NORTON'S
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COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP
4-H
Aids Awareness - Gainesville, Hall County
Alzheimer's Association
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
American Legion
American Red Cross
Arrendale State Prison for Women
Athens Little League
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - Gainesville
Atlanta Diabetes
Atlanta Fly - Fishing Club
Atlanta Speech & Hearing Club
Banks County Chamber of Commerce
Blackshear Place Baptist Church
Boy Scouts of America
Boys & Girls Clubs
Breast Cancer Awareness
Brenau University
Brenau University - Norton Family Scholarship
CASA - Hall, Forsyth, Dawson County
Center Point
Challenged Child & Friends
Chattahoochee Baptist Association
Chestatee High School
Chestatee Wildlife
Choice Pregnancy Care Center, Hall County
Circle of Hope
City Church, Gainesville
City of Winder Planning Board
Civil Air Patrol
Clarkesville Fire Department
Clarkesville Lions Club
Compassionate Friends - Parents Who Have Lost Children
Covenant House
Cumming Elementary Food Bank & Clothes Closet
Dahlonega Care Center
Dahlonega United Methodist Church
Dawson Chamber of Commerce
Dawson County Humane Society
Dawsonville Lions Charities
Department of Family & Children Services
Desire Street Ministries
Ducks Unlimited
Eagle Ranch
Edmondson - Telford Foundation
Elachee
Enota Elementary
FAITH - Fight Abuse in the Home
Faith Christian Academy
Fannin County Chamber of Commerce
First Baptist Church of Gainesville
First Methodist Church
First MLS Directors
Folksways Center
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia
Foothills Counseling
Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce
Freedom Hill Recovery for Women
Friends of the Park
GA 400 Board of Realtors
Gainesville High School
Gainesville Jaycees
Gainesville Redevelopment Authority
Gainesville Symphony
Gainesville Theatre Alliance
Gainesville Touchdown Club
GAR Scholarship Fund
Gateway House
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Industry & Trade
Georgia Tech
Georgia Trust for Public Land
Girl Scouts of America
Golden Retriever Rescue
Good News at Noon
Good News at Noon Clinic
Good Shepherd Clinic of Dawson County
Grace Church
Grayson Elementary
Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce
Greater Hall Convention & Tourism
Greater Hall Economic Development Council
Guest House
Habersham County Chamber of Commerce
Habersham Humane Society
Habersham Retreat - Assisted Living
Habersham/White Board of Realtors
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat Restore - Habersham County
Hall County Board of Realtors
Hall County Chamber of Commerce
Hall County Food Pantry
Hall County Historical Society
Hall County Humane Society
Hall County Optimist Club
Hall County Park & Rec
Hall County Public Art Committee
Heritage Academy
Highlands Historical Society
Highlands Land Trust
Hispanic Alliance
Insurance Professionals of Gainesville
Interscholastic Equestrian Association
Interstice Neighborhood for Kids - INK
International Association of Insurance Professionals
Jackson County Chamber of Commerce
John Jarrard Foundation
Johnson High School
Junior Achievement
Junior League of Gainesville/Hall County
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Kiwanis Club, Hall, Dawson, Jefferson, & Clarkesville
Lake Lanier Association
Lake Lanier Rowing Club
Lake Rabun- Burton Association
Lakeview Academy
Lakewood Baptist Church
Lanier Academy
Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club
Lanier Equestrian Association
Lanier Soccer League
Lanier Tech Foundation
Leadership Georgia
Leadership Hall - Jackson, Forsyth, & Lumpkin Counties
Leukemia/Lymphoma of Georgia
Longstreet Society
Lumpkin Chamber of Commerce
Lumpkin County Park & Rec
Lumpkin County Schools
Lymphoma Research Foundations
Main Street Gainesville
March of Dimes
Meals on Wheels
Methodist Children's home
Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
Mount Vernon Elementary
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Myocarditis Foundation
Nacoochee Presbyterian Church
Nature Conservancy
NEGA Medical Auxiliary
NEGA Medical Foundation Laurel Society Board
New Beginnings
New Life Church - Dawsonville
NOA - No One Alone
North Georgia Community Foundation
North Georgia Food Bank
North Georgia Interfaith Ministries - Homeless Ministry
North Georgia Kidney Foundation
North House
North Point Community Church
Northeast Georgia History Center
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Northeast Georgia Speech & Hearing
Northern Star Transitional Living
Our Sisters House
Paul Anderson Youth Home in Vidalia
