East Cobb Community Service Archives

First responders treated to appreciation lunch in East Cobb

October 8, 2022 8:03 AM by Wendy Parker

East Cobb first responders appreciation lunch

The East Cobb-based Janice Overbeck Real Estate Team once again held an appreciation barbecue lunch to honor local police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel and military veterans.

Wednesday’s lunch included the Capital City Home Loans grilling from a food truck and serving burgers and hotdogs with a variety of sides sponsored by Arrow Exterminators.

Additional sponsors for the event included American Home Shield Warranty, Amerispec Home Inspection, and Chick-Fil-A East Lake.

East Cobb first responders appreciation lunch

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East Cobb resident preps for ‘golf until you drop’ charity event

October 7, 2022 7:48 AM by Wendy Parker

East Cobb resident golf marathon — *A former amateur golfer paralyzed in a traffic accident, tees off not far from the Shepherd Spinal Center on a special golf cart funded through the Georgia State Golf Association. Photo: GSGA*

To say that Jim Ingram is a golf enthusiast is putting it mildly.

The East Cobb resident is a longtime avid golfer, and has served as a volunteer and executive board member of the Georgia State Golf Association for 30 years.

The president of Evans and James, an executive search firm serving the plastics and packaging industry, Ingram remains involved in GSGA events and activities, including a relatively new charity fundraiser.

He’s played a lot of golf at a lot of local courses, including Indian Hills Country Club and Brookstone Country Club in Cobb County.

He makes fun of his “lousy golf swing” (see below) but has a 9 handicap, and often is accompanied by his dog Rover.

Ingram also has played plenty of times at the nine-hole Bobby Jones Golf Course in Buckhead, where the formerly East Cobb-based GSGA now has its headquarters.

But on Oct. 21, Ingram will play Bobby Jones like he never has before—as in over and over and over again, set to make the turn many times.

East Cobb resident charity golf marathon — *Rover is Jim Ingram’s frequent companion on the golf course.*

That’s because he’s taking part in the GSGA’s charity marathon fundraiser to benefit the organization’s adaptive and junior golf programs.

(You can pledge per round or make a one-time donation to Ingram’s marathon by clicking here.)

In last year’s event, he played 81 holes in one day at the Druid Hills Country Club. In a couple of weeks, he’ll likely play just as many, if not more, on the storied public course named for a Georgia golf legend.

“You just golf until you drop,” Ingram said of the marathon, which raised more than $50,000 overall. The GSGA is aiming to surpass that figure this year with around 20-30 participants having signed up.

The proceeds enable youths 16 and under from economically challenged backgrounds to play for $5 a round, and for the GSGA to purchase special equipment and provide instruction for the physically handicapped.

Among them is Chance, a former amateur golfer and a police officer who was paralyzed from the chest down in a 2018 traffic accident.

As he rehabilitated at the Shepherd Spinal Center in Atlanta, his visitors included some who introduced him to adaptive golf.

He plays golf once again, thanks to a solorider cart provided by the GSGA with funds from last year’s marathon.

It’s a story the GSGA is encouraging its marathon participants to share as they collect pledges. The GSGA has raised nearly $100,000 in subsidies for the youth program (the GSGA makes up the greens fees to the golf courses) and is close to having enough money to purchase another adaptive cart.

“We’re trying to set good examples,” Ingram said of the GSGA’s initiatives to expand golf access.

More than 2,000 people have gotten involved in the adaptive program, and it’s something that “changes people’s lives,” Ingram said.

Like Chance and others at the Shepherd Center, “we’re trying to get them involved.”

East Cobb legislator named to MUST Ministries board of directors

October 2, 2022 12:05 PMOctober 1, 2022 8:06 AM by Wendy Parker

State Rep. John Carson, a Republican who represents part of East Cobb, has been appointed to the board of directors for MUST Ministries, which serves the needs of homeless people and others in need in metro Atlanta.

“I look forward to joining the MUST Ministries leadership team and serving my constituents in this new capacity,” Carson said in a release. “For half a century, this organization has effectively changed the lives of Cobb and Cherokee County residents with compassion and without judgement, and I am honored to become a part of their mission.”

