Casteel Christmas Program & Sponsor Overview
You Can’t Enjoy Christmas in the Cold
When you’re too cold, you can’t sleep. You can’t think. Kids can’t study and Santa Claus is a distant dream. This is the situation for too many of Georgia’s families and elderly citizens this year.
According to the latest Georgia Department of Labor figures, our neighbors are struggling with a 42% increase in initial unemployment claims in Fulton County and a 67% increase in unemployment claims in Cobb County. Even before the recent unemployment crisis, 188,000 people lived below the poverty line and mortgage foreclosures were at record levels.
Furnace repairs are too expensive for some families Heating system repairs quickly mount into the hundreds, possibly thousands of dollars —which is why for many deserving families, these repairs simply cost too much.
While there are numerous worthy organizations dedicated to helping low income families offset their monthly energy costs, Casteel Christmas is the only one that helps our needy neighbors in Cobb and Fulton counties get broken, or inefficient heating systems back online. These types of repairs are costly and require expert technicians. At Casteel Christmas, we have the talent and expertise to take on the challenge.
We are already making a Difference In 2008, supported by a growing sponsorship base that includes Ironstone Bank, and Kudzu.com, Casteel Heating & Cooling helped needy Cobb and Fulton residents by providing free furnace repair services valued at $100,000.
We believe that through added support and sponsorship, Casteel Christmas will have a long-lasting and meaningful effect on the community through the knock-on effect of goodwill and the difference they make in the lives they touch.
History of the program
Casteel Christmas is a nonprofit organization that came about as an expression of the commitment of the employees at Casteel Heating & Cooling to their community. For over 20 years, the people at Casteel have helped Georgia residents stay comfortable. In 2008, with our community distressed with record unemployment and mortgage foreclosures, we decided to help those in need the best way we knew how—by helping kids stay warm this Christmas through functional furnaces.
What sets us apart
Casteel Christmas is the ONLY program dedicated to helping people offset expensive heating equipment maintenance and repair.
Who we help
Casteel Christmas provides heating system repair and maintenance to legal Cobb and Fulton county residents whose annual income is 150% of the federal poverty guidelines, or who are facing imminent foreclosure on their homes.
How we help them
We have committed labor, talent and repairs valued at $100,000 to help needy and deserving people to get the furnace repairs they need. We are raising money from the community and our sponsors to help increase our ability to help. We also recruit talent from the community and provide a framework for contractors and technicians who want to give their time to this effort.
To get on our Casteel Christmas service list, call 770-Casteel.
Casteel Heating & Cooling Founder Bob Casteel, pictured with Casteel Christmas Program Director John Hillis to his right, and several of the committed Casteel Heating & Cooling team
Our neighbors need your help
Donate your time If you’re a qualified heating system repair or installation technician, we could especially use a donation of your time. Please call us to get on our rotation and know that your skills are helping your neighbors in their time of need.
Help Us Keep Kids Warm. Call 770-CASTEEL
You are eligible to be added to our list of those who qualify for the Casteel Christmas Program if:
- Your total gross yearly household income is at or below 150% of the Poverty Income Guidelines for Georgia.
- $15,600 for a 1-person household
- $21,000 for a two-person household
- $26,400 for a three-person household
- $31,800 for a four-person household
- $37,200 for a five-person household
- $42,600 for a six-person household
- $48,000 for a seven-person household
- $53,400 for an eight-person household
For households with nine or more persons, add $5,400 for each additional family member.
SPECIAL PROVISION: If you are facing foreclosure on your mortgage and are postponing heating system repairs because of foreclosure, provide foreclosure notice and documentation of your goodwill effort to pay your mortgage and you may qualify for heating system repair regardless of household income.
- AND Household members are citizens of the United States or legally admitted aliens…
- AND Household must be located in Cobb or Fulton counties…