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Baldridge Lodge on Nonprofit Nation

May 9, 2025 by Amanda Pearch

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Baldridge Lodge on Nonprofit Nation

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This is Nonprofit Nation — where we bring the efforts shaping our community into focus! This podcast series highlights the meaningful work nonprofits are doing to strengthen our community. Each episode, we speak with Nonprofit leaders, volunteers, and advocates addressing real challenges and creating impactful solutions. Join us as we explore their stories, the obstacles they face, and the measurable change they bring to the people and causes they serve. Enjoy this episode with Angela Dikes and Amanda Pearch.

This episode:

Meet the Executive Director, Angela Dikes
What is Baldridge Lodge?
Foster Care awareness
Resources & needs
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Rebekah Black, Jambos, and Heather Bellew, HB Consulting Co

January 4, 2024 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Rebekah Black, Jambos, and Heather Bellew, HB Consulting Co

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Rebekah Black, Jambos, and Heather Bellew, HB Consulting Co (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 737)

Rebekah Black, Jambos, and Heather Bellew, HB Consulting Co, joined host John Ray on this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. Rebekah is the founder of a nonprofit organization that provides brand-new pajamas to children in the foster care system. She shared Jambos’ incredible growth, serving children across all 50 states and 17 countries since its formation in 2018. Heather discussed her work at HB Consulting Co, helping small businesses and nonprofits gain visibility in their communities through what she calls “community marketing.” Both guests emphasized the importance of building authentic community connections and the power of doing good for business development. The discussion also touches on corporate social responsibility, the role of digital marketing, and practical tips for small businesses and nonprofits.

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Rebekah Black, CEO, Jambos

Rebekah Black is a mother, nonprofit leader, foster advocate, and author of Let’s Get Comfy, the short, sweet, and simple bedtime story that both children and parents have grown to love.

Rebekah is the founder of Jambos, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has provided new pajamas to children in foster and orphan care in over 50 states and 16 countries since 2018. The mission of Jambos, Inc. is to bring comfort to vulnerable children and their families. Jambos is on a mission to bring comfort to kids in the foster care system by providing them with brand new pajamas. As an organization, they partner with the community to host pajama drives, collecting thousands of pairs of brand-new pajamas to be shipped to children all over the world. They know the comfortable feeling that comes from putting on brand new pajamas and it is their heart to share that feeling with the children they serve.

Known for dreaming big dreams, Rebekah is excited to see what big ideas she can come up with next.

Originally from eastern Kentucky, she now resides outside of Atlanta, GA, with her three daughters and an adopted kitten named Moo.

Connect with Jambos: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok

Connect with Rebekah: LinkedIn

Heather Bellew, CEO and Founder, HB Consulting Co

Heather Bellew is the CEO and Founder of HB Consulting Co, and her journey has taken her from McDonough, Georgia, to Gadsden, Alabama, and back. She has a strong academic foundation in Sociology and Women’s Studies from the University of Georgia.

Heather’s true joy lies in helping nonprofits and small businesses thrive through community engagement, combining her skills, experience, and values to create a positive impact in the world. Her dedication extends to serving on multiple advisory and board positions in the community, such as Gwinnett Young Professionals, the Lawrenceville Business Alliance, The Cottage, a sexual assault and children’s advocacy center, and others. Her achievements have garnered recognition, such as being honored as one of the recipients of the Gwinnett Young Professionals’ 35 under 35 award, securing the Best of Gwinnett 2022 Award, reaching the finals for both the Gwinnett Chamber’s Moxie Awards and Small Business Awards, and most recently, earning the distinction of being named one of the winners of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Atlanta’s 30 under 30 award.

When she’s not working, you’ll find Heather cheering on the Dawgs and the Braves, exploring the great outdoors with her dog Bellew (“Blue”) and her cat Button in her cat backpack, and being a full-time RVer.

