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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2008
Social News
NEW CASA VOLUNTEERS SWORN IN
Three new CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) volunteers were sworn in by Juvenile Court Judge Kevin Guidry on December
6. They are: (L-R) New volunteer Julie Royster, new volunteer Marion Meaders, Juvenile Court Judge Kevin Guidry, new volunteer
Lakeisha Johnston, Executive Director Annette Raymond, Georgia CASA Director of Advocacy and Program Development Angela
Tanzella, Georgia CASA Executive Director Duaine Hathaway, Piedmont CASA board member Shelley Welch Cox, Volunteer Margie
Scott and Volunteer Coordinator Jackie Love. CASA volunteers help children in foster care by providing a voice for them in Juvenile
Court. People from all walks of life volunteer with Piedmont CASA: working, retired, high school graduates, college graduates,
people aged 21-68. The only education required of volunteers is 30 hours of training and 10 hours of courtroom observation.
Volunteers give about 5-10 hours per month. The training is provided by the staff of Piedmont CASA and is free. The next training
class begins Tuesday, January 15, at 6 p.m. Call the Piedmont CASA office, 706-387-6375, for more information.
Volunteer opportunities available in Banks County area
Corrections to 2007
Christmas Kids’ section
Hannah Johnson, 8, daugh-
Chelsea Cash, 7; Abigail Cash, 3; and ter of Steve Johnson and Gail
Logan Cash, 10 months, children of Danny Cash, South Jackson.
and Stacy Cash, South Jackson.
Dallas Thompson named
consultant with Tastefully Simple
Dallas Thompson, Lula, has become an independent consultant with
Tastefully Simple Inc., a national direct-sales company featuring easy-
to-prepare gourmet products.
As a consultant, Thompson offers the company’s gourmet foods and
beverages to guests at home taste-testing parties. Guests receive samples,
easy meal ideas, recipes and serving suggestions.
“The Tastefully Simple opportunity is designed to be life friendly,”
said Jill Blashack Strahan, Tastefully Simple Inc. founder and CEO.
For more information about Tastefully Simple products, taste-test
ing parties or the business opportunity, contact Dallas Thompson at
770-869-9800.
To be listed in the volunteer column, send
information to AngieEditor@aol.com or
mail it to: Angela Gary, The Banks County
News, P.O. Box 920, Homer, Ga. 30547.
The following are volunteer opportunities
in Banks County and the surrounding area:
•Piedmont CASA volunteers speak for
children who are in foster care. For more
information, call the CASA office at
706-387-6375.
•The Banks County Adult Literacy Center is
seeking volunteer teachers. They especially
need math tutors, including the areas of in
troductory algebra, geometry and Algebra I.
Tutors are needed on Tuesdays and Thurs
days from 6-8 p.m. For more information,
call 706-677-4302.
•BJC Medical Center Auxiliary is seek
ing volunteers. For more information, call
706-335-1199.
•Civil Air Patrol: cadets, ages sixth grade
through 18 years old, participate in search
and rescue missions and learn how to fly
airplanes. Senior members teach cadets and
students at middle and high schools and can
also work with emergency services. Contact
Luther McCoy, 706-677-1490.
•Adult learning center at Lanier Technical
College satellite campus 706-335-1931.
•Hope Resource Center: crisis pregnancy
support center, 706-367-5304.
•Action: help package and distribute food
to low-income families and the elderly,
706-367-9599.
•Christian Outreach Food Bank: work in
warehouse, 335-6084.
•Girl Scouts: needs troop leaders, assistant
leaders, trainers and recruiters. Call Terri
Bear, 706-548-7297.
•Boy Scouts of America, Northeast Georgia
Council: volunteers need to be troop leaders
and assistants, 706-548-1435.
•AIDS Coalition of Northeast Georgia:
help with information line, office support,
the buddy program and helping hands,
706-542-2437.
•American Red Cross, East Georgia Chap
ter: needs help with disaster relief and blood
drives and needs first aid and CPR instruc
tors, 706-353-1645.
•American Cancer Society: assistance with
special events, 706-549-4893.
•American Heart Association: assistance
with special events, 706-549-0939.
•BJC Nursing Facility: needs teen and adult
volunteers to help with various activities
and to visit with the residents. Tracy Jones,
706-335-1305.
•Children’s Advocacy Center: assist with
clerical work in office, provide child care
during various group meetings and solicit
donations of snacks, drinks, paper products
and various children’s items. Tina Grubbs,
director, 770-868-1900.