Pay it Forward
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Potters House
Prevention of Child Abuse
Promise686
Pura Vida Church - Costa Rica
Quality Growth Council of Gwinnett & Hall Counties
Quinlan Art Center
Rabun Gap Nacoochee School
Rainbow Children's Home
Rape Response of Hall County
Red Cross/Life South
RIC-Rack
Riverside Military Academy
Riverside Military Board of Visitors
Rotary Club - Gainesville, Habersham, Forsyth, White, Barrow, Hall, Brookhaven, Lumpkin & Dawson Counties
Salvation Army
Sautee Nacoochee Center for the Arts
Seeds of Hope Homes in Costa Rica
Sharing and Caring
Sid Weber Cancer Fund
St. Paul United Methodist Church
Straight Street
The Arts Council
The Bascom Arts Center
The Home of Hope @ Gwinnett Children's Shelter
The Oaks - Assisted Living - Habersham County
The Power House for Kids
The Shepherd Center
The Shepherd Center SHARE Program
The World Race Free Chapel
Three Dimensional Life
Toys for Tots
Troop 16 BSA
United Methodist Missions
United Methodist North GA Conference
United Way of Forsyth, Hall, & Habersham Counties
University of Georgia
University of North Georgia
USO
VFW
Vision 2030
Wellspring Living
Wesley Woods Foundation
White County Chamber of Commerce
Winder Barrow Chamber of Commerce
Women's Source
YMCA
Young Life
YWAM - Youth with a Mission
IN KIND REAL ESTATE SERVICES
Northeast Georgia Health Systems (CMA)
North Georgia Community Foundation (CMA)
Elachee Science & Nature Center (MA)
Quinlan Art Center (CMA)
United Methodist, North Georgia Conference (CMA)
Brenau University (CMA)
Center Point (A)
Presbyterian Church (C)
First Methodist Church (CMA)
Chicopee Baptist Church (A)
Boy Scouts of America (C)
Good News at Noon (CA)
University of North Georgia (C)
Lanier Technology College (MA)
Hall County School System (CMA)
Lakeview Academy (CMA)
Gateway Domestic Violence Center (C)
Hall County Humane Society (C)
Gideon’s International (CMA)
United Way
Through program giving, spread Norton’s giving reach across multiple counties and multiple agencies.
Brenau University
Through our established Norton Scholarship Fund, support women business majors (Junior & Senior level) who are from the North Georgia region in their pursuit of a college degree.
Junior Achievement
Promote the teaching of responsible business principles with students at the Middle and High School level, both public and private schools.
Habitat for Humanity
The goal is to build a Norton sponsored home in the 2017-2018 calendar period.
Public Art
Enhance the quality of life in our area through careful placement of visual public art while supporting the regional arts community.
In-Kind Real Estate Services
Employing the creative minds of our real estate brokers and the power of our Native Intelligence™, assist select charities in the search for new operational real estate, disposal of surplus assets and long term consultation of needs and facilities.
MAJOR AREAS OF CURRENT FOCUS
The Norton Agency and its affiliated partners concentrate its volunteer and charitable giving into five broad areas, samples include:
HUMANITY
Support for churches and ministries, multiple county United Ways, Meals on Wheels, Breast Cancer Awareness, Challenged Child and Friends, Gateway House, March of Dimes, Hispanic Alliance, Good News Clinic, Good News.
HOUSING
Habitat for Humanity, Board of Realtors, Junior Achievement
COMMUNITY
Various Civic Clubs; Rotary, Kiwanis, Jaycees, Junior Service League, Women’s Source, Junior Achievement, Elachee, Boy and Girl Scouts, North Georgia Community Foundation.
EDUCATION
Brenau University, Lakeview Academy, Hall County Public Schools
CULTURAL
Public Art Initiative, Quinlan Arts Center, Northeast Georgia History Center, The Arts Council, The Bascom, Arts in the Schools, Sautee Nacoochee Center, Folkways
The following charities and organizations are samples of the five areas our efforts are concentrated on:
Time, Talent & Resources
The following is a broad range sampling of Norton’s Community Outreach. Our Family, our Business, our Staff Associates and our Partners give freely of their Time, Talent and Resources in order to make our communities a better plan than we found it.
Concentrate giving to permanency & resiliency; land buildings, not administration or operations to support the cycle of building a bigger organization to raise more money.
Support frugal efforts, organizations than run lean & mean & have a long legacy of real accomplishments.
Drive funds to qualified & sustainable charitable operations.
Give or volunteer to meet basic human needs; food, water, shelter, job creation and spiritual well-being in our community.