MUST has been serving Cobb, Cherokee and surrounding counties for 50 years, providing emergency shelters for unhoused individuals and families and provides food to those in need. MUST also has workforce development programs and a health clinic.

According to the organization’s website, MUST encompasses more than 17,000 volunteers and typically serves 33,000 people in a year. Since March 2020, MUST has fed almost 173,000 people two million pounds of food.

For more information about MUST Ministries, please visit www.mustministries.org.

Carson represents District 46, which includes part of Northeast Cobb and Cherokee counties.

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Golden K Kiwanis Club holds youth charity golf tournament

September 20, 2022 6:17 PM by Wendy Parker

Golden K Kiwanis Club holds youth charity golf tournament

On Aug. 24 members of the Kiwanis Club of Marietta Golden K and the Lost Mountain Kiwanis Club sponsored the 27th Annual Youth Charity Golf Tournament at BridgeMill Athletic Club in Canton that raised more than $40,000 for various charitable organizations.

They support Circle K Clubs at the college level, Key Clubs in high school, Builders clubs in middle schools, K kids programs and the Silver Pen writing contest in elementary schools. Kiwanians also provide mentoring and storytime reading at area schools.

More than 100 golfers representing local counties took part in the shotgun start event, which included goodie bags, greens fees, two mulligans and a raffle ticket.

Prizes were awarded for the Longest Drive, Straightest Drive and Closest to the pin.

The buffet lunch included a live auction that raffled off 15 gift baskets ranging in value from $350 to $500.

Golden K Kiwanis Club holds youth charity golf tournament

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PORCH-Marietta collecting goods for Brumby ES food pantry

September 19, 2022 11:28 AMSeptember 19, 2022 10:15 AM by Wendy Parker

Brumby Elementary School food pantry — *MUST Ministries operates a food pantry at Brumby Elementary School that includes donations from a variety of community organizations and individuals.*

PORCH-Marietta, a collection of volunteer, grassroots neighborhood organizations, is continuing an ongoing food drive to stock the food pantry at Brumby Elementary School and the Center for Family Resources.

Participants leaved canned goods on their front porch on a designated day of the week that are collected by neighborhood coordinators. The items are sorted and delivered to pantries, agencies and families in need.

PORCH chapters have emerged around the country after the concept was begun in Chapel Hill, N.C. in 2010.

The East Cobb neighborhoods taking part in PORCH-Marietta include Sentinel Lake, Indian Hills, The Oaks, Heatherleigh, Paper Mill Manor, Chimney Lakes and Timberlea Lakes II.

Liz Platner, the chapter leader of PORCH-Marietta, says that in lieu of canned goods, financial donations can be made on the chapter’s website.

The link also has specific needs of items listed for Brumby and CFR, and remaining collection dates for 2022.

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Congregation Etz Chaim honors Cobb schools resource officers

September 17, 2022 1:58 PM by Wendy Parker

Congregation Etz Chaim of East Cobb this week marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by honoring Cobb County School District resource officers.

Their presentation on Wednesday to resource officers Jerry Quan, William Marshall Duling and Kevin Brunson, thanking them for their service, was conducted in partnership with the Jewish National Fund-USA.

Teens from the synagogue’s youth group presented plaques to the officers.

“I felt inspired seeing the people who keep me safe at the synagogue I grew up in,” said Etz Chaim teen Mia Kleinman.

Said Tamar Oren, a senior at Sprayberry High School: “The officers are like our dads at school. They talk to us in the hall and are people we go to for absolutely anything. I know they have risked their lives and for that I am forever grateful.”

Etz Chaim Rabbi Daniel Dorsch said that “we continue to be grateful for our community’s partnership with Jewish National Fund-USA that enabled us to honor our law enforcement personnel in such a special and meaningful way.”

According to a release by JNF, the plaque features the JNF’s 9/11 Living Memorial in Jerusalem, which is “the only commemorative site of its type outside of the U.S. that lists all the names of those who were killed on 9/11.

“It represents the firefighters, paramedics, and police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice and worked tirelessly to save countless lives on that infamous day, and honors first responders who risk it all to protect and serve. Established in 2009, the monument is a testament to the deep connection between the State of Israel and the U.S., and our countries’ shared values of peace, religious tolerance, democracy, and fighting terrorism.”

