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Religious organizations rally resources to help community JEFFREY ALBERTSON newsroom@appenmediagroup.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody religious organizations have rallied resources and partnerships to meet community needs including food assistance, housing security and winter clothing. With no cessation in sight for the pandemic, complex demands have spiked leaving many families exasperated. The assistance has aided families in Dunwoody and around the world. Volunteers from First Baptist Church Atlanta have led the way assisting seniors, refugees and children through several missions. The church’s preschool created care cards for residents
at Cedarhurst Assisted Living Facility. Last spring, the church assembled and donated 280 Easter baskets for three assisted living facilities. A mission partnership with Idong Ekandem collected food and essential items and made deliveries over two weeks to refugees living in nearby Clarkston. “This pandemic has heightened our awareness of the pressing needs all around us. We have been inspired to do more by the example of other congregations in Dunwoody who are doing so much to show God’s love to those in need,” Senior Pastor Dr. Anthony George said. The church has held six Red Cross Blood drives collecting at least 500 life-
saving units. On Dec. 19, the church partnered with Operation Care International to host “The Gift Atlanta,” as part of the “Largest Christmas party in the World.” Protective masks were also a high priority for the church and a local synagogue. Volunteers from Temple Emanu-El stitched and donated 255 masks. The synagogue’s Social Justice Committee has collected 2,380 pounds of food for the Community Assistance Center (CAC), delivered 3,500 lunches to women and children at the Mary Hall Freedom Village, and donated 350 coats for men, women, and children. Home cooked hot meals were provided to the Zaban-Para-
dies Center, a couples-focused homeless shelter in downtown Atlanta. “There are many families — right here in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs — who are cold and hungry. It is our sacred obligation to help them,” Julie Mokotoff and Wendy Frank, the Co-Chairs of the Social Justice Committee said. Consistent food delivery became an early and continued priority for Dunwoody Baptist Church. The church delivered food to six local non-profits, who feed over 1,000 people per week. In three months, 12,000 pounds of food were delivered. Volunteers are tutoring children served by
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Dunwoody Nature Center outlines future projects By CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmediagroup.com
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Dunwoody High School senior Avery Maxwell works on her beehive observation deck for her Eagle Scout project. Maxwell is Dunwoody’s first female Eagle Scout.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody Nature Center’s 2021 vision involves giving back, adding to, and taking away – and it’s asking for volunteers to help. Since the onset of the pandemic, the center has been adjusting its programs to adhere with social distancing mandates, reducing class sizes, moving activities outdoors and expanding offerings that appeal to groups of all ages. In terms of fundraising and
participation, it appears the strategy is working. “We are really happy about the way we ended the year,” DNC Executive Director Michael Cowan said. “While many of our activities won’t come back until the fall, we are expanding others.” One new program set to gear up in late January, the Certified Forest Stewards, will involve dedicated volunteers helping to eradicate non-native species that have invaded the 22-acre park.
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police responded to reports of a fight in progress with gunshots at the Perimeter Mall Dec. 29. Officers stopped a Kia Optima and detained three women who were reportedly involved in an altercation with a couple, according to the police report. Police questioned the two victims, a 28-year-old Riverdale man and his 25-year-old girlfriend.
The man explained that he sells custom shoes online and that one of the women, Keerica Lashae Brackins, 23, of Oakley Road in Union City had ordered a $400 pair of shoes, which he was supposed to deliver to her five days prior. But when Brackins tried to cancel the order and demanded $300 be refunded, it sparked a civil dispute because the man operated
with a policy that all sales are final. As they were shopping at the mall, the victims ran into Brackins, who was with two other women and two men. The group allegedly jumped the victims and stole several of the items they’d just purchased at the mall, according to the report. Police found several of the newly purchased items in the suspects’ car. Although officers found a gun in the vehicle, mall employees told investigators no shots were fired during the incident. Instead, they said, a display case fell down causing shoppers to think a shooting had occurred, the report indicated. Investigators took all three suspects to the Dunwoody police station for questioning. Afterward they released two of the women but charged Brackins with strong-armed robbery and two counts of battery.