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Topics Covered in these Interviews

00:06 Introduction and Welcome

01:15 Introduction to Guests: Rebekah Black and Heather Bellew

01:27 Discussion about Jambos and its Mission

02:23 Rebekah’s Personal Journey and Passion for the Cause

04:19 The Importance of New Pajamas for Foster Kids

07:52 The Story Behind the Name “Jambos”

09:10 The Growth and Expansion of Jambos

10:17 The Process of Collecting and Distributing Pajamas

15:04 The Impact of Going Viral on TikTok

19:23 The Importance of Year-Round Support

21:06 Looking Forward: The Future of Jambos

25:15 Getting Involved: How to Connect with Jambos

26:09 HB Consulting: Serving Small Businesses and Nonprofits

29:14 The Importance of Community and Relationships in Business

30:43 Getting Out There: Tips for Nervous Business Owners

33:04 Corporate Social Responsibility: Choosing and Connecting with a Cause

35:39 Working with HB Consulting: What to Expect

39:17 Success Stories: Digital and Community Marketing

42:21 Closing Remarks and Acknowledgements

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.

RenasantBank

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Rachel Ewald, Foster Care Support Foundation

December 22, 2023 by John Ray

Good2Give Podcast

Rachel Ewald, Foster Care Support Foundation

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Rachel Ewald, Foster Care Support Foundation (Good2Give Podcast, Episode 7)

On this episode of Good2Give, Maria Walden-Sullivan and co-host DePriest Waddy, both from the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, discussed the critical work of the Foster Care Support Foundation with its founder, Rachel Ewald. The organization, operating out of Roswell, Georgia, provides essentials like clothing, toys, and infant equipment to foster care children and those who care for them, filling a significant gap in resources. Rachel shared the struggle of grandparents who unexpectedly become caregivers, the need for community involvement, the difficulties of fundraising, and volunteer opportunities. Maria and DePriest also touched on the wider role the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia plays in shaping philanthropic journeys.

Rachel Ewald, Foster Care Support Foundation

Rachel Ewald is the Founder and Executive Director for the Foster Care Support Foundation.

Foster Care Support Foundation serves a vital and growing need throughout Georgia by providing free clothing, infant equipment, and developmental toys to thousands of children in foster and relative care.

They serve basic-care (costs reimbursed $0 to base per diem) foster children residing in Georgia’s foster homes, administered by the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) and children housed by private agencies.

They also serve abandoned, court-placed, and DFCS-placed grandparents raising grandchildren and parents caring for relative’s children for a limited time. About 75% of the 4500 children served are now raised by grandparents without the biological parents’ involvement due to drugs, abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Most of the relative caregivers receive no stipend to help raise the children.

They partner with Georgia’s DFCS for child referral and verification, along with Kinship Care, school counselors, and faith-based organizations.

Foster Care Support Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit, public charity organization.

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Topics Discussed in This Interview:

00:00 Introduction and Welcoming Rachel Ewald

00:44 Introducing the Foster Care Support Foundation

01:54 The Challenges of Foster Care

03:27 The Impact of Foster Care on Children

04:17 The Role of Foster Parents and Relatives

06:12 The Financial Struggles of Foster Care

08:37 The Foster Care Support Foundation’s Christmas Initiative

17:28 The Foster Care Support Foundation’s Year-Round Program

18:37 The Challenges of Running the Foster Care Support Foundation

25:17 The Foster Care Support Foundation’s Resale Shop

The Good2Give Podcast celebrates the work of donors, nonprofits, and the causes they care about. DePriest Waddy and Maria Walden-Sullivan are the show’s hosts, and the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia is the presenting sponsor.

The Good2Give Podcast is produced by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. You can also find the show on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and many others.

At the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, everything they do centers around one purpose: improving the world through the power of philanthropy.

On a fundamental level, they do that through managing funds held in trust, donated by individuals, organizations, and businesses. Most funds are donor-advised funds, similar to savings accounts. These funds are pooled for investment purposes, and their income is used to make grants for a wide variety of charitable purposes.

But the Foundation’s goals extend far beyond managing funds. They desire to strengthen the communities they serve in Gwinnett, Northeast Georgia, and beyond by providing leadership, addressing community needs, and assisting individuals and organizations with their charitable giving.

