Stonemill Race for Autism.
Suwanee, GA, September 30, 2008 --(PR.com)-- With seven consecutive races under their belt, the Stonemill Race for Autism Team (formerly Sugarloaf 5K), knows how to put on a successful race. This year's event includes the Classic Stonemill 5K and has expanded to include a Community Fair, 1 mile Fun Run/Walk, and a Tot Trot. For the second year, the start and finish will be at the state-of-the-art Stonemill Church campus. New to the race this year is the partnership with The Autism Society of America-Greater Georgia Chapter and SPECTRUM Autism Support Group. With autism being the fastest-growing developmental disability, affecting 1 in 150 births each year and Stonemill Church pioneers the way for community business members, school partners, and religious organizations to fight for a cure.In addition to the classic 5K, this year's will event also feature a Community Fair including food, entertainment, inflatables and other activities for the kids, vendors, and more. There is a Tot Trot planned for children 2 thru 5 years old, and a 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk for older children and adults. The Community Fair will be available for all to enjoy until noon.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Suwanee Day Turns 25
by Tana Suggs / Appen Newspapers
SUWANEE – People were playing hard, living well and smiling more at Suwanee's Town Center Park last Saturday where city officials estimated about 42,000 attended the 25th Suwanee Day celebration.
Suwanee City Councilman Dan Foster said the weather has got to be the best of any other Suwanee Day.
"And we've got a great crowd," he added.
Festival goers started arriving at the park just before 10 a.m. to watch the parade, to peruse the vendor tents and to watch the entertainment.
This year, 94.9 The Bull, a local radio station, partnered with the city for a country music theme, and the Everett Brothers kicked off the entertainment around 11 a.m. with some bluegrass music.
"The country music adds a different feel to this year's event," said Bobbie Ervin of Sugar Hill who attended the festival with her husband, Steve, and their children, Natalie and Jimmy.
The Ervins said they've made the annual festival a family tradition.
"It's a great family atmosphere," said Bobbie Ervin.
City officials said more than 170 exhibitors participated this year, and Gertrude Thomas, a resident of Suwanee for 47 years, has participated as an exhibitor every year.
Thomas said she started out selling crafts, but for the past 19 years, she has sold her home made peanut brittle and cookbooks.
"I just want to let you know this is wonderful, and I look forward to it every year," a customer told Thomas referring to the candy.
The Suwanee Day Festival is the only area festival Thomas participates in.
"I look forward to it all year long," she said.
The evening entertainment featured country music bands The Lost Trailers and Ricochet, and the day-long celebration ended with a fireworks display.
Foster said the event was very organized.
"Things are running extremely smooth this year," he said crediting the success of the event to a great staff and proper planning.
"They (the staff) have done a wonderful job in bringing the best of our volunteers and organizing them appropriately," Foster said. "Our silver anniversary is absolutely wonderful."
SUWANEE – People were playing hard, living well and smiling more at Suwanee's Town Center Park last Saturday where city officials estimated about 42,000 attended the 25th Suwanee Day celebration.
Suwanee City Councilman Dan Foster said the weather has got to be the best of any other Suwanee Day.
"And we've got a great crowd," he added.
Festival goers started arriving at the park just before 10 a.m. to watch the parade, to peruse the vendor tents and to watch the entertainment.
This year, 94.9 The Bull, a local radio station, partnered with the city for a country music theme, and the Everett Brothers kicked off the entertainment around 11 a.m. with some bluegrass music.
"The country music adds a different feel to this year's event," said Bobbie Ervin of Sugar Hill who attended the festival with her husband, Steve, and their children, Natalie and Jimmy.
The Ervins said they've made the annual festival a family tradition.
"It's a great family atmosphere," said Bobbie Ervin.
City officials said more than 170 exhibitors participated this year, and Gertrude Thomas, a resident of Suwanee for 47 years, has participated as an exhibitor every year.
Thomas said she started out selling crafts, but for the past 19 years, she has sold her home made peanut brittle and cookbooks.
"I just want to let you know this is wonderful, and I look forward to it every year," a customer told Thomas referring to the candy.
The Suwanee Day Festival is the only area festival Thomas participates in.
"I look forward to it all year long," she said.
The evening entertainment featured country music bands The Lost Trailers and Ricochet, and the day-long celebration ended with a fireworks display.
Foster said the event was very organized.
"Things are running extremely smooth this year," he said crediting the success of the event to a great staff and proper planning.
"They (the staff) have done a wonderful job in bringing the best of our volunteers and organizing them appropriately," Foster said. "Our silver anniversary is absolutely wonderful."
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Israeli Deputy Consul General To Speak At Georgia Gwinnett College Wednesday
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA (September 23, 2008) - Deputy Consul General Sharon Kabalo was appointed to the Atlanta based Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast in August, 2008. Ms. Kabalo has been a part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the last ten years, stationed both in Israel and abroad. During her career she has served as the Second Secretary to the Israeli mission in San José, Costa Rica. Ms. Kabalo served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist Israelis in high risk situations abroad, and later served as the Ministry’s Coordinator of Academic Affairs.Ms. Kabalo studied at Hebrew University, where she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature & Linguistics, as well as a Master of Arts in Jewish Philosophy specializing in the research of mysticism. She is a native of Jerusalem and currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and two sons.
Suwanee Man To Join In Special Recovery Event
SUWANEE - Suwanee resident Michael Devine has been selected as Georgia's "Recovery Delegate" and will join thousands of individuals and families in recovery, treatment partners and advocates from all 50 states in New York on Saturday for a special recovery event. Devine will help form a human chain - a living symbol of recovery - across New York City's historic Brooklyn Bridge and proceed to a rally in Lower Manhattan featuring a performance by special musical guest Rufus Wainwright on Saturday. The Recovery Rally - organized in partnership with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. - marks the launch of The Recovery Project, a wide-ranging, multi-year initiative of A&E Network, federal agencies and leading non-profit organizations designed to help raise awareness that addiction is a treatable disease and recovery is possible.
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