Dunwoody breaks ground on intersection improvements DUNWOODY, GA – Dunwoody’s Mayor and City Council marked the official start of construction by breaking ground on intersection improvements at Chamblee Dunwoody Road and Spalding Drive. “This is an important project that will make the intersection much safer,” said Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch. “The project includes new sidewalks. As people are walking more, we want to continue to make the city more pedestrian friendly. This is just one part of a bigger plan.” The project’s primary objective is to reduce the frequency of angle crashes at the intersection due to the existing roadway alignment and limited visibility along approaches. Drivers find it especially difficult for southbound left-turning vehicles on Spalding Drive to see northbound traffic for a sufficient distance to make safe decisions.
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From left, Dunwoody City Council members Stacey Harris, Jim Riticher, Pam Tallmadge, Public Works Director Michael Smith, Mayor Lynn Deutsch and City Manager Eric Linton break ground Jan. 7 on a project to improve alignment at the intersection of Chamblee Dunwoody Road and Spalding Drive. “By realigning Spalding and Chamblee Dunwoody, we’ll improve visibility and give drivers a clearer understanding of who has the right of way,” said Dunwoody Public Works Director Michael Smith. “We’ll also improve safety by
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City opens applications for CARES Act relief By CATHY COBBS newsroom@appenmediagroup.com DUNWOODY, Ga. – For struggling business owners in Dunwoody with 50 or fewer employees, economic relief may be on the way. City officials opened the application process through its Dunwoody Cares website to small business owners who have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. Qualified businesses can apply for up to $30,000 to cover rent, lease or mortgage costs. “Our goal is to provide as much support as possible in these unprecedented times,” Dunwoody Economic Development Director Michael Starling said in a statement. Dunwoody Communications Director Jennifer Boettcher said the fund totals $1 million. Awardees can use the grant money to reimburse the cost of rent, lease, or mortgage payments for up to six months on property used for business from April through September 2020. To qualify, small businesses, with from two to 50 employees, must be able to document financial hardship because of COVID-19.
The application, which takes about 20 minutes to complete, can be accessed at dunwoodycares.com. Applicants will be required to be in good standing with the city and have been in operation for a minimum of one year prior to March 1, 2020. They must supply an electronic version of their business license, W-9 form, a photo ID, W-3, lease or mortgage receipts and an E-verify affidavit. Funding is limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis until it is exhausted. This is the third program funded via Dunwoody using its allotted CARES Act money from DeKalb County. In October, the Vulnerable Population Program provided $400,000 in grants to eight local non-profit organizations serving people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the Dunwoody Council approved $150,000 in CARES Act funding for the city’s Al Fresco Matching Grant Program, which provides grants to local business owners who want to begin or expand outdoor operations. For more information about these relief programs, visit the city’s website: dunwoodyga.gov.
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Religious: Continued from Page 1 Cross Cultural Ministries in Doraville. During the holidays, food, clothing, and blankets are being donated to Ministry partners in Clarkston, Doraville, and Atlanta. “The pandemic opened up new partnerships for us with other Dunwoody churches, as well as MidWest Food Bank and the new Solidarity food pantry in Sandy Springs,” Missions Pastor Jeff Reams said. “Currently, we continue to provide financial assistance to ministries in need of food and increased support for rent and utility assistance.” Dunwoody United Methodist Church has partnered with Rise Against Hunger for the last decade to assemble dehydrated meals for children around the world. An annual event called “Foodstock 2020,” brought 1,008 socially distanced volunteers to assemble meals for
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the Children of Vietnam program. The effort yielded 266,196 packaged meals. To date, Dunwoody UMC’s partnership with Rise Against Hunger had sent 3 million meals overseas. Chris Mixer, Director of Missions at DUMC said, “These meals are critical to keeping young preschool and kindergarten children healthy and able to continue coming to school.” Activities at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta moved online earlier this year. Senior programming includes fitness classes and virtual city tours. The school day program called “Club J Your Way” was adjusted to accommodate full and partial day student schedules. The program benefits working parents and assists students with virtual learning, while including “brain breaks” and camp-style activities. “(We offer) financial aid and scholarships with the goal that no one is turned away for inability to pay,” Director of Marketing Keely Sime said.
