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.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
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.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
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.
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
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
The Jason Cunningham Charitable Foundation, a non-profit that assists children with hearing loss, is holding a golf fundraiser in the fall.
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.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
The Cobb Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its 2022 Citizen of the Year Awards that are presented by its nine area councils.
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.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
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.”
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
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
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.
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.”
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
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.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
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.”
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
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.
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.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
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.
Donations will be accepted at all five police precincts through July 30 as noted in the flyer, including Precinct 4 (4400 Lower Roswell Road).
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.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
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.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
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 McCainhas been called the “great American romantic” by the New York Times.
Mark Broussardis 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 Hartis 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.
Send Us Your News!
Let East Cobb News know what your organization is doing, or share news about what people are doing in the community—accomplishments, recognitions, milestones, etc.
Pass along your details to: editor@eastcobbnews.com, and please observe the following guidelines to ensure we get everything properly and can post it promptly.
Send the body of your announcement, calendar item or news release IN TEXT FORM ONLY in the text field of your e-mail template. Reformatting text from PDF, JPG and doc files takes us longer to prepare your message for publication.
We accept PDFs as an accompaniment to your item. Images are fine too, but we prefer those to be JPG files (more than jpeg and png). PLEASE DO NOT send photos inside a PDF or text or any other kind of file. Of course, send us links that are relevant to your message so we can direct people to your website.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
Live music, food and drinks will be served up at Atlanta Country Club Monday at the 2nd Annual Harmonies for Homes concert.
The proceeds benefit the Habitat for Humanity of NW Metro Atlanta. Tickets start at $200 a person (food and drinks are sold separately).
The event takes place starting at 7:30 p.m. on the 18th hole of the golf course. Featured artists are Edwin McCain, Marc Broussard and Emerson Hart, and accompaniment by Faye Petree on fiddle.
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
Samyukta Iyer, a recent graduate of Wheeler High School, has received a grand prize scholarship of $2,000 from a non-profit component of an East Cobb realty company for her ideas about preserving the environment.
The scholarship was announced by JO GIVES, INC., part of the Janice Overbeck Real Estate Team.
Iyer will be attending Georgia Tech starting this fall and is intending on majoring in biomedical engineering.
According to a release from JO GIVES, Iyer has been “exploring the removal of methane emissions in the atmosphere and replacing them with methanotrophs—bacteria that metabolize methane as their source of carbon and chemical energy. These microbial biocatalysts are advantageous over chemical processes as they require mild operating conditions and do not release any toxic by-products. Providing affordable and efficient renewable energy can make a substantial impact in the fight against climate change.”
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
The Delta Community Credit Union has announced an investment of $17,500 in three metro-Atlanta non-profit organizations that focus on educational and empowerment objectives for youths.
It’s part of the financial institution’s 2022 Philanthropic Fund program
The organizations include Cool Girls, Inc., which received a $7,500 grant to education, advocacy and material resources for economically disadvantaged girls.
Other recipients are 21st Leaders, which helps low-income students with leadership and entrepreneurship lessons and STEM learning programs; and the East Lake Foundation, which helps students attending the Drew Charter School in Atlanta.
Let East Cobb News know what your organization is doing, or share news about what people are doing in the community—accomplishments, recognitions, milestones, etc.
Pass along your details to: editor@eastcobbnews.com, and please observe the following guidelines to ensure we get everything properly and can post it promptly.
Send the body of your announcement, calendar item or news release IN TEXT FORM ONLY in the text field of your e-mail template. Reformatting text from PDF, JPG and doc files takes us longer to prepare your message for publication.
We accept PDFs as an accompaniment to your item. Images are fine too, but we prefer those to be JPG files (more than jpeg and png). PLEASE DO NOT send photos inside a PDF or text or any other kind of file. Of course, send us links that are relevant to your message so we can direct people to your website.
Get Our Free E-Mail Newsletter!
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
The East Cobb-based Aloha to Aging, a non-profit dedicated to services to senior citizens and their caregivers, is marking its 13th anniversary this month with a special fundraising event.
It’s called Concert and Cornhole for a Cause, and takes place on June 26 at Red Hare Brewery and Distillery (1998 Delk Industrial Blvd.) from 2-6 p.m.
As the name suggests, there will be live music and a cornhole tournament. Participants will enjoy the sounds of Saints N Sinners and Northside Duo, specialty drinks and the competition.
Proceeds will benefit Aloha to Aging and its programs, including an aging sensitivity class for individuals, businesses and families dealing with those with age-related health or cognitive changes, family support groups and the Aloha Day Club, designed for those 50 and older who are no longer driving.
Sponsors and participants are needed for the event and more information can be found by clicking here.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
L to R: Dr. Sage Doolittle, Assistant Principal, Rocky Mount ES; Dianna Simmons, Preston’s teacher; Pamela Lagason, mom; Preston Lagason, Silver Pen Award winner; Henry Raper, dad; Jim Perry, Past President Golden K Kiwanis; Peggy Fleming, principal.
