Welcome to our first issue, August 2, 2007.
There will probably be a few mistakes, so bear with me. I have been working on this Newsletter for our group for quite a while. There are still some "bugs" to work out, but hopefully you will find it interesting and informative.
I realize there are quite a few issues going on right now in our beautiful City of Roswell, and I hope to make this a place to talk about those things. Maybe even come up with some solutions.
As most of you know, "Residents Helping Residents", is a spin off program of Groveway Community Group. We decided at our last meeting (which is open to all Roswell Residents) to combine our regular monthly meeting with Groveway to cut out one extra meeting per month. The meeting dates will be posted in this newsletter in the future. We have "steering" by United Way. This means they are and have been available to our group to help us in forming the group and giving any technical assistance we need. We do not receive any operating monies from them. We have, however, been the recipients of a grant funded by United Way for our 1st Annual Teen Camp that began this summer. The grant was written & submitted by one of our future leaders, 15 year old Austin Bohannon. Terrica Banks & Booker Nuckles ran the camp with help from two of our teens, Shelby and Austin, and provided a wonderful alternative for teens 13 to 16 years to spend their free time. Terry Shields was a tremendous help to us in securing the space we needed from Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Also many volunteers were available to help with motivational speaking, chaperoning or transportation.
There will probably be a few mistakes, so bear with me. I have been working on this Newsletter for our group for quite a while. There are still some "bugs" to work out, but hopefully you will find it interesting and informative.
I realize there are quite a few issues going on right now in our beautiful City of Roswell, and I hope to make this a place to talk about those things. Maybe even come up with some solutions.
As most of you know, "Residents Helping Residents", is a spin off program of Groveway Community Group. We decided at our last meeting (which is open to all Roswell Residents) to combine our regular monthly meeting with Groveway to cut out one extra meeting per month. The meeting dates will be posted in this newsletter in the future. We have "steering" by United Way. This means they are and have been available to our group to help us in forming the group and giving any technical assistance we need. We do not receive any operating monies from them. We have, however, been the recipients of a grant funded by United Way for our 1st Annual Teen Camp that began this summer. The grant was written & submitted by one of our future leaders, 15 year old Austin Bohannon. Terrica Banks & Booker Nuckles ran the camp with help from two of our teens, Shelby and Austin, and provided a wonderful alternative for teens 13 to 16 years to spend their free time. Terry Shields was a tremendous help to us in securing the space we needed from Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Also many volunteers were available to help with motivational speaking, chaperoning or transportation.
We have 8 volunteer Block Captains. They are:
Austin Bohannon (with help from Martha Bohannon) =Myrtle St. & Zion Cir.
Katrina Lacey (with help from Betty Bean) = Oxbo to Grimes Bridge
Annie Ruth Manning = Pleasant Hill & Bush
Anne Strickland = Webb St.
Penelope Moore-Houser = Roswell Housing Authority-Senior Bldg.
Terrica Banks = Roswell Housing Authority - Oak St.
Margie Brown = Roswell Housing Authority - Grove Pl. & Myrtle St.
Maria Gaeta (with help from Jeannette Perez) - Roswell Housing Authority -
Latino/Hispanic LiaisionAustin Bohannon (with help from Martha Bohannon) =Myrtle St. & Zion Cir.
Katrina Lacey (with help from Betty Bean) = Oxbo to Grimes Bridge
Annie Ruth Manning = Pleasant Hill & Bush
Anne Strickland = Webb St.
Penelope Moore-Houser = Roswell Housing Authority-Senior Bldg.
Terrica Banks = Roswell Housing Authority - Oak St.
Margie Brown = Roswell Housing Authority - Grove Pl. & Myrtle St.
Maria Gaeta (with help from Jeannette Perez) - Roswell Housing Authority -
2 comments:
This is so cool! You are simply GRRREAT
You are doing some great things. Keep it up
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