Meet Up with Like-Minded People
January 9, 2012 by Kristin Hauch
Filed under Good Stories
From Facebook friends to LinkedIn connections, we have all witnessed our culture’s growing desire to connect with each other on common ground. Having the ability to openly share our personal stories, experiences, and interests with others satisfies our basic craving for interaction and acceptance among our peers. Thanks to technology, the quest for finding other [...]
Fayette Senior Services Receives $10K Grant
December 17, 2011 by Kristin Girard
Filed under Good Stories
Fayette Senior Services (FSS) received a $10,000 grant award from Clothes Less Traveled, a not-for-profit thrift shop. The funds are in support of FSS’s Meals On Wheels and Transportation programs. FSS delivers nearly 40,000 Meals On Wheels annually to hundreds of Fayette’s seniors. The non-profit, 501.c.3 organization also this past year provided more than 15,000 [...]
Climbing for Freedom
December 8, 2011 by Fayette Woman
Filed under Good Stories
Freedom is a small but powerful word. If you have it, you can make choices, decisions and establish your future. If you don’t have freedom, you have no power, no choices and no hope for the future. Ask a child, taken from her home at the age of 11, robbed of her innocence and forced [...]
5th Chair-ity Event Raises $50,000+ for Children’s Village
December 5, 2011 by Fayette Woman
Filed under Good Stories
To kick off the holiday season, community leaders hosted the 5th Annual Children’s Chair-ity Event at The Dolce in Peachtree City Thursday, Dec. 1. More than $50,000 was raised to help the boys and girls who live in the cottages at The Children’s Village at Christian City. More than 100 sponsors including Coweta-Fayette EMC, GreyStone [...]
Decades of Dedication Keep Fayette Thrift Shop Thriving
November 14, 2011 by Kristin Hauch
Filed under Good Stories, Inspirations
Commemorative milestones are traditionally observed by a time of celebration and reflection, and sometimes marked with customary tokens. For example, fine china is a traditional gift to signify 20 years of marriage. And while fine china may not be a common find among the thousands of donated items that are sold at Fayette Thrift Shop, [...]
Seeing Possibility
July 19, 2011 by Maggie Worth
Filed under Good Stories, Inspirations
Audrey Demmitt is a school nurse. Every day, she treats injured, ill and upset children. At J.C. Booth Middle School in Peachtree City, her principal, Ted Lombard, estimates that she averages 1,000 visits every month. School nurses all across the country do the same thing, but Audrey is special. Unlike most other school nurses, Audrey [...]
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
June 15, 2011 by Nichole Bazemore
Filed under Career, Good Stories
ABWA Helps Women Connect, Grow their Businesses on the South Side With all the strides women have made in business in recent decades, it’s hard to imagine that not too long ago, things were a whole lot different. Judy Suiter, a behavior analyst and performance advisor whose firm, Competitive Edge, Inc., boasts an impressive client [...]
Legacy – Frances Cowart Reeves
June 8, 2011 by Carolyn Cary
Filed under Good Stories
From small town girl to Army officer to wife and mother Not too many women inherit their father’s first name, and not too many people alive today can say they were born in a county that no longer exists. Walter Frances Cowart Reeves was born January 8, 1919 in Union City, Campbell County, Georgia. The [...]
Gardening with Children
May 16, 2011 by Bonnie Helander
Filed under Garden Views, Good Stories
School is almost out and I bet you are looking for projects to do with the kids over the summer. Why not get your children outside to learn about nature and enjoy hands-on adventures in your own garden? The whole family will benefit. Getting outside helps reduce stress, decreases obesity, increases vitamin D consumption and [...]
Leadership Fayette Supports Cancer Wellness
May 15, 2011 by Maggie Worth
Filed under Good Stories
Local Business Leaders Step Out in Support of Cancer Wellness Most residents of Fayette County have heard of the Cancer Wellness Center at Piedmont-Fayette Hospital. Yet not everyone is aware of what it does or that services are free and are not restricted to those being treated at Piedmont. In fact, Piedmont’s Wellness Center is [...]
Should someone you know be Mother of the Year?
April 25, 2011 by Joyce Beverly
Filed under Good Stories
Let us know! The deadline for Fayette County’s annual Mother of the Year Contest, coordinated by The Citizen and Fayette Woman magazine, is midnight on Tuesday, April 26. Valuable prize packages this year are provided by sponsors including Campanile’s Casual Home Furnishings, Cosmedical Spa, Merle Norman of Peachtree City, The Village Cafe, Rona’s Flowers, Atlanta [...]
A Resolution to Get Ready
March 3, 2011 by Fayette Woman
Filed under Good Stories
According to a recent poll from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency’s Ready Georgia campaign, nearly 80% of Georgians admit to not being fully prepared for an emergency. GEMA’s Ready Georgia campaign gives three simple steps to getting ready: Prepare, Plan and Stay Informed. And the campaign’s website, www.ready.ga.gov, offers an interactive preparedness tool that generates [...]