Fourth grade students from Rocky Mount, Tritt and Acworth elementary schools have been named recipients of the Silver Pen Award of the Kiwanis Club of Marietta Golden K.
The students are Preston Lagason of Rocky Mount, Ainsley Rowe of Tritt and Olivia James of Acworth.
Students were asked to write about how COVID-19 affected them, their families, their school and their relationships.
“We were pleasantly surprised at the level of engagement and the quality of the writing the subject stimulated,” the Golden K noted.
“We heard over and over from faculty and administration how engaged the kids were and how much thought and effort they put into these writing assignments. Kiwanis got kudos for inviting the kids to work through some of their feelings and experiences. In one school, the paper was so good that the Assistant Principal copied it and distributed it to all teachers.
“The kids obviously went through far more than even we were hearing about on news broadcasts. And it changed who they were. But the surprise to us was that they came through COVID with hope and determination. They caught the light at the end of the tunnel, as we were all still complaining about how dark the tunnel was. Our kids are resilient, and they have shown it in our post-COVID interactions with them and the comments they incorporated in their Silver Pen assignments.”
Here are excerpts from some of the responses:
“Wearing a mask was a tremendous change for me, because when I wear a mask, I get sores on my nose and those really hurt.”
“The aggressive protests during COVID made me scared that things were really getting out of control. This added to my levels of concern with my mental health and increased my fear, anxiety, and depression.”
“I was not allowed to see friends or even family members that lived out of state. My Grandma got real sick and died and none of the family was allowed to be with her. I was so lonely being isolated from family and friends. I can’t imagine how lonely that was for her.”
“I had countless times of pain, suffering, struggles, trouble, and sorrow. I could not eat. It was hard to get through the day.”
“COVID ruined a lot of stuff for me, my family, my friends, and my school. COVID was an awful virus. No one liked it, and I hope it never returns.”
“The skills I learned in the middle of the pandemic were a much-needed boost to my outdated self. Tons of computer programs gave me the skills I have today.”
“I decided it was not the end, so I didn’t give up. I pressed on, even through times of mass pain. It was my only hope. I decided to make a comeback – to strike from the shadows, and to truly press on. I eventually came out victorious and was able to get back to living my life.”
“COVID 19 has made an enormous impact on my everyday life because I would not be who I am today, and would not know what it would feel like to have something crazy be going on like this. I am so glad that my family and I were okay.”
Noted the Golden K in summary:
“Our kids hurt deeply, but they bounced back, too, not to where they were but to a new way of doing life. From what we heard, most of them are doing that fairly well, perhaps better than we are.”
The Silver Pen presentations also were posted on YouTube and can be watched by clicking here.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
MUST Ministries is once again feeding needy children during the summer months, when school is out, and various Cobb organizations are providing assistance.
Mt. Bethel Church in East Cobb has produced a flyer outlining food items that it will be collecting, as well as “mind, body and soul kits.”
At Mt. Bethel, the collection day is Wednesday. Barrels are located at the entrance to the Mt. Bethel kitchen.
Items also can be ordered from Amazon and delivered to:
Mt. Bethel Church
MUST Summer Lunch Program
4385 Lower Roswell Road
Marietta, GA 30068
The church also is accepting financial donations that can be mailed or dropped off at the financial office, and is seeking volunteers to pack and deliver boxes to families in need.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
Several Cobb County high school students, include some who attend Pope and Walton in East Cobb, recently volunteered with the Cobb County High School Coalition on a recent home project in Mableton, along with the Lutheran Coalition for Habitat.
The groups co-sponsored the project with Smyrna-based Habitat for Humanity of NW Metro Atlanta and dedicated the first house of the year to single mother Kimberly Sylvester and her three children.
It’s the 25th Habitat home built by the students of the Habitat clubs of the Cobb County High School Coalition, and the 33rd Habitat home built in the region by the Lutheran Coalition for Habitat.
Other students attend Campbell and Hillgrove high schools.
The Lutheran Coalition for Habitat is a group of Lutherans in the metro Atlanta area who have agreed to partner with Habitat affiliates to eliminate substandard housing. Since 1994, the coalition has helped build 32 homes for families across northern Georgia, and for the last 15 years held an annual fundraiser to make this possible, called Taste of Habitat.
Kimberly Sylvester, 39, is a paraprofessional with the Cobb County School District and has children who are 18, 11 and three months old.
She was born in St. Lucia and raised in the U.S. Virgin Islands and moved to Cobb County seven years ago, renting an apartment.
Sylvester is the first in her family to own a home. The Lutheran Coalition and student volunteers built the home over nine Saturdays beginning in February.
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