Connect with CFNEG:
Website | Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Wayne Naugle, Families 4 Families, and Scott Phelan, Janney Montgomery Scott

November 20, 2023 by John Ray

Good2Give Podcast

Wayne Naugle, Families 4 Families, and Scott Phelan, Janney Montgomery Scott

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Wayne Naugle, Families 4 Families, and Scott Phelan, Janney Montgomery Scott (Good2Give Podcast, Episode 6)

Wayne Naugle, Executive Director of Families 4 Families, and Scott Phelan, Janney Montgomery Scott, joined hosts Maria Walden-Sullivan and DePriest Waddy on this edition of the Good2Give Podcast. Wayne shared his own story of adopting two girls through the foster care system and discussed the process and challenges that both families and children face. Wayne covered the process of becoming a foster parent, dealing with special needs children, and how Families 4 Families supports those involved in fostering and adopting. Wayne and Scott discussed how charitable partnerships help nonprofit organizations achieve their missions, the role of community foundations and donor-advised funds in supporting organizations like Families 4 Families, and more.

The Good2Give Podcast is presented by the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia and is produced by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Families 4 Families

Families 4 Families was founded in 2017. Today they have seven offices in Georgia and have placed over 900 kids in foster homes. Since they started adoptions in 2018, they have completed over 130 adoptions in Georgia alone. Families 4 Families is recognized as the largest faith-based agency in Georgia. They have placed over 200 kids in 2023 alone.

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Wayne Naugle, Executive Director, Families 4 Families

Wayne Naugle is a Gwinnett native; he graduated from Berkmar High School in 1990 and went on to earn an associate degree from Gwinnett Tech. His background consists of land clearing and landscaping. Later in life, he attended Luther Rice University and holds a degree in Ministry Arts.

Wayne and his wife Kelli have been married for 30 years and have five biological children, two adopted children, and one perfect granddaughter.

Willett Phelan Myers Rodts Wealth, Janney Montgomery Scott

No matter where you are in life—just starting out, in your peak earning years, nearing retirement, or contemplating your legacy—Willett Phelan Myers Rodts Wealth is here for you. When you work with them, it’s about going beyond investing. It’s about connecting your life and your finances.

They take a comprehensive and customized approach to your finances by understanding your needs and goals and aligning your investment strategies to help meet those goals. Their depth of knowledge and experience, combined with their firm’s capabilities and resources, enables them to provide high-quality service while offering advice and executing financial solutions for every stage of life.

No need is more important than your own. They pride themselves on making your needs and goals their own. They don’t simply work for you. They work with you to understand who you are as an individual and as an investor.

Their mission is to help you define your financial objectives and then use that knowledge to develop, together, a plan that is tailored to fit your unique needs and preferences and is in your best interest. They’re proud to offer comprehensive financial planning resources, providing you access to education, advice, planning, and consultation.

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Scott Phelan, CFP, Executive Vice President/Wealth Management, Financial Advisor, Janney Montgomery Scott

**Scott Phelan, CFP, Executive Vice President/Wealth Management, Financial Advisor at Janney Montgomery Scott**

Scott Phelan has over 20 years of financial advisory and planning experience. As Executive Vice President/Wealth Management, Financial Advisor, his focus is helping build wealth for high-net-worth individuals and corporate clients. His core competencies include estate, retirement, insurance, and income tax planning strategies.

Scott has a long and distinguished career in the financial services industry, having held leadership positions at Edward Jones, The Hartford, and New England Financial. Most recently, he was a Senior Vice President, Wealth Management, Financial Advisor/Senior Portfolio Management Director at Morgan Stanley.

Scott began his career at the New England Financial Group, where he developed and implemented employee 401(k) programs.

Topics Discussed in this Interview:

01:23 Wayne’s Personal Journey into Foster Care

04:26 Challenges and Realities of Foster Care

07:00 The Adoption Process and Special Needs Children

13:28 The Importance of Foster Home Placement

16:59 Personal Stories and Experiences with Foster Care

18:48 Reconnecting with a Birth Mother

20:14 Support Groups for Foster Parents

21:07 Providing Additional Support for Foster Families

21:39 The Importance of Breaks for Foster Parents

23:53 Fundraising Efforts and Support

25:39 The Role of Donor Advised Funds in Charitable Giving

35:37 The Impact of Foster Care on Other Social Issues

37:14 Contact Information and Final Thoughts

The Good2Give Podcast celebrates the work of donors, nonprofits, and the causes they care about. The hosts of the show are DePriest Waddy and Maria Walden-Sullivan, and the show series is presented by the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia.