Congregation Etz Chaim honors Cobb schools resource officers

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Suicide first aid workshop to take place at East Cobb UMC

September 8, 2022 3:09 PM by Wendy Parker

Suicide First Aid training workshop Cobb Collaborative and the SAM Foundation will present Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid, at East Cobb United Methodist Church next week.

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and the ASIST program “teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety,” according to a release about the workshop.

The workshop is free, and is being made possible by Cobb Collaborative, a consortium of community non-profits, and the Alabama-based SAM Foundation (Suicide Awareness Means . . . ), which raises awareness of and provides training for the prevention of suicide.

It’s named after a young man who took his own life in 2002.

The workshop takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Thursday and Friday at East Cobb UMC (2325 Roswell Road).

Participants must be at least 16 years old and don’t need any previous formal health care training to attend.

The workshop will teach participants about how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan to keep someone alive.

You can register by clicking here.

For more information, contact Julie Smith at julie@samfound.org.

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East Cobb resident to repeat ‘mega swim’ for 9/11 non-profit

September 6, 2022 12:04 PM by Wendy Parker

East Cobb resident swimming challenge

Last year James Whitcomb, an East Cobb resident, swam 10 miles at the Mountain View Aquatic Center to help raise money for Tunnel to Towers.

He got pledges exceeding $20K, and recently let us know he’s asking for the same this year as he repeats his “Mega Swim” challenge.

This year, however, he’s extending his time in the pool to 13.1 miles—a half-marathon—when he pops into the pool at 6:30 a.m. Friday.

Tunnell to Towers is a non-profit that assists seriously injured first responders and military veterans with mortgage-free homes and other housing assistance.

If you’d like to make a pledge for Whitcomb’s swim can do so by visiting www.swim2help.org or https://dogood.t2t.org/swim2help

Whitcomb also will be live-streaming his swim on YouTube.

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East Cobb YMCA branches taking part in Days of Service event

September 3, 2022 12:58 PMSeptember 3, 2022 10:49 AM by Wendy Parker

The McCleskey Family-East Cobb YMCA and Northeast Cobb YMCA are among the branches participating in the Metro Atlanta YMCA’s Annual Days of Service events next Saturday, Sept. 10.

The events bring together volunteers to complete service projects at the branches and to benefit those in need in surrounding communities.

The McCleskey-East Cobb Family YMCA (1055 E. Piedmont Road) will host volunteers to assist with outdoor painting projects from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Northeast Cobb Family YMCA (3010 Johnson Ferry Road) will host volunteers for a beautification day, also from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Volunteers will assist with weeding, trimming, painting curbs, and cleaning up the parking lot. The Northeast Y will also be packing hygiene kits and making blankets for children.

For information and to sign up to volunteer, click here.

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Cobb Diaper Day’s 2022 objective: Collect 100K diapers

September 3, 2022 12:44 PMSeptember 3, 2022 7:43 AM by Wendy Parker

The 14th Cobb Diaper Day is returning in September and October in virtual format, with a goal of collecting 100,000 diapers for families in need.

2022 Cobb Diaper Day — *Simple Needs GA is one of the Cobb non-profits distributing diapers to parents in need.*

Organizers said those interested in contributing can do so in several ways. They can make direct contribution to the Cobb Diaper Day website, purchase them on Amazon through the Cobb Diaper Day Wish-list and declare a collection day at workplaces and organizations and with families and friends.

Since its inception in 2008, the non-profit Cobb Diaper Day has collected and distributed more than a million diapers.

Two Wednesdays in October have been designated for dropping off diapers at the solar flower garden of Cobb EMC (1000 Emc Pkwy NE, Marietta): Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Oct. 26 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Once collected, the diapers will be turned over to several community organizations for final distribution:

Cobb Douglas Public Health Teen Pregnancy Program
Communities in Schools of Georgia in Marietta/Cobb County
LiveSafe Resources
MUST Ministries
Ser Familia
Simple Needs GA
Sweetwater Mission
The Center for Family Resources

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Foundation named for Wheeler graduate to hold golf fundraiser

August 30, 2022 2:26 PMAugust 30, 2022 9:09 AM by Wendy Parker

The Jason Cunningham Charitable Foundation, a non-profit that assists children with hearing loss, is holding a golf fundraiser in the fall. Jason Cunningham Foundation golf fundraiser

The Jason Cunningham Charity Golf Classic takes place Oct. 17 at Horseshoe Bend Country Club (2100 Steeplechase Lane, Roswell) and includes prizes and other activities.

