Thursday, April 4, 2013
Tripp Halstead fundraisers at the Chick-fil-A restaurants in Dallas and Hiram on April 1 raised more than $13,000.
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Thursday, April 4
A Tripp Halstead fundraiser at the Chick-fil-A restaurants in Dallas and Hiram hosted on April 1. Both restaurants combined raised more than $13,000 for Tripp’s family. The total money raised was made up of donations given by customers and a percentage of sales from both restaurants.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
There will be a fundraiser benefiting the Murphy-Harpst Children's Home held tonight from 4 until 9 p.m. at Huey Luey's restaurant in Hiram.
Huey Luey's Restaurant, in Hiram, will be holding a fundraiser benefiting the Murphy-Harpst Children's Home held tonight from 4 until 9 p.m. Fiftey percent of sales will be donated to the Murphy-Harpst Life and hope for children. The Murphy-Harpst Children’s Home serving Paulding County and all of Georgia Fundraiser at Huey Luey’s. According to their website, Murphy-Harpst benefits "Georgia’s most viciously abused children. For them, Murphy-Harpst, a nonprofit residential treatment center, is an emotional, spiritual and physical safe haven. "Our program provides round-the-clock therapeutic care that enables children to heal and recover so that they can re-engage with society and lead productive lives," reads the website. Located in …
Friday, January 25, 2013
Join the Lassiter High School community this weekend to support an injured high school student.
This week's Cobb, Douglas and Paulding Weekend & Community Spotlight features the Christopher Heitzman Benefit 5K Run. The event takes place Saturday morning at Lassiter High School, with proceeds to help pay for medical expenses for the injured graduate. Heitzman, who graduated from Lassiter last spring, was seriously injured in a car accident last July on Trickum Road that killed his classmate, Ryan Aschenbach, and injured another recent Lassiter graduate Tyler Seaman. Heitzman sustained a head injury and several broken bones, and will need more surgeries. The fundraiser has collected just under $40,000 from pre-registration, and is hoping to raise more money to help cover Heitzman's medical expenses. Pre-registration for the run is $20 …
Monday, October 15, 2012
Money raised from the event will fund grants and scholarships for Paulding County schools and students.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Money raised from the event will fund grants and scholarships for Paulding County schools and students.
Officials with the Paulding Education Foundation are hoping to raise $14,000 through a golf tournament on Monday to fund scholarships and grants. This is the second time the foundation has hosted the Autumn Golf Classic, and Executive Director Amy Mollohan said she plans it to become an annual event. The first golf tournament was held two years ago. "It’s a great way for the businesses who partner with the foundation to not only promtote their business but also help the public schools," Mollohan said. "It makes for a great day." The golf tournament will be held at Creekside Golf Club in Hiram. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. and the shotgun start is scheduled for 9 a.m. A putting contest will be held before the golf tournament and will begin …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Day for Renae Hudgens Block Party will be held Saturday and will begin at Rodney's Bar-B-Que.
Several local businesses are joining together this weekend to help the wife of a Paulding County Sheriff’s deputy. Renae Hudgens, the wife of Sgt. Mitch Hudgens, is suffering from a “rare disease,” and the couple has incurred $20,000 in medical bills, said Tammy Dobson, whose husband, Rodney, owns Rodney’s Bar-B-Que and Catering. “(Mitch) is a good customer of ours,” Dobson said. “He was talking to us about all the medical bills and said that insurance didn’t cover it. I felt compelled to do something.” So, Dobson decided to put together a fundraiser for the Hudgens’. However, she said she didn’t expect it to grow into a block party event that now involves several other surrounding businesses. “It’s really exploded,” she said. The Day for …
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Pam Scoggins
12:39 pm on Friday, April 5, 2013
that is awesome!!!! I have been following Tripp's story from day 1. Always praying for him, glad he went home but heard he was having gall bladder surgery today hope all goes well!!   more ›