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Nature: Continued from Page 1 The course will provide in-depth, hands-on education about the plants, trees, geology, birds and general ecology native to the area, as well as inform participants about non-native species that are threatening the ecosystem. “There are about 10 major invasive species, but the top three are English Ivy, wisteria and privet,” Cowan said. “We will be using a $50,000 matching grant from Reforest Atlanta to start the removal process, and then train our forest stewards on how to lead groups to continue the work.” The sessions will span the course of a year spread out in 13 2.5-hour sessions, primarily on the weekends. Anyone interested in participating can register online at dunwoodynaturecenter.org. There is a $50 fee. The Nature Center has also added to its beekeepers’ program, thanks to the efforts of Dunwoody High School senior Avery Maxwell, Dunwoody’s first female Eagle Scout, who is nearly finished with a beehive observation deck. Maxwell built the deck and is in the middle of raising almost $5,000, which will fund the purchase of the bees and
an additional hive that will be installed in the spring. “I called Avery and discussed this project with her because I knew that this would be a major project in terms of building and fundraising,” Cowan said. “I thought that would be a great project for Dunwoody’s first female Eagle Scout.” The nature center is also gearing up for a workday on Jan. 18, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, from 9 a.m. to noon. Cowan and DNC Marketing Coordinator Charles McLaughlin said they expect about 150 people to visit the park and assist with various projects. Volunteers must sign up in advance, and groups are limited to 25 people. McLaughlin said anyone interested in participating can email him at charles@thedunwoodynaturecenter.org. “For some of these groups, par ticularly corporate groups that come on MLK day, this may be the first time they have seen each other in seven or eight months,” McLaughlin said. Other additions scheduled for 2021 include an evening nature lovers’ book club on the third Monday of the month that will mirror the one that is currently held during the day, as well as other weekend children’s camps and adult classes. For more information about the center’s offerings visit the website.
Fiserv offers grant program for minority small businesses BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Fiserv, a financial tech company and one of Alpharetta’s largest employers, announced on Monday it is accepting grant applications from minority-owned small business owners based in the greater Atlanta area as part of its ongoing Back2Business program. The program is designed to help support small, minority-owned businesses that have been negatively impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Back2Business connects small businesses with critical resources, including complimentary mentorship, subject matter expertise and business coaching, technology solutions such as the Clover point-of-sale platform from Fiserv, and community partners. In conjunction with the Association for Enterprise Opportunity, a national nonprofit expanding economic opportunity for Black entrepreneurs through its Tapestry Project, the program includes $10 million in grants, with approximately $1 million designated for Atlanta-area businesses, and up to $10,000 awarded to individual businesses. Each grant recipient will also be connected to local networking, support and resources from Fiserv community partners such as the Metro Atlanta
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Chamber of Commerce, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Black Chambers, Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Village Market Atlanta and the Atlanta Business League. Eligible minority-owned businesses can apply for a Fiserv Back2Business Grant at aeoworks.org/Fiserv. Grants can be used to assist with payroll, rent or lease payments, technology or equipment purchases, or premise redesign. Merchants must have revenues of less than $1 million annually, have been founded prior to June 1, 2019 and have fewer than 10 employees. Approximately $1 million in grants will be provided to businesses based in Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Rockdale and Spalding counties. Applications will be accepted until grant funds are exhausted. “Coming off a challenging year, we are committed to helping make 2021 a better one for the small business community, particularly for minority-owned businesses that have been adversely impacted by the pandemic,” said Leslie Pearce, senior vice president, SMB Inside Sales at Fiserv. “We are proud to support local small businesses by providing them with the resources they need to thrive in the new year and beyond.”