Cunningham, a 1999 graduate of Wheeler High School, suffered from hearing loss as a child, and he ultimately received hearing aids. But as an adult his communications issues led to depression, and he died in 2015 at the age of 34.

His friends and family began the foundation to raise funds and awareness for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Since its inception six years ago, the JCCF has raised more than $400,000 to provide financial assistance for education, advanced hearing technology and medical care to more than 60 families and more than 300 children.

For information about the foundation and to sign up for the golf event, click here.

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Cobb Chamber of Commerce seeks Citizen of the Year nominees

August 16, 2022 5:42 PM by Wendy Parker

The Cobb Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its 2022 Citizen of the Year Awards that are presented by its nine area councils.

East Cobb citizens of the year — *Tom Bills, and advocate for East Cobb Park, and youth football coach Mack Cobb were East Cobb Citizens of the Year in 2019.*

That includes the East Cobb Area Council, which unveils its award Nov. 10, in conjunction with community civic clubs and local business associations.

Nominees are those individuals who have had a significant influence on their community. They can come from business, civic and community organizations, the realms of education, athletics, the arts, religion, recreation and others.

According to the Chamber, “these outstanding citizens are chosen for their definable, exceptional deeds, with which he or she has made their community a better place to live.”

Last year’s East Cobb Citizen of the Year was former Cobb commissioner Bob Ott. Other recent recipients include the late U.S. Sen Johnny Isakson, Futren Hospitality president and CEO Mitch Rhoden and Simple Needs GA founder Brenda Rhodes.

Nominations are being accepted through Monday, Oct. 3 and can be submitted by clicking here.

For more information on Citizen of the Year Awards, contact Jani Dix at 770-859-2335 or jdix@cobbchamber.org.

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Tommy Nobis Center provides COVID-19 kits to Cobb students

August 2, 2022 1:52 PMAugust 2, 2022 7:45 AM by Wendy Parker

Tommy Nobis Center Covid Kits

The Northeast Cobb-based Tommy Nobis Center has produced and distributed more than 2,100 COVID-19 preventtion kits for Cobb school students with disabilities and their families.

The kits contain masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, and COVID education materials and were assembled by the center’s EYES (Early Youth Employment Services) summer program participants during the summer.

More from the Nobis Center, which also provided the photo above:

The initiative was made possible by support from the Cobb County Community Development Block Grant and provided hands-on training and work experience for students with disabilities while allowing them to give back to their community and support their peers in a unique and valuable way.

“The recent surge in COVID-19 cases within Cobb County continues to cause concern across our community,” says Dave Ward, President and CEO of Tommy Nobis Center. “This project gave students the opportunity to work and contribute to the wellbeing of their fellow students.”

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Good Mews cat shelter founder Gloria Skeen Cornell dies

July 12, 2022 7:39 PMJuly 12, 2022 6:13 PM by Wendy Parker

Good Mews 30th birthday — *The current Good Mews cat shelter location opened in a standalone building on Robinson Road in 2015. ECN file photo.*

The Good Mews Animal Foundation, a no-kill cat shelter in East Cobb, has announced that founder Gloria Skeen Cornell has died.

The organization posted a notice on its website and Facebook page on Monday.

“Gloria’s passion for animal welfare was no secret. She became inspired early in life after witnessing animal abuse and vowed to one day do what she could to put an end to it,” read the message by the shelter’s board of directors.

Gloria Skeen Cornell Good Mews founder dies — *Gloria Skeen Cornell, Good Mews founder*

A former flight attendant, she inadvertently started what became Good Mews out of her townhouse in 1988, taking in an abandoned cat after returning from a trip, then added another stray after that.

