Our Programs
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About Us
The Oconee Area Resource Council (OARC) is a local 501 (c) 3 non-profit corporation that serves as the local decision-making body for the Georgia Family Connection. OARC identifies the needs of the community and works to fill those needs by combining resources and services. Our goal is to ensure that all residents of Oconee County will live in a healthy, safe and stable environment. To this end, we bring together community partners to develop, implement and evaluate programs that address the challenges facing Oconee County residents.
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PO Box 149, Watkinsville, GA 30677�
Serving Oconee C
We are so grateful to the Pilot Club of Oconee County for providing helmets for Adopt A Family again this year! Not only do their volunteers fund the helmets, they purchase them considering the age and size of the child, and label them for us. We are so blessed to give our families such high quality helmets to go along with their bikes this Christmas!
Many thanks for your generosity.
Adopt A Family 2023 is a wrap! We couldn’t have done without so many of you. It’s hard to put into words what Adopt A Family means for our families, but this message we received sums it up well! “I’m speechless at the generosity of you all, and the community. I had no idea at what all we'd receive, to think of something like cooking spray. Wow! I'm shocked. I can't express how thankful and blessed we are. You all definitely took a lot of worry from me and I'm very grateful. I'm now excited for Christmas as before today I was kinda dreading it. I can't wait to do the box of things with her and to see her face when I show her those things and Christmas morning.”
This is amazing. Thank you all for all you do for families in our community
So incredibly awesome ❣️❤️
Wonderful
It's been a busy week at OARC! A double bag week for Food for Kids means we need double the help. We are grateful that Kiwanis Club of Oconee and Danielle Grier and Georgia Home Partners - Grier & Co helped pack and deliver 476 FFK bags this week....a new record for OARC!
Way to gooooo!
OARC Staff & Board
Executive Director
Oconee Mentor Programs
Food for Kids Coordinator
Summer Food for Kids Coordinators
Dr. Wanda L. Stitt-Gohdes, Chair UGA Career & Information Studies, Retired
Adam Hammond Georgia 4-H Foundation
Coleman Benko Benko Financial Services
Jennifer Lyons Hadden Entrepreneur
Austin Marable Jackson Co. Water and Sewage Authority
Susan Brodrick Food for Kids Ambassador
Meredith Metcalf UGA
Bob Cummings Business Owner, Retired
Pam Doonan Springhill Suites, Retired
Ellen Elder Anesthesia Consultants of Athens
Jill Faulkner Oconee County Board of Commissioners
Christi Donahue Oconee State Bank
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