How We Help
Why We Exist
BASIC NEEDS
CEMSF provides emergency financial assistance for essential needs such as food, car repairs, transportation, and other urgent expenses. Whether it’s purchasing a generator for a veteran who relies on a respirator or covering the cost of emergency auto repairs, our goal is to offer timely, compassionate support when it matters most. We also provide holiday meals and Christmas gifts for veteran families.
In addition to supporting veterans in life, we honor them in death. CEMSF ensures that veterans are laid to rest with dignity by covering burial expenses when needed.
Testimonials
“I cannot thank you and the Military Support Foundation for rescuing me. I was in a hard place. I have all these appointments in Decatur that the VA set up for me and no way to get there. I was so discouraged, but I remember reading about a group of residents in Chateau Elan who helped Veterans and active-duty military. I called my VA 800 number and they gave me a number to call. The rest is history. I just moved into my low-income senior apartment, and things are tight. I am so glad that I am forever grateful for your help. The VA lets some of us fall through the cracks. God put it in your hearts to help! God bless! Don’t stop doing what you do. You all have no idea what you have done for me. Just the fact that your hearts were willing to help someone (me) who needed help. I thank God for your group. If I can help in any way, don’t hesitate to ask. If I can, I will!”
-Deborah Pugh
HOUSING ASSISTANCE
CEMSF helps ensure that no veteran is left without a safe place to call home. We provide emergency temporary housing for veterans in crisis and assist with home repairs and renovations for disabled and struggling veterans. Through partnerships like Gwinnett/Walton Habitat for Humanity, we also contribute labor and funding to help build new homes for veterans and their families—creating stability, dignity, and hope for the future.
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
CEMSF is committed to supporting the mental health and well-being of those who’ve served. We donated a vehicle to the PTSD Foundation of America to help transport veterans to appointments and crisis calls, along with $10,000 to support Camp Hope, a recovery refuge for combat veterans. We are continuing our commitment to the PTSD Foundation of America by committing for $10,000 mental wellness aftercare services for the veterans returning from Camp Hope within Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall and Jackson Counties. Through a $50,000, three-year partnership with The Headstrong Project, we’re helping to provide free mental health care to veterans and their families across Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Jackson counties. We also provide ongoing support to Doc’s Healing Hives, where veterans find purpose and peace through the quiet work of beekeeping in a therapeutic sanctuary.
HONORING VETERANS
While our primary focus is helping veterans in need, we also participate in projects that honor veterans. In 2024, CEMSF sponsored wreaths through Wreaths Across America to honor the legacy of 25 American heroes. These wreaths will be placed in a local cemetery.
Our Partners
CEMSF increases its impact in the North Georgia veteran community by partnering with other local and national organizations that serve veterans in our area. Some of our partner organizations include
