October 28, 2016
Board of
Commissioners
Grant Awarded to Parks and Recreation’s Wheelchair Sports Program
Regular Meetings November 1 at 9:00 AM November 15 at 6:30 PM Meetings held at: Administration Building Community Room 140 Henry Parkway McDonough, GA 30253 Regular Commission meetings air daily on Henry TV Channel 180 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99, at 9 a.m. & 7 p.m.
The Henry County Parks and Recreation Therapeutic Recreation Division was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Resurgens Charitable Foundation on October 11 for its Wheelchair Sports programs. This is the first grant of its kind for Parks and Rec and was conceived and written by Therapeutic Recreation Specialist Harlon Matthews, who has coordinated the Wheelchair Sports program since 2006. Matthews drafted the grant request with equipment replacements in mind, since all of Henry County’s sport wheelchairs are over eight years old and Henry County youth wheelchair sports teams are in need of basketballs, basketball nets, adaptive footballs, ball storage racks and tools. The grant funds will be used to purchase much needed youth sports equipment and will be used to replace five of the old sport wheelchairs. President of Resurgens Charitable Foundation thanked Henry County Parks and Rec “for this opportunity to support your wheelchair sports program and help your athletes continue to thrive and succeed. We greatly appreciate the work of the Henry County Parks and Recreation’s Therapeutic Division.”
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October 28, 2016 Published by Henry County Communications Department The Henry County Board of Commissioners
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Early voting for the November 8 General Election/Special Elections is currently underway at the following locations and times: Elections & Voter Registration Main Office: October 29th: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm October 30th: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm October 31st – November 4th : 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Merle Manders Conference Center: October 28th: 7:00 am – 7:00 pm October 29th: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm October 30th: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm October 31st – November 4th : 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Fairview Library: October 31st – November 4th: 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Fortson (Hampton) Library: October 31st – November 4th : 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Locust Grove Library: October 31st – November 4th : 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Polls will be open Election Day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at your local precinct. For further information or to request an absentee ballot, call 770-288-6448. The Elections Office is located at 40 Atlanta Street in McDonough.
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Veterans Day Celebration to Be Held on November 11
In honor of all who have served, Henry County Parks and Recreation is holding a Veterans Day Celebration at the Veterans Wall of Honor at Heritage Park in McDonough on Friday, November 11 at 11 a.m. The afternoon will begin with welcoming remarks from Fred Wilcox with the American Legion Post 516 as well as a vocal performance by SFC Fred Pedro from the U.S. Army Recruiting Command. The Henry County High School NROTC will post and retire the colors and the Strong Rock Christian Academy School Band will perform a service song medley following the National Anthem. Delivering the keynote address will be U.S. Army Retired Command Sergeant Major, Dr. Mittie A. Smith, who spent more than 28 years in service. Dr. Smith completed every military leader development course and academy that the Army had to offer and has earned a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership, a Master’s Degree in Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management. The ceremony will close with a reading by Helen Busbin, Regent of the Andrew McBride Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a bagpipe performance by David Gregory and a performance of TAPS by Jim Houston with Bugles Across America. For more information, please visit www.hcprd.org.
Gold Shield Foundation Donations Being Collected Over the Next Two Weeks This weekend the Henry County Fire Department will be out in full force collecting funds for the Gold Shield Foundation of Metro Atlanta. Firefighters will be in public collecting donations for two consecutive Fridays on October 28 and November 4. The Gold Shield Foundation of Metro Atlanta (GSF) was founded in 1997 and is a 501(c) (3), nonprofit organization. The GSF was originally established for the purpose of assisting the surviving spouses and dependent children of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. The Foundation’s mission has broadly grown as they have listened to the needs from within the fire and police communities in which they serve. Today, the Gold Shield Foundation works tirelessly to provide aid for law enforcement officers, firefighters, their spouses and their children, whose lives have been altered as a result of line of duty deaths and injuries. The GSF relies on the generosity of foundations, corporations, community individuals and income generated through special events to fulfill its mission. Ninety-eight percent of all donations are allocated for the support of law enforcement officers and firefighters. When you see firefighters out collecting donations, please give generously; Donations to the Gold Shield Foundation are essential to their continued work of providing relief to our public safety family. For more information on the Gold Shield Foundation, visit www.goldshieldatalanta.org.
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October 28, 2016 Pictures from The Annual National Night Out Event There was a great turnout for National Night Out held on October 27 at the Henry Town Center on Jonesboro Road in McDonough!
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