The shelter moved to space on Sandtown Road in Marietta, then to East Cobb, initially at the Fountains at Olde Towne shopping center.

When that center was razed for a medical office building, Good Mews built a standalone building on Robinson Road and relocated there in late 2015.

It includes space for veterinary medical and surgical care and separate space for kittens (see ECN coverage of its 30th anniversary in 2018).

The shelter typically holds up to 100 cats at a time, and Good Mews also has created a foster cat program for about 30-40 cats.

Since its opening Good Mews has placed more than 10,000 neglected, abandoned and abused cats in homes and has an average adoption rate of 450 cats a year.

“It’s a place where thousands of homeless kitties found their forever home, a place that helped Cobb County Animal Services achieve no-kill status, a place that provides on-site TNR services to surrounding low-income areas, and an inviting place many consider a home away from home,” the Good Mews message read.

“Although there are many more programs and community involvement that have come to fruition since Gloria’s founding, we wouldn’t be here without her.”

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Sprayberry graduate receives ‘Fostering Education’ scholarship

July 22, 2022 4:53 PMJuly 12, 2022 3:18 PM by Wendy Parker

Tianya Hunter, a recent graduate of Sprayberry High School, is a recipient of a college scholarship from the Cobb Community Foundation.

Hunter is one of three inaugural recipients of the CCF’s Fostering Education Scholarship Fund. They are awarded to students who have been in foster care settings and are aging out as they leave high school.

Hunter, who is 19, plans to attend the College of Coastal Georgia, a four-year public university in Brunswick.

The other recipients are Collins Arrey of Campbell High School, who will be going to Albany State University, and Thinh Nguyen of Duluth, who’s headed to Georgia State University.

The three students combined received $7,500 in scholarship money.

“The instability of life in foster care often proves to be a distraction from learning and school performance,” the CCF stated in a release announcing the scholarship recipients.

“Financial resources, mentorship, support, and stability are not commonly available to help these individuals complete degree programs that lead to well-paying, stable employment. This is the reason why caring individuals in our community have joined together to fund these awards.”

Everlean Rutherford and Isaiah Wilcox created Village Connection which is an organization that supports children in foster care by providing duffel bags containing essential care items. Melissa Conti is a business owner and philanthropist who has a heart for children in foster care. The Cobb Community Foundation introduced the 2 Village Connection leaders to Melissa Conti, and the three of them worked to make the scholarship happen.

The program is the result of efforts by Everlean Rutherford and Isaiah Wilcox, who created Village Connection, an organization that supports children in foster care by providing essential care items. They were introduced to Melissa Conti, owner of Innovative Fitness in Kennesaw, who joined forces to create the scholarship fund.

CCF said it’s accepting donations for scholarship recipients for future years, and they can be made by clicking here.

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Cobb Chamber announces Leadership Cobb Class of 2022-23

July 12, 2022 9:42 AMJuly 11, 2022 6:57 PM by Wendy Parker

Leadership Cobb, a leadership development program of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, announced on Monday its Class of 2022-23.

They include elected officials and community and business leaders who will spend the next 10 months involved with “leadership training, teambuilding, and educational experiences highlighting our community’s greatest success stories and most significant ongoing challenges,” according to the Cobb Chamber.

The program began in 1983, and the new group includes 54 individuals:

