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6A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, June 15,2022
Sawnee Foundation gives
back to some local charities
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Recently, the Sawnee
Electric Membership
Foundation announced
that its board has
approved over $47,000 in
funding for local charities,
including several from
Dawson County.
According to a press
release by the Sawnee
Foundation, the total
amount of funding to be
contributed to local chari
ties is $47,351 and will be
given to:
• American Fegion,
Cumming Post 307
• Operation
Appreciation, Inc.
• Bald Ridge Fodge,
Inc.
• Forsyth County
Certified Fiterate
Community
Program, Inc.
• MUST Ministries,
Inc.
• Prevent Blindness
Georgia
• Safe Boating Fake
Fanier, Inc.
• Champions
Community
Foundation, Inc.
• C.A.S.T. for Kids
Foundation
• Rachel’s Gift
• ACT Together
Ministries
• K.A.R.E. for Kids,
Inc.
• Camp Kudzu, Inc.
• AFS Association of
Georgia, Inc.
• The Place of Forsyth
County, Inc.
• Kilough Elementary
PTO
The funding given to the
17 charities was generated
in part from Sawnee EMC
members who participate
in the organization’s
Operation Round Up
Program, which allows
participating members to
round up their electric bill
to the next dollar. The
money is distributed by
grants to charitable organi-
zations through the
Sawnee Foundation.
“Sawnee EMC members
have a unique opportunity
to support Operation
Round Up and give back
to their local communi
ties,” Cindy Badgett,
director of external affairs,
said in the release.
Each month, approxi
mately 15,000 Sawnee
EMC members round up
their electric bill to the
next dollar. On average,
participating members
contribute about $6 per
year. Since its inception in
2003, the Foundation has
used funds from
Operation Round Up to
donate over $3.8 million
back into local communi
ties.
For more information
about the Sawnee EMC
Foundation Operation
Round Up Program or the
Foundation itself, go to
www.sawnee.com/oru or
contact Cindy Badgett at
678-455-1399 or by
emailing cindy.badgett@
sawnee.com.
Pollinator Tour to be held June 25
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Saturday June 25, the
Dawson County Woman’s
Club will host its second
annual “Pollinator Garden
Tour”, allowing community
members to learn about the
importance of pollinator
gardens and to visit some of
these gardens that are
already in place in Dawson
County.
According to information
provided by the club, this
year’s pollinator garden tour
will run from 10 a.m. to
noon on June 25 and will
include both a walking tour
and a driving tour.
Pollinator gardens are
small gardens that display
native perennials to attract
honey bees, native gees,
butterflies, hummingbirds
and other pollinators. Each
site will include information
on the best plants to grow,
tips for growing milkweed
for Monarchs and free flow
ers and seeds.
The walking tour will
begin at Main Street Park at
the raised flower beds.
Participants will receive a
map to the other garden
sites that they can walk to,
including the Dawson
County Farmers Market,
The Fancy Flea, Days Gone
By, Dawsonville City Hall,
The Bowen, Dawson
County Fibrary and The
Station (Serendipity
Dawsonville) Antiques.
The driving tour will
include four large gardens
throughout the county,
including Rock Creek Park
and three local community
members’ home gardens.
In addition to the walk
ing and driving tours, this
year’s event will also
include a “Pollinator
Census” for children of all
ages. The census will take
place at the Main Street
Park garden and at the
Farmers Market garden.
During the census, partici
pants will choose a flower
to watch and spend five
minutes counting how
many butterflies, honey
bees, native bees and other
pollinators visit.
For more information or
questions, go to http://daw-
soncountywomansclub.org/
upcoming-events/.
Lila Harkins, daughter of Faye and Kerry
Harkins, will be representing the state
of Georgia at the 10th Annual America’s
Majestic Miss National Scholarship
Pageant held in Nashville, Tennessee.
This pageant is designed to help your
women showcase their talents and
skills and to develop confidence as they
represent their state.
America’s Majestic Miss is a national
pageant program. Girls from around
the nation will be vying for the title by
competing in evening wear, Majestic fashion
wear, and interviewing.
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