•Peace Place: various opportunities at the
shelter for battered women and their chil
dren, Marilyn, 770-307-3633.
•Maysville Elementary School: read to chil
dren, Jane Scales, 706-652-2241.
•Our Daily Bread: Athens urban ministry
soup kitchen, 706-353-6647.
•Sandy Creek Park: several volunteer op
portunities, including monthly hikes and
canoeing trips to pick up trash. The park
also needs volunteers to supervise children
during the monthly special programs and
events the park offers. Sandy Creek Park has
volunteer opportunities available for anyone
willing to do office work or help with publi
cations. Contact the park at 706-613-3615.
•Athens Area Humane Society: help with
special events and hands-on work in the
shelter, Lisa Klein, 706-353-CATS (2287).
•Community Connection of Northeast Geor
gia: work on information research and data
base and directory updating, 706-353-1313.
•Special Olympics: needs assistance for ath
letic events, Kathy Smith, 706-548-3550.
•State Botanical Gardens of Georgia: needs
tour guides, people to greet guests and work
in the gift shop, greenhouse and at special
events, 706-542-6195.
•Athens Regional Medical Center: help
at information desk, in admissions, at the
gift shop, mailroom and at special events,
706-354-3510.
•St. Mary’s Hospital: help at information
desk, in admissions, at the gift shop and at
the mailroom, 706-354-3169.
•Athens Area Homeless Shelter: assist with
preparing and serving meals, childcare, and
the shelter is also in need of drivers with a
truck, 706-354-0423.
•Salvation Army: assist with preparing
and serving meals and help in thrift shop,
706-543-5350.
•St. Mary’s Hospice: needs volunteers to
provide additional support and assistance
to terminally ill patients and their families,
Geneva Burton, 706-355-7711.
•Friends of the Arboretum, State Arbore
tum of Georgia/Thompson Mills Forest,
Braselton, seeks volunteers to help maintain
trails through the forest and to help with
educational programs, Warnell School of
Forest Recourses, University of Georgia,
706-542-2686.
•VistaCare: volunteer to assist and partici
pate in the nurturing of the physical, spiritual
and emotional well-being of patients and
their families, 767 Oglethorpe Ave., Athens,
Kathy Branch, 877-228-9888.
•Georgia Museum of Arts: needs tour
guides, museum shop assistance and assis
tance with the summer art outreach program,
706-542-0450.
Genealogical society to meet
The East Georgia Genealogical Society will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 8,
at 7 p.m. in Winder.
Roxane Rose, a publisher of Living Jackson magazine, will be the
featured speaker. She will focus on documenting and preserving Jackson
County history.
The genealogical society meets at the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
on the second Tuesday of each month, at 7 p.m. For more information,
visit www.rootsweb.com/~gaeggs or e-mail gaeggs@yahoo.com.
Public meetings you can attend
The following local government
agencies hold regular meetings
which are open to the public:
•Maysville City Council, 7 p.m.,
first Monday of each month at the
Maysville Public Library.
•Banks County High School All
Sports Booster Club, 6:30 p.m.,
first Monday of each month, BCHS
library.
•Maysville Beautification
Committee, 7 p.m., fourth Thursday
of each month at the Maysville
Public Library.
•Banks County Planning
Commission, 7 p.m., first Tuesday
of each month at the courthouse.
•Gillsville City Council, 7 p.m.,
first Tuesday of each month at city
hall. A work session is held at 7
p.m. on the third Thursday of the
month.
•Banks County Board of
Education, 7 p.m., third Monday
of each month at the BOE office.
The work session is held on the
Thursday prior to the regular meet
ing.
•Baldwin City Council, 7 p.m.,
second and fourth Monday of each
month at city hall. A work session
is held at 6:30 p.m. on the Thursday
preceding each regular meeting.
•Homer City Council, 6 p.m.,
second Tuesday of each month at
city hall.
•Banks County Board of
Commissioners 6:30 p.m. second
Tuesday of each month at the court
house. A work session is held at
3:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of
the month at the courthouse.
•Alto City Council, 7 p.m., sec
ond Tuesday of each month at city
hall.
•Lula City Council, 7 p.m., third
Monday of each month at city hall.
A work session is held at 11 a.m. on
the Thursday preceding the regular
meeting.
•BJC Medical Center board of
directors, 1:30 p.m., third Monday
of each month in the conference
room of the hospital.
•Banks County Middle School
Booster Club, 6:30 p.m., third
Monday of each month at the Banks
County Middle School lunchroom.
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