L to R: Barbara Means, Ryan’s Case for Smiles; Linda Bailey, ECQG President 2022; Abbi Rabeneck, Co-chair, ECQG Community Service; Tawana Benard, Department of Family & Children Services; Andrea Rapowitz, Cobb Senior Services/Meals on Wheels.
The East Cobb Quilters’ Guild is holding a special one-day event Thursday to produce special items for various charities.
What the organization is calling a “Sewcial” takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Community Room at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Town Center (625 Big Sandy Road, Kennesaw).
A total of 18 quilters will bring their machines and materials to sew Beads of Courage bags for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta cancer patients, placemats for Meals on Wheels, pillowcase for hospitalized children through Ryan’s Case for Smiles and quilts for the Cobb Department of Family and Children Service.
Beads of Courage bags are a new addition to their outreach, 18 quilters will bring their machines, materials and dedication to sew all day to continue their commitments of community service.
Last year the Quilters’ Guild donated more than 1,300 items to local community organizations. This year they’re tracking progress toward those goals that can be found by clicking here.
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The new Marietta Porch for Schools initiative—which purchases healthy snacks for children in local Title 1 schools—will have a fundraiser next weekend at an East Cobb retail business.
Kendra Scott Jewelry at The Avenue East Cobb will be donation a portion of its weekend proceeds to Marietta Porch for Schools, which initially provided snacks for students at Sedalia Park Elementary School.
You can help by shopping at the store on those dates or
shop online at KendraScott.com using the code GIVEBACK-DTGGP.
That giveback code will be active from March 25-28, and at the store Marietta Porch will have a table with treats, goodies and other freebies, volunteer Sue Heavlin tells us.
As we noted back in January, Marietta Porch picks up food in a number of East Cobb and Marietta-area neighborhoods on designated days and sends those donations to the Brumby Elementary School pantry and the Center for Family Resources.
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On Saturday the Janice Overbeck Real Estate Team’s non-profit arm will hold its annual Texas Hold’em fundraiser to benefit the Emory ALS Center.
The public is invited to take part in the event (at the agency’s office (2249 Roswell Road) starting at 6 p.m.
There are prize packages for the top three winners. Food and drinks will be served, and there will be a raffle and silent auction.
Former Altanta Falcons player Terance Mathis returns as the celebrity guest host, and he’s bringing some of his football colleagues with him: Jerome Bettis, Jessie Tuggle, Bob Whitfield and Chuck Smith.
All of the proceeds will be distributed by JO Gives, the Overbeck non-profit, which has raised more than $250,000 for ALS research.
The suggested donation is $100 a person, but any donation amount will be accepted, and registration can be completed by clicking here.
Sponsors of the event include Perrie & Associates, Clear to Close Team at PRMG, AMLI Residential, Mansfield Cares, Trotter Roofing and Gutters, Arrow Exterminators, Amerispec Inspection Services, Integral Choice, HWA Home Warranty, and Eye Consultants of Atlanta—The Piedmont Group.
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A soccer kickabout on the front quad is a frequent activity at East Cobb Park.
East Cobb Park was formally dedicated in June 2003 as the first public-private partnership for a park in Cobb County.
The all-volunteer, non-profit group that worked with Cobb County Parks, the Friends for the East Cobb Park, was founded four years before that, from an initiative of the East Cobb Area Council of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce.
The “Charter Leaf” members represent notable East Cobb individuals, businesses and other organizations. A cluster of special stones on the ground around it also contain the names of financial contributors, as do names emblazoned on park benches.
By almost every measure, East Cobb Park has been a spectacular success and increasingly popular, as citizens and groups frequent its 13 acres as the area’s first passive park.
But as the park is set to mark its 20th anniversary this summer, the volunteers organization that stages concerts and other special events is looking for a few more volunteer hands to help out.
The Friends for the East Cobb Park is seeking new members, not just to donate time and money, but also to help take a more active role in plotting out the future of the park.
“Our mission is to enhance the community experience,” Friends president Kurt von Borries said in a recent interview with East Cobb News. “It’s the best cultural asset we have in East Cobb.”
He said the Friends group currently has around 60 members, and there’s no specific target for growth, just to add “as many as we can.”
The group, which relies 100 percent on donations, spent $20,000 last year to replace the front playground fencing.
Cobb PARKs provides most of the maintenance, including recent repairs along the Sewell Mill Creek streambank extending to Fullers Park, and citizens wishing to book a pavilion also go through the county.
The Friends group handles special events and what he generally calls cultural programming.
There are limits on what it can do, von Borries said, because of parking and restroom facilities.