At the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, everything they do centers around one purpose – improving the world through the power of philanthropy.

But the Foundation’s goals expand far beyond managing funds. They desire to strengthen the communities they serve in Gwinnett, Northeast Georgia, and beyond by providing leadership, addressing community needs, and assisting individuals and organizations with their charitable giving.

Connect with CFNEG:
Website | Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Tonya Ferguson and Jeff Thrutchley with Camp Horizon

August 4, 2022 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Tonya Ferguson and Jeff Thrutchley with Camp Horizon

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Steven Julian, Jeff Thrutchley, Tonya Ferguson, Harper LeBel

Tonya Ferguson & Jeff Thrutchley/Camp Horizon

Camp Horizon offers year-round programs to Metro Atlanta’s youth in foster care. They work to restore dignity and hope to children, teens, and young adults who have been abused and/or neglected, empowering them to make good decisions and lead healthy, productive lives.

Camp Horizon was founded in 1982 when a handful of friends decided to find a way to positively impact the community. They agreed that changing the lives of abused and neglected children living in foster care would be valuable to the children as well as the community. And so it began in the summer of 1982, supported by a shared goal of investing in the future of our community. The challenge of the new organization was to reach out to the “bruised and broken-hearted.”

From their humble beginnings of only eight campers sleeping in tents in a parking lot of a local church, to their current week-long and year-round programs at a state of the art camping facility, the mission has remained the same. Camp Horizon has grown hundreds of wounded children into healthier adults. Equipped with knowledge and skills they have learned from Camp Horizon, these former campers will be the people who impact their communities with great strength. Not only will they break the cycle of abuse in their own lives, but they will be prepared to help prevent abuse in the lives of those around them. They will take what they have received from Camp Horizon and grow it into a powerful agent for social change.

Gwinnett Business Radio is presented by

Christie Simons, Atlanta Angels

March 23, 2021 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Christie Simons, Atlanta Angels

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Christie Simons, Atlanta Angels (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 341)

Christie Simons, Executive DIrector of Atlanta Angels, shares with host John Ray how her organization helps foster children and their foster parents. She relates how her personal journey adopting a foster child informs her work today and much more. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Atlanta Angels

The mission of Atlanta Angels is to walk alongside children, youth, and families in the foster care community by offering consistent support through intentional giving, relationship building, and mentorship.

They value building community around families who care for children who have been through trauma, abuse, and neglect to show them they are not alone. Their programs utilize a trauma-informed, holistic, wrap-around support service model that strengthens the health of the home. Atlanta Angels values empowering the local community to volunteer to make a meaningful and powerful impact on the foster care community.

When families and youth are matched with committed volunteers and mentors who show up monthly, parents feel supported, and youth gain a greater sense of belonging and self-confidence. They value the gift of hope for every child to find healing and reach their fullest potential. They know the value of love, friendship, and positive role models who will speak truth and life into the children in their programs and the selfless people who care for them.

Their dream is to open National Angels chapters in every metropolitan city in the nation so every single child in foster care in the United States will be supported and empowered to succeed. They believe their programs further the greater good of local communities and provide a real and tangible role to play within the foster care system.

Their motivation is to ensure every child feels a deep sense of belonging and care, every youth reaches their fullest potential and achieves their dreams, and every fostering family feels seen and supported along their journey.

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Christie Simons, Executive Director, Atlanta Angels

Christie is a counselor by training, holding her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Richmont Graduate University, and is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She currently works as the director of a university counseling center and has also served as an adjunct professor of psychology and program manager of a medication-assisted addiction treatment center. She enjoys leading teams and believes strongly in pursuing all things with excellence. Christie is a certified Mental Health Trainer and has had the opportunity to speak, present, and train at many local and national conferences.

