this insider info, we’ve put together a list of some of the hottest toys we’d love to see line the shelves of our store. A great option for when you’re shopping for your own loved ones from home!
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Donate Funds

Give directly to the Pride for Parents store! We’ll get the most out of your dollar by putting it to strategic use purchasing toys or creating a living wage for our store employees.

Host a Toy Drive

This is one of our favorite ways for people to get involved! Whether you are a large group working or worshiping remotely or a small group of any kind, hosting a toy drive is for you! It’s a fun and effective way to join the joy this year. We invite you to host either an in-person or virtual toy drive – whatever works for you best.

Virtual Toy Drive

Spice up a regular meeting by taking some time to select toys together!

Here’s how it works:

  • Pick a meeting time and set up a virtual meeting (or choose a standing meeting you will use to conduct your toy drive)
  • Before the drive, send out our Christmas Toy Wishlists (Amazon, Target).
  • During your meeting, take 15 minutes to pause your agenda and shop for toys together! Have fun with it – change your screen background to the North Pole, shop for loved ones at the same time, and take a screenshot to send to us here at FCS.
  • Ship all toys to 1297 Jonesboro Rd SE 30315 and make sure to send us a photo of your group shopping together. We’ll post it on our social media and tag you.

In-Person Toy Drive

  • Reach out to your friends to find a time to shop together for toys and pick a store.
  • Meet up at the appointed time.
  • Shop for toys together!
  • Take a photo of yourselves to send to us here at FCS. We’d love to share it and thank you! Then, high-five each other and drop toys off at our offices here at 1297 Jonesboro Rd SE.

We are open for toy drop-offs and can pick up the toys from your toy drive! 

We can receive toys from toy drives via mail or at our offices at 1297 Jonesboro Blvd SE 30315. 

To request a pick up, please reach out to prideforparents@fcsministries.org via email or 943-212-2131 via phone. 

Please contact us at prideforparents@fcsministries.org with any questions. 

Volunteer at the store

We are thrilled to welcome volunteers to our store this year! Volunteers or “South Atlanta Santa’s Helpers” are invited to sign up to serve in our outdoor Gift Wrapping Villages. Pre-registrations required prior to every volunteering session. Volunteers should be 16+ years old.

Click below or email prideforparents@fcsministries.org if you’re interested in volunteering at the Christmas Store.

Share the Joy

As you jump in to help Santa in South Atlanta, take some photos of yourself, your family, your toy drives, and more! We will be reposting photos that use the hashtags #jointhejoy and #prideforparents on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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