FUMC, MUST Hold Cookout, Auction for Residents

The ' Cobb Permanent Supportive Housing Cookout/Auction at brought together residents, staff and volunteers.

MUST Ministries' Permanent Supportive Housing is for people who have been homeless and have a mental or physical disability. 

Currently 73 people live with MUST in Cobb and Cherokee. These individuals receive help getting jobs, going back to school or working on other skills. 

"Some of these people have had radical transformations since they came into the program," Kaye Cagle, of MUST Ministries, said. "A few months ago somebody that had lived there three years bought a home, and he was so happy and we were so proud. We gave him a party. It's amazing to see these changes."

Among the individuals in the Cobb Permanent Supportive Housing program, 18 are veterans and many are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder or anxiety. 

"We help them get stabilized, get jobs and eventually get their own place and move out," Cagle said.

The individuals who live at MUST earn MUST Bucks for achieving goals. They used these MUST Bucks to purchase things at the auction, such as a blender, a television, gift baskets, gift cards and more.

FUMC did the cookout for MUST as part of its Great Day of Service. All the items at the auction were donated to MUST.

There are 40 residents in the Permanent Supportive Housing program in Cobb and 33 in Cherokee.

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