Christie and her husband adopted their daughter through the foster system three years ago. Six years ago, their daughter was one of the over 5,000 children in the foster system in the Atlanta-area. Today, she is a happy, flourishing, adopted, and incredibly loved little girl. Christie’s desire to launch Atlanta Angels was born out of the pain of the knowledge that her story is an exception, and the call to change the story. Her vision to see every foster parent supported and every child in foster care know that they are valued, loved, and worthy in the metro-Atlanta area.

Christie enjoys spending her free time with her family and friends. She especially enjoys watching her daughter at Tae Kwon Do, doing crafts, going on bike rides, playing games, going to Braves games, doing yoga, wine tasting, and baking. She believes wholeheartedly in always taking a holistic view of people, that everyone has a story to tell, and that we need to change our idea of self-care from an escape from life to building a life that we don’t need to escape from.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

Current state of the foster system and outcomes
How our programs address these to change these outcomes
Love Box Program
Dare to Dream Program
History of Atlanta Angels
Current needs to reach every children/family in foster care
Golf Tournament in May (Foster Care Awareness month)

North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Paul Knowlton, Ubercounsel

March 30, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Paul Knowlton, Ubercounsel

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“North Fulton Business Radio,” Episode 205: Paul Knowlton, Ubercounsel

Paul Knowlton, Ubercounsel, joins “North Fulton Business Radio” to discuss how he combines his legal expertise with his pastoral care and counseling experience to better serve his clients, the spirituality of business ownership, and much more. It’s a fascinating, thought provoking discussion. The host of “North Fulton Business Radio” is John Ray and the show is broadcast from the North Fulton Business RadioX® studio based in Alpharetta.

Paul Knowlton, Ubercounsel: The Firm of Paul Knowlton, J.D., M.Div.

Ubercounsel, the Law Firm of Paul Knowlton, J.D., M.Div., is more than a law firm. It’s an extension of the founder as a person; a highly trusted and skilled attorney-counselor whose counsel and action are fueled by compassion. Other firms have vision statements, Ubercounsel has a soul.

Drawing from the unique combination of the founder’s legal, business, and pastoral counseling successes, the firm presently offers six categories of services:

First Step: Evaluating and crafting your action plan
Family Care: Protecting your personal and financial objectives
Business Law & Consulting: Legal and executive experience helping you succeed
Conflict & Dispute Resolution: Skilled assistance getting to your best resolution
Pastoral Care & Counseling: A holistic posture to helping you see and go deeper
Professional Development & Coaching: Supporting your growth on the journey

About Paul Knowlton:

Prior to law school Paul’s corporate roles include being a construction superintendent with Ryland Homes and a forensic engineer with Georgia Pacific. During law school he clerked for and joined an intellectual property boutique, also becoming a patent attorney, that was soon acquired by Kilpatrick Stockton. At Kilpatrick and later at his first firm, he built a successful intellectual property prosecution and litigation track record. Paul initiated, co-founded and was the managing member of a successful IP boutique and then later the director of another. After successfully serving as the CEO of a large human services agency, he most recently launched his second firm Ubercounsel and received an appointment at Mercer University.

In addition to being licensed in GA and the 11th Circuit, a registered patent attorney, a Henning trained mediator and arbitrator, a Martindale Hubbell Distinguished attorney, and Georgia Trend Legal Elite, in 2014 he earned his Master of Divinity with a concentration in pastoral care and counseling. An active leader of the State Bar of Georgia’s Attorney Wellness and Lawyer Assistance Program committees, he offers solutions to the stresses of professional life.

What is Paul’s back story, and particularly why does he have a passion for family care, pastoral counseling, and professional development?

The son of an immigrant Hispanic mother and federally convicted father, Paul was placed in foster care as were all his siblings. From a very early age he has the lived experience of the relentless stresses, anxieties, and fears that push so many of us to irreconcilable despair.

Turning inwardly as a young adult to develop the skills to recover, redirect, and wildly prosper after a brutal beginning, he is an attorney-counselor who is authentically and creditably a friend on the journey.

You can find out more at the Ubercounsel website, or call 404-245-0957.