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The quest for wisdom and solutions begins with a simple question: Why? In a late December 2020, piece entitled “The Search for Why,” Google Brand DirecLEWIS J. WALKER, CFP Editorial tor Nelly Kennedy noted that beset with a global pandemic and hardship, “the world searched for ‘why’ more than any other time in history.” “Why,” she said, “is more than a question: It’s the fundamental search for meaning — to get to the root of some-
thing. Only after you question why can you get to work fixing it, improving it, reinventing it.” Perhaps 2020 was “The Year of The Big Why.” When confronted with the “slings and arrows of life,” hardships and loss of one kind of another, we may ask, “Why is this happening to me?” “...to people I love and care about? Quintessential “why” questions precede the “how” and the “what.” How do I meet the challenge? What are the potential solutions? Financial planners steeped in the precepts of appreciative inquiry know, as writer Simon Sinek postulated in his 2009 book, “Start With Why,” questions are more important than immediate answers. Following a year that taught us
to appreciate what’s truly important, the search for meaning and purpose is deepening. What questions might you ask? If suddenly you were told you had only 30 minutes left to live, is there something you’d want to say to God? Why wait? A young person might ask, “Why did God make me?” In 1885, the “Baltimore Catechism” offered an answer: “God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in heaven.” Per the CDC, eight out of ten deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 have been adults 65 years of age or older. Anytime a person of any age is threatened with death, or loses someone near and dear, thoughts of what comes next after life on this earthly plane come to the fore. We will see that in the post-pandemic search for meaning and purpose in every facet of life. How will your quest for meaning and purpose play into spiritual matters, support for your spiritual home, charities, philanthropy? Because you’re a combination of body and soul, the “spiritual being” within you ties back to the first question, what would you do differently if you knew your time on earth was nearing an end? What loose ends need to be tied up? Fences mended? When it comes to living and estate-planning strategies, tax implications, business continuity matters for entrepreneurs and closely held business owners, the financial independence of surviving loved ones, your advisory team of law, accounting and financial planning advisors, and perhaps other specialists based on unique circumstances, should be involved. Don’t think these questions apply only to senior citizens. The moment you become responsible for yourself, and subsequently for the wellbeing of others, you must consider how your value proposition and actions impact others. How has pandemic-related economic
fallout changed your view of the future? Your job or career path? Education and skill development choices? Where you will live? Marriage? Family formation? Education of children? Religious commitments? Have shelter-in-place or work-fromhome mandates changed your view of what retirement might look like? Did you find yourself getting bored? Have the people you missed, parents, grandparents, grown children, siblings or others become more important to you? What are you going to do about that? How might you strengthen beloved bonds and heal strained relationships? If you’re a business owner, and your major investment asset, your business value, took a hit, what are you going to do to build back and accelerate value? Have thoughts about a successful transition of your business as you move toward retirement and harvesting of value changed? Are items on your bucket list filed under “someday”? Why wait? Did budget pressures and money problems increase your resolve to pursue financial independence? Work with experienced advisors to craft plans because fiscal and physical fitness are keys to solving the quandaries related to the how and what questions that apply to the ultimate “why”....why did God put you on this planet at this time and place in history and what would He like you to do about it? Lewis Walker, CFP®, is life centered financial planning strategist with Capital Insight Group; 770-441-3553; lewis@ lewwalker.com. Securities & advisory services offered through The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. (SFA). Lewis is a registered representative and investment adviser representative of SFA, otherwise unaffiliated with Capital Insight Group. He’s a Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and Certified Exit Planning Advisor.
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Narvie Harris was a force for Blacks in DeKalb education Narvie Jordan Harris was Jeanes Supervisor for DeKalb County in 1944, supervising all Black schools in the county until desegregation in 1968. She was part of the Jeanes Supervisor VALERIE program initially BIGGERSTAFF funded by the $1 million donation of Philadelphia Quaker Anna Jeanes in 1907. Jeanes Supervisors were Black educators hired to oversee Black schools across the United States. Narvie Jordan was born in 1917 in Wrightsville, Georgia, to James Jordan and Anna Hobbs Jordan. James Jordan owned a pressing club and tailor shop in Wrightsville, later operating the same type of business on Auburn Avenue when the family moved to Atlanta. In 1934, Narvie Jordan graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta and went on to attend Clark College. Following her graduation from Clark, Harris taught in Henry County and Calhoun County. In addition to teaching, her responsibilities included preparing the children’s lunches and teaching night school. Harris continued her studies at Grambling College in Louisiana, where she received a scholarship to study elementary education. Back in Atlanta, she was selected to attend a new program at Atlanta University, where she received a master’s degree in administration and supervision in 1944. In 1945, she married Joseph Harris. Narvie Harris’ Jeanes Supervisor office was in the Cox Funeral Home on Marshall Street in Decatur. She was charged with supervising 17 schools, all in run-down buildings. She described her attitude going into the job, “Although I was considered quite young for such a responsible position, I possessed an air of authority born in the conviction that important work was too long left undone, and there was no time to waste.” Harris traveled the backroads of the county to visit the 17 schools. Twelve of the schools were in churches and two were in lodge halls. The schools’ chairs, desks and facilities needed repair or replacement, and the books were old and used, sometimes barely usable. She and her committee planned to consolidate to six schools: Hamilton, Robert Shaw, Lynwood Park, Bruce Street, County Line and Victoria Simmons. Lynwood Park School was already located on Osborne Road in the historically Black community of Lynwood Park in what is now Brookhaven. Doraville,
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Jay Kapp, a long-time participant and administrator for Dunwoody baseball leagues, has been named president of Dunwoody Senior Baseball.