When planning for a concert, he said, the estimated cap is around 150 people, although that figure is often exceeded.
“There’s nowhere to expand,” he said.
Attracting vendors also is a challenge because any money they make above costs goes to the Friends group.
Raising funds through individual sponsorships poses other issues. All 47 park benches, Borries said, have been dedicated, and they’re not adding any more for the time being due to supply chain issues.
“We’re out of room” for additional revenue opportunities in that regard.
The Friends group also sells sponsorships for newly planted as well as existing trees in the park.
The organization is seeking out additional corporate sponsors, in addition to Wellstar Health Systems, which makes a donation for Music in the Park, a series of spring and fall concerts, and the Holiday Lights celebration in December.
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, a long association with the East Cobb Civitan Association, which raised funds for the park through its Wine and Vine event, has come to an end.
That’s diminished what’s available in the Friends’ banking account, which von Borries said is generally healthy and that “we can do some things.”
The desire to do more things has spurred some new creative approaches as the group shores up its financial resources, including borrowing from its foundation to help fund the playground fence.
Von Borries, who’s also a member of the Rotary Club of East Cobb, said plans are in the works with that organization to stage two family-friendly movies—one in spring and the other in the fall—on a big screen at the concert shell.
“We’re excited about that,” he said.
Streamlining the process for membership renewal is another task the Friends group is undertaking. Getting automatic notices online that can be paid electronically is a top priority.
Members can renew or join at various levels, starting with the $25 “garden leaf supporter” category to $1,000 as a “diamond leaf” sponsor, either at a monthly or annual rate.
They also can donate at custom levels and in honor or memory of someone. All contributions are tax deductible, since the Friends group is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Volunteer opportunities are across the board, from events and marketing to fundraising and creek clean-up activities.
Von Borries said a clean-up has been tentatively scheduled for May 6, and the Friends group also wants to hold a member appreciation event in the near future.
“It’s my wish that it will be stylish to say that you’re a supportive member of East Cobb Park,” he said. “How we can get there, we haven’t yet figured that out.”
East Cobb Park Events in 2023
Music in the Park: April 2, April 16, April 30 and May 21, Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, and Oct. 29; all 4-6 p.m., free
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After 31 years on Bells Ferry Road, the Tommy Nobis Center will be moving to another area of Cobb County.
The non-profit that assists young people and adults with disabilities in getting or returning to employment announced Thursday it will be relocating to the former Cobb Chamber of Commerce building on Interstate North Parkway near Truist Park.
In a release, the Tommy Nobis Center said it has sold the Bells Ferry Road facility and is leasing it back while its new headquarters undergoes renovations.
“The new building will be better suited to the services provided by TNC and position them to serve more people in the hub of surrounding businesses,” according to the release, which said a capital campaign is being launched to help support the transition.
The former Chamber building holds 25,000 square feet that the Tommy Nobis Center said provides more classroom space for expanding services.
The Tommy Nobis Center, named after the late Atlanta Falcons star linebacker, was formed in 1977.
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Cobb County School District social worker Julie Lance and PORCH-Marietta neighborhood coordinator Sue Heavlin.
Last fall we posted about a food collection drive called PORCH-Marietta that was working to keep the food pantry stocked at Brumby Elementary School.
The all-volunteer organization has announced that its launching a new program, called PORCH for Schools, to serve broader needs in the Marietta area, and is initially focusing efforts on getting healthy snacks to children attending Sedalia Park Elementary School.
Thus far PORCH-Marietta has provided 37 cases of snacks to Sedalia Park students so they could “keep both body and mind nourished, eliminating distraction due to hunger,” according to a release.
As of December PORCH-Marietta had donated more than 12,000 pounds of food to the Brumby pantry and the Center for Family Resources pantry.
Participants leave food on their doorstops on designated monthly pickup days (the next collection date is Feb. 9) and can also contribute financially.
Some of the participating neighborhoods in East Cobb include Sentinel Lake, Indian Hills, The Oaks, Heatherleigh, Paper Mill Manor, Chimney Lakes, Timberlea Lakes, Beverly Hills Estates, Weatherstone, Elan, Sibley Forest and Glen Ivy.
PORCH-Marietta chapter leader Liz Platner said the public can help with the food drive with tax-deductible donations by clicking here. Businesses also can support the effort as sponsors.
“Our holiday giving campaign raised enough funds to buy snacks for Sedalia Park Elementary students who didn’t bring a snack from home this semester,” Platner said. “We hope to restock their snack shelves in August and include additional schools as our budget allows.”
PORCH Communities was started in 2011 in Chapel Hill, N.C. and now has 26 chapters in eight states, distributing more than $7.8 million in food to neighbors in need.