Val Akopov, Wellstar Health System
Alex Almodovar, City of Acworth
Tiffany Barney, Cobb County School District
Megan Benvenuto, Northwest Family YMCA
Chris Britton, Brasfield & Gorrie
Flynn Broady, Cobb District Attorney
Daniel Browne, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Ann Burris, Georgia Department of Human Services
Stacey Chapman, CROFT & Associates,
Robin Cheramie, Kennesaw State University
Braxton Cotton, Cobb County Sheriff’s Office
Stephanie Cox, Cobb Chamber | SelectCobb
Michael Cunningham, Deputy Chief, Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services
Chad Curry, 41 South Creative
Ross Dicken II, Cobb EMC
Joy Doss, The Doss Firm, LLC
Corey Ferguson, Dallas Smith & Company
Lara Ferreira, The Third Door & Temperance Trailers
Marla Ferrell, Genuine Parts Company
Jordan Fessehaie, Delta Air Lines
Lynn Flanders, Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority
Matt Giddens, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Joseph Goldstein, Goldstein’s, Inc. and Marietta City Council
Michael Gordon, Mauldin & Jenkins
Tim Gould, City of Smyrna
Christopher Hansard, Superior Court of Cobb County
Ashley Jenkins, Gas South
Bobby Johnson, Johnson & Alday, LLC
Sheree Knowles, HRKS
Jessica Lee, Atlanta Braves
Joseph Malbrough, The UPS Store Smyrna
Taneesha Marshall, Federal Aviation Administration
Felicia McDade, Salesforce
Tamie Montgomery, Walton Communities
Komal Patel, Lockheed Martin
Drew Raessler, Director, Cobb County Department of Transportation
Taylor Rambo, Sew Dreams Come True
Amy Reeves, Wellstar Medical Group Pediatrics at Brookstone
Adam Ross, Cumberland CID
Mike Schroeder, 1885 Grill
Monique Sheffield, Cobb Board of Commissioners
Jennifer Stanley, Northside Hospital Cherokee
Falecia Stewart, MUST Ministries, Inc.
Sean Stewart, Kaiser Permanente
Lydia Stinson, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Lisa Sunday, SouthState Bank
Andrea TheoJohn, The ADS Agency
Chris Thomas, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Dennette Thornton, Arthur M. Blank Sports & Entertainment
Hillary Thrower, The Home Depot
Aimee Turner, Croy Engineering
Michael Urbina, Urbina Law Firm, LLC
Bobby Van Buren, The Insurance Gurus
Chris Young, Accenture LLP

The theme of the new class, according to the Cobb Chamber, is “Together We Can. . . . In addition to learning about all the great things happening in Cobb County and beyond, Leadership Cobb wants to confront inequities that exist and provide the class opportunities to step up as leaders to address these challenges.”

Cobb Chamber to hold annual golf outing at Indian Hills

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Rotary Club of East Cobb seeking sponsors for Dog Days Run

July 11, 2022 2:53 PM by Wendy Parker

The 17th annual Dog Days Run is a little less than a month away, and it’s the largest fundraiser by far for the Rotary Club of East Cobb.

Last year the organization raised nearly $100,000 for a number of local non-profits and drew the interest of more than 800 participants along a course around the McCleskey Family-East Cobb YMCA (1055 East Piedmont Road, between Roswell Road and Sewell Mill Road).

Dog Days Run coordinator Butch Carter, a longtime Rotary member, said the goals this year are to surpass those figures.

“It’s a huge run, but we’d like to get to a thousand,” he said of the number of entries for the 5K event.

But he notes that while “every runner is important,” entry fees comprise only a portion of the money the event raises.

Carter said there’s a real need for more local businesses and organizations to sign up as sponsors, and Rotary members are busy knocking on doors and ringing the phone lines.

“That’s where we need to focus,” said Carter, whose auto repair shop, Honest-1, is among this year’s sponsors. “The vast majority of what we raise comes from some great local companies.”

Other sponsors include the Indian Hills Country Club, the YMCA, Pinnacle Orthopaedics, and the Malon D. Mimms Company.

Sponsorships range from $250 to $10,000, and for $1,000 or more a sponsor will get a table at the race site on the YMCA grounds.

“There’s some great visibility for a company that’s available there,” Carter said; click here for sponsorship details.

Sponsorship levels also include a company’s name on the race shirt and event signage, as well as social media and website mentions and verbal recognition during the event.

A presenting sponsor—at $10,000—not only is the subject of a featured podcast highlighting its organization, but also receives eight complimentary tickets and gets to offer remarks during the Rotary Club’s Give Back Ceremony.

That’s a dinner held in the fall to announce the grant recipients from the Dog Days Run proceeds.

Recent organizations include Aloha to Aging, the Cobb Library Foundation, Family Promise, the MDE School, the Cobb Public Safety Celebration, The Exenstion, YMCA and the AVID program at Wheeler High School.

Carter said organizations must apply every year, and they “have to explain what they’re going to do” with the grant money.

All sponsorships also have at least one free race entry.

For other participants, registration is $30 through July 31, and $35 afterwards and for “phantom” runners, those participating elsewhere.

