CONNECTIONS JANUARY 2018 | THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF COBB ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
Upcoming events Office closing Cobb EMC will be closed Jan. 1 in observance of New Year’s Day and Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Employees are always on call for emergencies. Please call our automated outage system at 770-429-2100 in the event of an outage, and visit our outage center at cobbemc.com/outage.
Open board meeting The Cobb EMC board of directors will host an open board meeting on Jan. 23 at 4 p.m. in the Cobb EMC board room. To RSVP visit cobbemc.com/boardmeeting or call 678-355-3225.
HVAC Tuneup Rebate The HVAC Tuneup Rebate begins March 1. To get a reminder email, go to cobbemc.com/enewsletter.
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The Cobb EMC Community Foundation has awarded more than $3,045,943 to local charities and nonprofits, as of October 2017. Thanks to generous members who round up their bills. Visit cobbemc.com/foundation for a full list of recipients or to learn how to request funding.
Literacy Week brings authors to local schools Students from 43 schools across metro Atlanta received visits from 12 awardwinning children’s book authors during Literacy Week, a weeklong celebration of reading and writing hosted by Cobb EMC and Gas South. “Our original goal for Literacy Week was to encourage students’ love of reading,” said Mark Justice, director of education and community relations at Cobb EMC. “Eight years into the event, we hear stories from parents like one student who hurried home from an author visit, got out paper and pencil and started writing her own book. The authors’ impact on students is evident, and we’re proud to help provide this experience to local students.”
community affairs coordinator. “Every child deserves the best possible future, and we know that a good education is the foundation for success. Gas South is proud to Be a Fuel for Good by exposing children to great learning experiences, and Literacy Week is one of the great ways in which we do that.” Pictured below is author and illustrator Michael White who brings books to life during Literacy Week.
Throughout the week, authors challenged 24,000 students to expand their creativity through writing and illustration and to build life-long reading habits. Guest authors included several Georgia writers, as well as NASA author, speaker and space historian Andrew Chaikin and New York Times bestselling author Brian Lies. “Gas South is committed to giving back to our communities – when children thrive, our communities thrive,” said Carley Stephens, senior
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