The PORCH-Marietta chapter was founded in February 2022.
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As part of the project they prepared more than 150 bags containing toiletries, snacks, socks, gloves and hats, as well as blankets and tarps.
The bags and other items were donated to the 7 Bridges Recovery Center and Sope for Hope, local non-profits that assist the homeless.
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Habitat for Humanity of NW Metro Atlanta announced this week that The Avenue East Cobb and its merchants raised $4,266 in its inaugural holiday partnership.
A total of $3,015 came from proceeds from ticket sales the East Cobb retail center held, including Experiences with Santa and Storytime with Santa.
Another $1,251 also raised from the Kendra Scott jewelry store at The Avenue East Cobb. The Habitat chapter featured a table at each event offering more information on the organization’s mission and how to get involved.
“We are so happy the amazing team at Avenue East Cobb and Kendra Scott selected us to be the benefactor of these popular events,” said Jessica Gill, CEO, Habitat for Humanity of NW Metro Atlanta, said in a statement. “We look forward to a long partnership bettering our community together.”
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The Credit Union of Georgia announced this week donated more than $100,000 in philanthropic donations in 2022, supporting a number of local nonprofit organizations in Cobb County and metro Atlanta.
Credit union employees vote annually to select the local charities to support, with events throughout the year that included monetary donations, volunteerism and donations of food, clothing, toys and personal hygiene items.
Employees also donated more than 650 hours to the community, attended more than 1100 local events and sponsored over 400 local events.
“Credit Union of Georgia is dedicated to our members, communities and local charities,” said Brian Albrecht,
President/CEO of Credit Union of Georgia said in a statement. “We hope that our ongoing efforts of giving back can create a lasting impact in the communities we serve.”
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Employees of the Cobb-based Credit Union of Georgia volunteered to ring the bell for The Salvation Army at Kroger in Kennesaw for an entire week.
They raised more than $2,600 through those efforts, and the Credit Union contributed an additional $4,000 generate a donation of more than $6,500.
The Salvation Army helps communities fight poverty, addiction, and homelessness.
“Credit Union of Georgia enjoys spreading cheer and giving back to our community! We encourage not only employees to give back, but also educate our members as well. Together we can make a big difference in our community,” said Tom McNutt, Vice President of IT and The Salvation Army Marietta Corps, Board Member, said in a release.
To learn more about Salvation Army services and programs in the Marietta area, click here.
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The annual Stuff-A-Bus program will be rolling out throughout Cobb County in mid-December to collect holiday gifts for needy children.
The Cobb Christmas program includes various community partners in conducting the drive, which takes place from Dec. 13-15.
Citizens are asked to bring unwrapped toys for children ages 3-13 at the locations, dates and times indicated on the flyer.
The Cobb Linc bus will be collecting the toys to be distributed to around 1,000 children. Start shopping now and drop off your toy donations at any businesses listed on the flyer.
The two East Cobb stops on the schedule take place on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
The bus will stop at the Northeast Cobb YMCA (3010 Johnson Ferry Road) from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and at the Wellstar East Cobb Health Park (3747 Roswell Road) from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
For more information on the Stuff-A-Bus program, click here.
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The East Cobb Middle School PTSA is teaming up with the school’s social worker to sponsor what it’s calling an “Angel Tree” program to support families in need during the holiday season.
According to Monica Bright, the ECMS social worker, each “angel” has an item on a family’s wish list that typically range from $10-$20 and are personalized to student needs.
She said Walmart and Kroger gift cards in $20 increments are being accepted to help families purchase food during the winter break.
All items purchased for the Angel Tree students must be returned wrapped to the front office at ECMS (825 Terrell Mill Road) by Dec. 7. Bright says to make sure the angel is attached to the item so it can be distributed to the correct family.
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The group provided a donation of $800 as the lead gift for All Girls Forward, whose goals include raising and distributing $2.5 million over the next five years.
The Numbers Too Big to Ignore luncheon event at the Georgia World Congress Center, drew more than 1,000 business, civic and political leaders, most of them women.
The East Cobb Middle School girls also got to meet actress Rita Moreno, who was the keynote speaker.
According to Kari Love, an East Cobb native who is the Atlanta Women’s Foundation’s CEO, the East Cobb students raised the $800 by hosting a leggings day fundraiser at the school.
The luncheon event raised more than $150,000 for the All Girls Forward Program.
The foundation, which was formed in 1998, has invested more than $20 million in more than 350 Atlanta-area non-profits to assist and empower girls and women and help break the cycle of poverty.
It also provides leadership and philanthropic training for professional women and their communities.