The Dog Days Run begins at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, and race-day registration begins at 6:30 a.m.

There also are cash prizes for category winners, including overall male and female, master male and female, grandmaster male and female and senior male and female.

To register, and for more information, click here. For volunteer information, click here.

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Cobb Police continue Book Bag Palooza school supply drive

July 11, 2022 3:54 PMJuly 11, 2022 12:20 PM by Wendy Parker

The Cobb Police Department is continuing to collect school supplies for students who need them through the end of the month during what it calls its Book Bag Palooza. Cobb Police Book Bag Palooza

Donations will be accepted at all five police precincts through July 30 as noted in the flyer, including Precinct 4 (4400 Lower Roswell Road).

Some businesses are also receiving donations, and you can click here to view all locations.

KIDS CARE, a local non-profit for youth and teen community service volunteers, is collecting new back packs and school supplies through July 30 at the Cobb Civic Center, (548 S. Marietta Parkway).

Some other other dropoff options not included in the flyer: You can drive up at the Civic Center from 1-4 p.m. Friday, July 15 and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 30.

Also on July 30, Cobb Police will be holding a back-to-school festival at the Civc Center with bounce houses, games, clowns, train rides and more. This is a free event with free parking and proceeds will benefit KIDS CARE.

KIDS CARE has prepared a list of other needed school supplies and a link for more information.

The first day of the new school year in the Cobb County School District is Monday, Aug. 1.

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Sewell Mill Creek cleanup event set for East Cobb Park

July 6, 2022 4:44 PMJuly 6, 2022 8:25 AM by Wendy Parker

East Cobb Park storm damage — *Sewell Mill Creek at Roswell Road in East Cobb Park. (ECN file)*

We noted this item in our calendar listings but wanted to bring it out in the news column:

On Saturday there will be a cleanup event along Sewell Mill Creek to prevent litter from reaching the Chattahoochee River.

The event takes place from 10 a.m. to noon at East Cobb Park (3322 Roswell Road), in conjunction with the Cobb Water System’s water steward program and Friends for the East Cobb Park.

Sewell Mill Creek stems from a pond on Davis Road near Holly Springs road and winds southbound through East Cobb. Below the park, the creek flows into Sope Creek along the Indian Hills golf course near Greenfield Drive.

You don’t need to bring any equipment to the cleanup on Saturday but you’re asked to wear clothes that can get wet.

You’re also asked to register by clicking here: shorturl.at/mzJO4

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Harmonies for Homes concert raises $100K+ for Habitat

June 30, 2022 3:08 PMJune 30, 2022 11:26 AM by Wendy Parker

Harmonies for Homes raises 100K+

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More than 200 people attended the second annual Harmonies for Homes concert on June 27 at Atlanta County Club. The event raised more than $100K to go toward the building of Habitat homes in Cobb County.

The “under the stars” event took place on the 18thhole green of Atlanta Country Club. The event featured music and stories from three talented nationally acclaimed artists:

Edwin McCain has been called the “great American romantic” by the New York Times.

Mark Broussard is a singer-songwriter whose style is best described as Bayou Soul, a mix of funk, blues, R&B, rock and pop, matched with distinctive southern roots.

Emerson Hart is the lead singer for the multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-nominated alternative rock institution Tonic that has racked up six Top 10 songs.

This year’s concert was presented by Bercher Homes and produced by Mooncrush.

Other sponsors included:

Habitat Hero Sponsors: Young Contracting Foundation and Gieryn Family Foundation.

Hope Giver Sponsors: Miller Mechanical Engineers and Contractors and S.A. White Oil Company.

Helping Hand Sponsors: Salon Studios Beauty Mall, Stadium Spot, Alayne and George Sertl, Ann and Sheldon Taylor, Natalie and Tom Epperson

Heart to Heart Sponsors: Jan Pro, Innovative Construction, Allstate, ReMax, Mauldin & Jenkins, Lotus Vinyl, Allen Southern Properties, Brotherhood of Occidental Builders, Sheri and Tain Kell, Ronan P Doherty, and Bion and Kaye Jones.

Harmonies for Homes raises 100K+

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