Teens in the Cobb County Cooperative Extension 4-H Program spent part of their summer collecting toiletries and other items to create make-up gift bags for participants in the Cobb County Community Services Board’s Mothers Making A Change program.
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Members of the family volunteer group Little Helpers delivered treats and thank you notes to emergency workers to show their appreciation on the anniversary on 9/11. Pictured are Ella Cooper of Marietta, Ava Smith of Roswell and Kim Cooper of Marietta with firefighters from Cobb County Fire Department Station No. 20.
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Little Helpers volunteers Ava Smith of Roswell and Ella Cooper of Marietta assembled hygiene kits for Marietta-based MUST Ministries. The non-profit organization is in need of toiletry items as well as food. The pandemic has increased the demand for food eight times more than a normal year. To volunteer or donate check out mustministries.org. The drop off site is MUST Donation Center, 1280 Field Parkway in Marietta. Hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Recently, the Bells Ferry Civic Association cleaned up litter on their adopted mile just north of Chastain Road. Pictured are some of the community volunteers who helped the BFCA Board pick up 21 bags of debris. If one would like to participate by adopting an area for regular cleanup, contact Keep Cobb Beautiful at https://www.cobbcounty.org/keep-cobb-beautiful.
- From District 3 Cobb County Commissioner Joann Birrell's newsletter
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Last month, National Cremation Service of Atlanta organized their first annual Thanksgiving Food Drive along with their neighboring businesses in the Grove Park Plaza in Marietta. Together with Pho Vietnamese Eats, Atlanta West Dentistry, Dev’s Donuts, Vital Link Satellite and Nina’s Dominican Hair Salon, the plaza raised nearly 600 food items to benefit Marietta-based MUST Ministries. MUST Ministries has been providing food, shelter and clothing to those in need for more than 39 years.
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