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Clergy from various faith communities in the East Cobb area delivered reflections of “Finding Common Ground” during Temple Kol Emeth’s 18th Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service Thursday.
In the first in-person service since 2019, an audience that nearly filled the vast synagogue was told that hearing such messages and uplifting music (they all sang “This Land Is Your Land”) and sharing fellowship aren’t enough.
“This isn’t a show,” Kol Emeth Rabbi Larry Sernovitz said near the end of the two-hour service. “This is a call to action.”
In recalling the tale of Abraham smashing idols, he said that “we live in a world that still worships idols . . . and doesn’t value people like we need to.
“Our faith has to stand for something. If our faith doesn’t stand for humanity, it’s not faith, it’s politics.”
He urged the attendees to follow Abraham’s example, because “that’s how our faith has meaning. If we don’t use it, what good is it?”
Youth from the Sikh Educational Welfare Association do the Bhangra Dance before the service.
Started by now-retired Kol Emeth Rabbi Steven Lebow following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the service included many familiar components, including the Muslim call to prayer, a Bhangra dance by Sikh youth, original music and the “Give A Gobble” offering, this year to benefit Special Needs GA and other local charities for Thanksgiving meals.
Members of the participating faith communities—22 in all—also formed a choir to perform, including “Common Ground” (see video below, and you can watch a full replay of the service by clicking here).
Father Ray Cadran of the Catholic Church of St. Ann said his understanding of finding common ground is “a work of the heart.”
Temple Kol Emeth Rabbi Larry Sernovitz
Those duties include “being called to together to acting justly,” engaging in unifying dialogue and “loving tenderly all God’s people.”
Rev. Trey Phillips of St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church said “we all come from a common ground” and asked the audience to “let us cling to one another and seek God on this common ground we call Marietta.”
But Rev. Bronson Elliott Woods of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta—where Martin Luther King Jr. was pastor—injected some political references into his remarks, mentioning Black Lives Matter and women’s reproductive choice, and said that finding common ground includes “working against laws that oppress people,” especially those in what he called the “LGBTQIA” community.
“The common ground we share,” Woods said, “is through the breath of God.”
East Cobb resident Brenda Rhodes, the founder of Simple Needs GA and a long-time volunteer in the community, urged those in attendance to find ways to contribute to those less fortunate.
Rev. Bronson Elliott Woods of Ebenezer Baptist Church
“It doesn’t matter how you help,” she said. “Just think about helping. . . . Go where God leads you to help others in your community.”
Among the organizations benefitting from Give-A-Gobble include the Center for Family Resources, Families First, Family Promise, Food2Kids, Genesis Shelter, Helping Hand Foundation, Inner-city Muslim Action Network (IMAN), Jewish Family & Career Services, Jubilee Partners, New American Pathways, Must Ministries, North Fulton Charities, Pianos for Peace, and United Military Care, Inc.
The faith communities represented at the service include the Catholic Church of St. Ann, Chestnut Ridge Christian Church, East Cobb Islamic Center, Emerson Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Congregation Etz Chaim, St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Unity North Atlanta Church.
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The Cobb Library Foundation, which raises money to assist the Cobb County Public Library System, is holding a “Casino Night” fundraiser Nov. 18 at Atlanta Country Club (500 Atlanta Country Club Drive).
The event is from 6-10 p.m. and tickets start at $100 per person and include admission tickets, house money and drink tickets. Attire is black tie casual and a cash bar will be open from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
All participants must be age 21 and older.
For information and to purchase tickets click here.
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“Looking for an opportunity to make a difference during the holiday season? The Northeast Cobb Family YMCA and McCleskey East-Cobb Family YMCA are seeking items to develop hygiene kits for more than 700 families in need. From now until November 23, both Y locations are accepting shampoo, conditioner, body wash, toothpaste, toothbrushes and more. Donations can be dropped at the McCleskey-East Cobb Family YMCA located at 1055 East Piedmont, Marietta, GA 30062 and the Northeast Cobb Family YMCA located at 3010 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, GA 30062.”
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Judy Boyce is flanked by Kim and Michael Paris of the East Cobb Area Council of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce.
Mike Boyce, the late Cobb Commission Chairman, and his wife Judy Boyce were named the 2022 East Cobb Citizens of the Year Thursday morning.
The announcement came at a breakfast of the East Cobb Area Council of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce at Indian Hills Country Club.
Mike Boyce, who died earlier this year at the age of 72, and his wife were active in the East Cobb community long before he was elected in 2016.
Their activities included MUST Ministries, Mt. Bethel Church and veterans and military organizations. He was a retired Marine Corps colonel who was a leader of a men’s ministry at Mt. Bethel and helped found a veterans support center.
