CONNECTIONS JANUARY 2019 | 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. 21, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Employees are always on call for emergencies. To report an outage by phone, call 770-429-2100. You can also report an outage online at cobbemc.com/outage or with the free Cobb EMC app.
Open board meeting The Cobb EMC board of directors will host an open board meeting on Jan. 29 at 4 p.m. in the Cobb EMC boardroom. 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 $3,909,878 to local charities and nonprofits, as of October 2018. 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.
Cobb EMC and Gas South promote lifelong reading Cobb EMC and Gas South recently hosted Literacy Week, a weeklong celebration of reading and writing at 48 schools across metro Atlanta. Throughout the week, more than 18,000 students were visited by 11 award-winning children’s book authors including several from Georgia, as well as NASA author, speaker and space historian Andrew Chaiken and New York Times bestselling author Brian Lies. “Literacy Week offers students a chance to expand their creativity through writing and illustration and encourages them to build lifelong reading habits,” says Mark Justice, director of education and community relations at Cobb EMC. “We’re dedicated to the communities we serve, and we’re proud to work with Gas South and our local schools to provide these kinds of interactive learning opportunities.”
“We look forward to Literacy Week every year – it’s amazing to see the students engage with local authors,” says Carley Stephens, Gas South community affairs program manager. “When children are exposed to reading and writing in unconventional ways, they are even more engaged, which helps them succeed. We’re proud to partner with Cobb EMC to make this happen.” Pictured below: author-illustrator Michael White at Frey Elementary.
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