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The Braselton News
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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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Jackson EMC awards $91K to agencies serving area residents
The Jackson EMC Founda
tion board of directors awarded
a total of $106,200 in grants
during its October meeting, in
cluding $91,200 for area orga
nizations serving area residents.
•$16,200 to Side by Side
Brain Injury Clubhouse. Inc.,
to provide rehabilitation ser
vices for adults from Gwinnett
County who are permanently
disabled due to traumatic brain
injury.
•$15,000 to Georgia Lions
Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., to
pay for eye surgeries for unin
sured individuals in Gwinnett,
Hall, Jackson and Lumpkin
counties.
•$15,000 to Heirbom Ser
vants, serving Banow, Clarke,
Gwinnett. Hall, and Jackson
counties, to provide assistance
with its Give Rides program,
Submitted
A $15,000 Jackson EMC Foundation check to Lions Lighthouse will provide
eye surgeries for uninsured patients. At the check presentation were (L-R):
Victoria Jordan, Vision Surgery Program Director, Lions Lighthouse; Beth Eh-
rhardt, Executive Director, Lions Lighthouse; Rosa Crescenti, Jackson EMC
Foundation board member; and Joe Hicks, Jackson EMC district manager.
which partners with communi- companies to ensure survivors and employment.
ty groups, transitional housing of human trafficking or domes- *$15,000 to J.M. Tull-Gwin-
organizations and rideshare tic violence can get to therapy nett Family YMCA, in Law-
renceville, for its Afterschool
Enrichment Program for at-
risk youth from low-income
families, to improve academic
achievement and empower
healthy living.
•$15,000 to Latin American
Association. Inc., for its emer
gency rental assistance pro
gram for Gwinnett families in
need.
•$15,000 to YMCA of Geor
gia's Piedmont, Inc., in Winder,
for its Pryme Tyme program
providing homework help,
sports, arts and crafts to chil
dren from economically disad
vantaged families in Barrow,
Gwinnett. Hall and Jackson
counties.
•Jackson EMC Foundation
grants are made possible by the
208,251 participating cooper
ative members who have their
monthly electric bills round
ed to the next dollar amount
through the Operation Round
Up program. Their “spare
change” has funded 1,787
grants to organizations and 417
grants to individuals, putting
more than $18.6 million back
into local communities since
the program began in 2005.
Any individual or chari
table organization in the 10
counties served by Jackson
EMC (Clarke, Banks, Barrow,
Franklin, Gwinnett, Hall, Jack-
son, Lumpkin, Madison and
Oglethorpe) may apply for a
foundation grant by completing
an application, available online
at https://www.jacksonemc.
com/foundation-apply or at
local Jackson EMC offices.
Applicants do not need to be a
member of Jackson EMC.
Retired medical director honored with inaugural philanthropy award
Dr. Frank Lake IE, retired
medical director of Hos
pice and palliative care of
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center Gainesville, was re
cently recognized with the
Northeast Georgia Health
System (NGHS) Foundation’s
first-ever “Impact on Philan
thropy” award.
The philanthropic award
recognizes a current or former
NGHS physician who engages
in activities that drive philan
thropic interest, is involved in
giving and works to educate
and connect donors to NGHS.
“Philanthropy translated
means ‘love of humankind,'”
said Pierpont “Pepper” Brown,
MD, general surgeon at North
east Georgia Medical Center
and chair of the NGHS Foun
dation. “As a foundation, we
practice philanthropy by al
lowing our patients, friends
and community members to
express their gratitude in a way
that is meaningful to them,
whether through financial gifts,
stories of gratitude, or volun
teering. Because of the impact
we have in patients’ lives, phy
sicians are the lifeline to philan
thropic support. Many people
feel compelled to give as a di
rect result of our care.”
Over his many years of ser
vice to the Gainesville commu
nity, Lake has inspired gener
osity in others through his care.
Donations have been made in
his honor throughout his career,
including a recent gift from the
Starlet Rhodes Jones Founda
tion in support of the new free
standing Hospice House.
“We are extremely thankful
for Dr. Lake’s five decades of
service to our health system
and community,” said Carol
Burrell, president and CEO of
NGHS. ‘Through his profes
sion as a radiation oncologist
and medical director of Hos
pice, Dr. Lake often met his pa
tients and their families during
difficult times. He became
known for providing more than
exceptional clinical care, by
also offering support and kind
ness throughout his patients'
treatments. Dr. Lake's respect
ful compassion inspired many
grateful patients and families to
honor him through the Founda
tion. which makes him a fitting
recipient of our inaugural Im
pact on Philanthropy award.”
In recognition of his contri
butions to the community and
NGHS, the award will be re
named the “Dr. Frank G. Lake,
El Award for Impact on Philan
thropy.” To honor an NGHS
caregiver with a donation to the
Foundation, please visit nghs.
com/give.
Herrera, were taking fentanyl Herrera began to feel ill af-
on July 12, while on the job to- ter taking the drags and Soto
gether at a fast food restaurant transported her to her Oak-
in Oakwood. wood home, where she expe-
Overdose continued from 1A
rienced an overdose. Herrera's ly-moming hours of July 13.
mother called 911 and the vie- Herrera was just a few weeks
tim was transported to the hos- shy of her 18th birthday at the
pital, where she died in the ear- time of her death.
The ongoing investigation dose of fentanyl to the victim,
into Herrera's death found At last check, Soto was be-
Soto, who was 17 at the time of ing held without bond at the
the incident, supplied the lethal Hall County Jail.
Workshops continued from 1A
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ment organization funded gia Tech Enterprise Inno- accelerator in the U.S. and in venture capital. “AT- attracts technology compa- ing to a press release from
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