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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 2008
THE JACKSON HERALD
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AT MENDED HEARTS MEETING
Shown at a recent meeting of the Mended Hearts BJC Chapter #171 are (L-R) Juanita
Payne, Jerry Archer, Stephanie Hortman and (back) Jason Hortman. S. Hortman, a
dietitian, provided a program on diabetes.
Mended Hearts chapter hears from dietitian
MENDED Hearts BJC Chapter #171 of
Commerce met recently at BJC Hospital in the
conference room. Stephanie Hortman, dieti
tian for BJC Hospital gave a talk about diabetes
and heart patients. She stated that diabetics
should watch cholesterol closely. She talked
about a healthy diet and gave everyone a copy
of the food pyramid that included examples of
what counts as a serving size.
Her husband, Jason Hortman, a financial
advisor, attended with her and provided a pro
gram, too, on finances.
The next meeting will be a Christmas dinner
at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, at First Georgia
Bank in Homer. Everyone is invited to bring a
covered dish and attend, coordinators say.
Mended Hearts is a support group for heart
patients and their families. For more information,
call president George Evans, 706-335-6568, or
Betty Ann Mathis, 706-335-5875.
EJMS BANDS PREPARE FOR CONCERT
The East Jackson Middle School Eagle Bands will present the 13th annual
Christmas band concert on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held
in the East Jackson High School Auditorium, 1435 Hoods Mill Road, Commerce.
Admission is free. For more information, contact band director David Van Buren at
dvanburen@jackson.k12.ga.us or 706-335-2083, ext. 19511. Here, several students
are shown preparing for the band concert.
Holiday updates Jjj;
Holiday Connection now taking
donations for annual ‘toy store’
‘Request to assist’
form due by Dec. 3
TO ENSURE all families in need of assistance
receive help during the holiday season, Jackson
County Holiday Connection was established to
coordinate the efforts of organizations serving
children and families. In the past six years, more
than 2,778 families and over 6,163 children have
been assisted.
For the third year. Holiday Connection will
include the Holiday Toy Store, which is a central
ized location for donated gifts. There, parents
who have received a letter of acceptance can shop
for a set number of toys for their children.
There are many ways citizens can contribute to
the success of Holiday Connection. Individuals
or businesses can donate money, adopt a family,
donate a toy or toys for the Holiday Toy Store and
provide gift cards (in increments of $15 or $20).
To participate, a request to assist form needs to
be completed by Dec. 3.
Individuals and agencies such as churches are
asked to contact Family Connection if they are
providing assistance to specific families to avoid
duplication of efforts.
For more information on either receiving or
providing assistance, call 706-367-3021 or e-mail
jacksonfamily connection @ yahoo.com.
Holiday Connection is a collaborative project
led by the partners of Jackson County Family
Connection, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
that is a group of citizens, businesses and agen
cies that work together for the betterment of
children and families in Jackson County. All
contributions are tax deductible.
7 G’s Farm sending Trees for Troops
7 G’S FARM, Nicholson,
will participate in the Trees for
Troops program this Christmas
to provide Christmas trees for
American service personnel.
The farm, located at 2375
Old Kings Bridge Road, seeks
“sponsorships” of $35 apiece
for trees that will be harvested,
packaged and sent to military
bases during the second week
of December.
The 2008 Trees for Troops
official weekend is Dec. 5-7,
which is when interested per
sons can come by the farm,
personally select a 7-7.5-foot
Leyland cypress tree and apply
a Trees for Troops tag. The
farm staff can also do that for
sponsors. Ornaments and addi
tional cards can also be donated
and sent with the trees by Fed
Ex. The Fed Ex/Christmas
Spirit Foundation organizes the
event.
All sponsors will receive a tax
deductible receipt for a 501(c)
charitable contribution. Checks
should be made out to the 7
G’s Farm, which will, in turn,
make the contribution to the
Christmas Spirit Foundations.
The farm is now accepting
sponsorships. The 7 G’s Farm
will make the contribution to
the Christmas Spirit Foundation
by the end of December.
Information on the program
can be found on www.trees-
fortroops.org or www.7gsfarm.
com.
Foster parents seek kids’ holiday gifts
THE JACKSON County
Foster Parents Association hopes
the public will help ensure that
78 needy foster children in have
a happy Christmas.
“We have 78 children; we
have only 17 sponsors,” com
mented Donna Webb, a foster
mom to five children.
There are more children in
foster care, but many foster par
ents have multiple foster kids.
which makes Christmas some
thing of a challenge in the best
of times — let alone when the
economy is hard.
Businesses or individuals
can sponsor a child in a num
ber of ways. Jerra Wisecup of
the Department of Family and
Children Services has a list of
children with complete informa
tion about their clothing sizes,
ages, interests and gift ideas.
Money is also appreciated,
Webb said, along with gift
cards.
“Even if its just $5, that will
help buy a child something for
Christmas,” she pointed out.
To get the name of a child to
assist, to make a donation or to
get more information, contact
Jerra Wisecup at 706-367-3027
or at jethompson 1 @dhr.state.
gams.
EMS toy drives coming up next week
TOYS WILL be collected for
the Jackson County Emergency
Service’s annual toy drive in
front of KB Toys at Tanger II on
several dates this month.
The schedule is as fol
lows: midnight to 6 a.m. on
Thanksgiving night; and 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29.
Last year, the EMS toy collec
tion benefited 24 local families
and included 47 children.
MES KINDERGARTENERS VISIT FARM
Kindergarten students from Maysville Elementary School recently took a field trip
to Jaemor Farms. Pictured is Vicki Hanson’s class.
Benefit planned for Ronnie Wilkes
A benefit singing for Ronnie
Wilkes will be held Friday, Dec.
5, at 6:30 p.m. at the Mt. Olive
Baptist Church Family Life
Center, 190 Mt. Olive Church
Road, Commerce.
Wilkes, well-known
Commerce hairdresser, has suf
fered some major health prob
lems and has been out of work.
Special guests will include
Clarke Kesler & Friends, Gerald
Sweatman, The Maxwells, Stella
Parnell and Others and M.C.
Danny O’Day.
Tickets are $5. For more
information, call Wilkes at
706-335-3029 or 706-540-6936.
Friends of the Library seek donated books, tapes
THE FRIENDS of the Jefferson Public 30, and Saturday, Jan. 31.
Library is accepting donations for its upcom- All gently used adult and kids’ books, VHS
ing annual book sale, which will be held at tapes and DVDs are welcome. Call the library
the Jefferson Civic Center on Friday, Jan. at 706-367-8012 for more information.
CASA volunteer training coming up
VOLUNTEERS are needed
to serve as an advocate for a
foster child.
Piedmont CASA (Court
Appointed Special Advocates)
will hold a training class
at the Barrow Chamber of
Commerce each Tuesday
night from 6 -9 p.m. begin
ning January 13 and ending
February 24.
Advocates visit their child
monthly, gather information
about them and their family
and present a written report
to Juvenile Court. Call the
office for more information at
706-387-6375.
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