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Attending a groundbreaking at Lynwood Park School are, from left, Principal Harvey Coleman; PTA President Mrs. McDaniel; Narvie Harris, Jeanes Supervisor; and DeKalb School Superintendent Jim Cherry. Mt. Zion and Mt. Moriah Schools, were all Black schools which consolidated with Lynwood Park School. Mt. Zion was on Chamblee Dunwoody Road, east of what is now Peachtree Boulevard. Mt. Moriah was in the area where North Druid Hills Road and Briarcliff Road meet. Following the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education ruling to desegregate schools, improvements were made to Black schools in Georgia, and in some cases, new schools were built. Lynwood Park School was one of these, identified today as “equalization schools,” because they claimed improvements for Black students, while maintaining segregation. Narvie Harris continued to work to improve the education of all Black DeKalb County students through better programs, facilities and supplies. She is credited with organizing a health and nutrition program, PTA Council, music festival and science fair during her tenure. When desegregation took place in DeKalb County Schools in 1968, Harris assumed the role of Instructional Coordinator for Elementary Schools. She remained in this role until 1983 when she retired. In 1985, the DeKalb County School Board gave her the title of honorary associate superintendent of DeKalb Schools. Many photographs and remembrances are included in the book she cowrote with Dee Taylor, “African American Education in DeKalb County, From the Collection of Narvie J. Harris.” She began
the book by describing the importance of education in her own childhood home. “Learning was planted like a seed in us as children in our home,” she wrote. “It germinated. Learning bloomed from the immense joy of it, which was planted deeply inside me.” It is obvious from her writing that she cared deeply about education and her students. In 1999, a DeKalb County School was named in her honor — Narvie J. Harris Traditional Theme School. Mrs. Harris died on Oct. 30, 2009, leaving behind a legacy of helping the Black students of DeKalb County through those trying years. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@ gmail.com or visit her website at pastSolution tensega.com. A G E D
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Dunwoody Senior Baseball installs board of directors DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody Senior Baseball, Inc., has installed its board of directors for 2021 and a new president for the first time in six years. The all-volunteer board is made up of Tom Bass, Vince Carozza, David Frankel, Becky Jones, Jay Kapp, Laurie Smith, Steve Strauss, Jerry Weiner, Jimmy Wood, and new members Carlton Hamer and Shawn Keefe. Kapp will serve as DSB’s president, succeeding Jerry Weiner who has been in that role since 2015. Kapp, a Dunwoody resident, played in DSB’s leagues during his high school years. He becomes the first former player to serve as league president. Kapp has worked with many Dunwoody nonprofit organizations over the past 20 years and was named Citizen of the Year in 2014 by the Dunwoody Homeowners Association. Kapp will lead an organization known since 1975 for the quality of its programs and commitment to youth baseball. “Jerry Weiner led us through a period of growth and transition to where we are today,” Kapp said. “Because of the work done by Jerry and Chief Operating Officer John Crawford, DSB is well-positioned for the future.” Since moving to Brook Run Park in 2018, DSB has reported a record number of players participate in their middle school, spring, summer and fall leagues.
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