North Fulton Business Radio” is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®, located inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: 2019 Gwinnett Chamber Small Business Award Winners (1 of 2)

November 20, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: 2019 Gwinnett Chamber Small Business Award Winners (1 of 2)

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“Member Spotlight” features and highlights businesses and business leaders that are members of the Gwinnett Chamber. This month’s episode showcases three of the recent 2019 Gwinnett Small Business Award Winners.

The Gwinnett Chamber’s NEW Small Business Awards showcase those that dare to start, sustain and succeed and the community that supports them. They are the risk-takers, the problem solvers, the dreamers and the doers.

Naveed Tharwani/Gwinnett Drugs (Emerging Entrepreneur Award)

Gwinnett Drugs started out as a mom and pop pharmacy here in Lawrenceville, Georgia, by Gwinnett County natives. Our staff has achieved their dream of creating a modern, interactive pharmacy that provides a high level of quality, care and consultation to our patients. Aside from going the extra mile to ensure we keep our patients up to date and informed on their medications, Gwinnett Drugs is also one of the few sterile compounding pharmacies in the state of Georgia.

Veronica Guobadia/Care4All Children Services (Community Contributor Award)

Care4All Children Services is licensed by the State of Georgia through the Department of Human Services – Office of Regulatory Child Care (DHS – ORCC) to provide placements and social services to children in foster care. The agency holds a contract with the Office of Provider Management (OPM) and partners with the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS).

Care4All Children Services recruits, trains and recommends families to OPM for approval in order to obtain a license to foster children in their homes. Once a home is licensed and children are placed for care, Care4All provides follow up social services to ensure that the basic needs of the children and parents are met. As a Therapeutic Foster Care Agency, Care4All requires more training for parents initially and on-going. The agency also provides more support for children and caregivers. Treatment foster care is preferred over residential or group home-care because it maintains children in family settings, which in turn reduces incidences of trauma. To ensure the safety and security of children, Care4All’s intensive foster parent training includes crisis management and emergency response.

Glenn Kruse/UGA’s Small Business Development Center (Advocate Award)

The University of Georgia’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides tools, training and resources to help small businesses grow and succeed. Designated as one of Georgia’s top providers of small business assistance, the SBDC has 17 offices ranging from Rome to Valdosta to serve the needs of Georgia’s business community. Since 1977, their network of partners has helped construct a statewide ecosystem to foster the spirit, support, and success of hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and innovators.

The Small Business Development Center, a Public Service and Outreach Extension of The University of Georgia, is funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center is nationally accredited by the Association of SBDCs.

Revved Up Kids and Care4All Children Services

November 15, 2019 by Mike

Giving Back To Gwinnett

Revved Up Kids and Care4All Children Services

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Carla Simms, Veronica Guobadia, Tom Vooris, Alli Neal

Alli Neal/Revved Up Kids

It is the mission of Revved Up Kids to provide programs and safety resources that equip and empower participants to recognize and avoid dangerous situations and people, and to escape violence if necessary.

Revved Up Kids believes that the easiest target for a predator is a child who doesn’t know predators exist. It is their mission to teach kids who predators are, how they operate, and how to respond if they meet a predator. Their personal safety and self-defense training for children has been proven to change a child’s understanding about who predators are, improve self-protective behaviors and increase confidence in responding to a predator. Children have avoided and escaped attacks as a result of their training, and children have disclosed sexual abuse as a result of their training.

They work with private groups and child-serving organizations in the metro Atlanta area, training thousands of children every year. Visit their Programs Page for more information about our personal safety and self-defense training programs.

Veronica Guobadia and Carla Simms/Care4All Children Services

As a Therapeutic Foster Care Agency, Care4All requires more training for parents initially and on-going. The agency also provides more support for children and caregivers. Treatment foster care is preferred over residential or group home-care because it maintains children in family settings, which in turn reduces incidences of trauma. To ensure the safety and security of children, Care4All’s intensive foster parent training includes crisis management and emergency response.

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Series presented by

Rachel Ewald, Foster Care Support Foundation

Rachel Ewald, Foster Care Support Foundation (Good2Give Podcast, Episode 7)