This year, we presented an $8,000 check to this amazing organization that does so much good for our community.

This year’s fundraiser ran from December 2 to December 15, 2024. Rocky McElhaney Law Firm also participated in six days of service during the three-week period before Thanksgiving. Our team members helped bag groceries, refill the shelves, and served over 470 people this year. Every car that came through the line received a turkey, bags of bread/pastries, dairy products, and canned goods.

What is Gallatin CARES?

Gallatin CARES (Christian Association for the Relief of Economic Suffering) is a non-profit organization which “grew out of the vision of the Gallatin Ministerial Alliance to create a centralized place where our local people in need could come for assistance…. [It] exists to provide short-term relief and economic assistance to those in need in Gallatin and surrounding Sumner County.”

Gallatin CARES runs a food pantry, a thrift store, and a Shelter Protection Benevolence Fund. Any proceeds from the thrift store (which relies on donations) help fund the work of the group. Clothing that cannot be sold in the thrift store is sold to a third party, and those proceeds fund the food pantry.

Gallatin CARES is able to purchase food for its pantry at a discounted price – far lower than what you might pay in a grocery store. This is why monetary donations are so critical: the more we collectively give, the more food the group can buy, and that means more people can get the nutritious food they need for themselves and their families.

How can I help Gallatin CARES?

Even though our annual fundraiser has finished, you can give to Gallatin CARES at any time of the year:

• Send donations through Venmo: @Gallatin-CARES.
• Send a check to Gallatin CARES, 330 N Durham Avenue, Gallatin, TN 37066.
• Donate services or items directly to the thrift storeor the food pantry.

All of us at Rocky McElhaney Law Firm are so grateful to our neighbors, friends, and community for helping us with this fundraising effort, but mostly for supporting Gallatin CARES. They do important work, and we are thrilled to continue supporting them. THANK YOU!

Rocky McElhaney Law Firm maintains offices in Nashville, East Nashville, Hendersonville, Clarksville, and Murfreesboro. For more information about our fundraisers for Gallatin CARES or about our services, please visit our website or contact us today.