Judy Boyce is a retired Delta Air Lines flight attendant who has been active with the Cobb Republican Women’s Club and other political campaigns and volunteer activities.
They include the Daughters of the American Revolution, Cobb Master Gardeners, the Chattahoochee Plantation Women’s Club, the Cobb Center for Children and Young Adults and the Cobb Library Foundation.
Also on Thursday, Cobb officials were on hand at the North Cobb Regional Library to dedicate the Mike Boyce Military Collection, including his many books on military history, and reading room named in his honor.
The Boyces were avid supporters of libraries. At the January 2018 ribbon-cutting for the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center, they contributed $5,000 and had a study room named for them.
A Republican, Mike Boyce ran for a second term in 2020 but was defeated by Democratic commissioner Lisa Cupid.
In January, he was participating in a leadership seminar in Indiana, at the University of Notre Dame, his alma mater, when he suffered two strokes and died.
“He had never been happier than he was in the past few months, participating in this program, bicycling to campus and interacting with and mentoring students,” Judy Boyce said at the time. “He was having the time of his life.”
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It’s a traveling project of Love Love Beyond Walls, and illustrates the stigma of poverty in Atlanta and around the country with interactive technology, research and storytelling.
Exhibit tours will take place Monday, Nov. 7 to Friday, Nov. 11 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the KSU East Parking Deck (305 Hopkins Drive, Kennesaw).
Admission is free but tickets for the tour are required and can be reserved by clicking here.
Terence Lester, founder of Love Beyond Walls and the Dignity Museum, explains that the “one of the most distinguishable characteristics of our organization is our focus on telling the stories of the unseen. We are committed to the people that the world passes by because we believe the people struggling with poverty and sleeping on the streets have lives and stories that are just as valuable as ours.”
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The Avenue East Cobb is donating all proceeds from special holiday event ticket sales to the Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta.
The Habitat branch announced the news on Wednesday, with the retail center set to put tickets on sale starting next week. Sales begin at 9 a.m. next Monday, Nov. 8.
Those events include Experiences With Santa and Storytime With Santa, which runs from Dec. 1-23.
“We are so grateful Avenue East Cobb selected us as its holiday giveback partner, which will help empower the families we serve during a season that can be tough for many to enjoy,” Jessica Gill, CEO, Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta, said in the release.
Other ticketed events at The Avenue East Cobb include Letters to Santa on Dec. 1, Christmas Crafts With Santa on Dec. 8, Canvases + Cocoa on Dec. 15 and Milk + Cookies on Dec. 22.
The Habitat chapter will participate in each event, offering more information on the organization’s mission and how to get involved.
“Everybody loves a reason to get together for the holidays, and what could be better than celebrating the season while also supporting those in need,” Madison Murphy, marketing manager at Avenue East Cobb, said in the release. “We’re thrilled to bring these experiences back to AEC and look forward to contributing toward the wonderful work Habitat for Humanity does in the community.”
For more about The Avenue East Cobb’s holiday programming and to purchase event tickets click here.
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The Cobb-based non-profit The Center for Family Resourcesis accepting donations for its 36th annual Thanks for Giving Food Boxes drive.
The goal this year is to provide 1,000 boxes of food for families in need, and community members can participate by becoming a Smart Stuffer Packing Partner or by sponsoring or donating to this year’s“I’m Thankful For…”Giving Campaign.
The Thanks for Giving boxes provide food for family to “keep or create their own family traditions in ways that are meaningful to them.”
Families receiving the boxes are those who register through the CFR or who are supported by local schools and other non-profit partners, including Cobb Senior Services, Communities in Schools of Georgia in Marietta/Cobb and LiveSafe Resources.
“Our annual Thanks for Giving event has allowed us to feed Cobb families for more than 35 years,” said Melanie Kagan, CEO for the Center for Family Resources. “We are so grateful for the support we receive from this community and our supporters, including Genuine Parts Company, Lockheed Martin and Publix Super Markets Charities who are this year’s Presenting Sponsors.”
The food boxes are valued at between $65-$75 each using a suggested shopping list and can be delivered to the First Baptist Church Marietta (148 Church St.) until Nov. 10 or to the IAM Local Lodge #7091032 (1032 South Marietta Pkwy SE), from Nov. 14-17.
The boxes will be distributed to families the week before Thanksgiving.
For more information about how to take part in the the Thanks for Giving program, click here.
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Cobb PARKs provides most of the maintenance, including 
They also can donate at custom levels and in honor or memory of someone. All contributions are tax deductible, since the Friends group is a 501(c)(3) organization.
