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Littie Brown and Karen Brown with SpeedPro Imaging Marietta and Sally Eggleston and Grant Yarbrough with Senior Connections

March 11, 2015 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Littie Brown and Karen Brown with SpeedPro Imaging Marietta and Sally Eggleston and Grant Yarbrough with Senior Connections

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Karen Brown, Littie Brown, Dom Rainey, Grant Yarbrough, Sally Eggleston

Littie Brown & Karen Brown/SpeedPro Imaging Marietta

SpeedPro Imaging specializes in producing high quality graphic images for their customers that convey a message, attract attention and reinforce their brand. Their products range from a small yard sign to attract attention to a vehicle wrap reinforcing their brand. If you can imagine it, they can print it.

Grant Yarbrough & Sally Eggleston/Senior Connections

The mission of Senior Connections is to provide essential home and community-based care that maximizes independence. For over 40 years they have provided low-income seniors with the freedom to age with grace and dignity. They serve the entire 10 county region including the City of Atlanta.

Senior Connections operates four key programs: Meals on Wheels, In-Home Care, Emergency Home Repair and management of senior centers for DeKalb County. In 2009, to generate additional revenue to support their comprehensive no-fee services for low income seniors, they began Connections Catering. They provide corporate and individual catering, with the profits immediately reinvested into their programs.

Senior Connections incorporate volunteers wherever possible to reduce costs and maximize community investment.

Fenski Automotive, Hi-Hope Service Center, Gwinnett County Health and Human Services and Suwanee Magazine

June 5, 2014 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Fenski Automotive, Hi-Hope Service Center, Gwinnett County Health and Human Services and Suwanee Magazine

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Mike Sammond, Angie Veugeler, Rachel Fasig, Pat Baker, Susan Boldan Butts, Kimberly Shupe, Joe Fenski, Steven Julian

Joe Fenski and Kimberly Shupe/Fenski Automotive

Fenski Automotive Center is conveniently located and now celebrating 10 years at 1010 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Sugar Hill! Since 2004, they have provided complete auto repair services on your domestic, Asian and European vehicles with the goal of helping you keep them up to 300,000 worry-free miles as they are designed to do. They understand the value of preventive maintenance and their industry certified technicians strive to offer each customer a consultation they can trust. Fenski Automotive Center… Helping you LOVE your vehicle much longer than your loan!

Susan Boland Butts/Hi-Hope Service Center

Hi-Hope Service Center provides services to adults with developmental disabilities in Gwinnett County. Over 50 years ago the parents of six young students from Gwinnett County founded one of the first organizations in Georgia to teach children with intellectual disabilities. The Hi-Hope Service Center, formerly known as Gwinnett County Association for Retarded Citizens, was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in 1960. Under the capable leadership of Vinie Lowry, and support from many parents and the greater Gwinnett community, construction of a special needs school was completed in 1970. In the late 1990s when all student programs, including the pre-school program, were integrated into the public schools, Hi-Hope successfully transitioned to an organization supporting developmentally disabled adults. Currently, Hi-Hope supports 108 individuals through its weekday community access, employment and residential group home programs.

Pat Baker/Gwinnett County Health and Human Services

Gwinnett County Health and Human Services is a division in Community Services. HHS is made up of Gwinnett Senior Services (four senior multipurpose centers – Buford, Norcross, Lawrenceville and Centerville), two human services centers (One -Stops in Buford and Norcross) and one community center (Centerville). The One-Stops offer many different programs and house non-profits and service agencies. The services offered by Senior Services (those over the age of 60) are congregate meals, home-delivered meals, several different transportation programs, homemaker services, care management, information and assistance, and a wide variety of opportunities to volunteer. The Centerville Community Center offers a wide variety of programming for all ages.

Angie Veugeler and Rachel Fasig/Suwanee Magazine

Suwanee Magazine is a family, community & lifestyle magazine designed to keep pace and flow with the active Suwanee lifestyle. Distributing over 20,000 free copies bi-monthly to hundreds of businesses and locations in the Suwanee area, the magazine shares insight with its readers and focuses on their unique interests. Suwanee Magazine devotes sections pertaining to the best of dining, shopping, music, local personalities, business, industry and everything in between that impacts the Suwanee area and beyond. Each month new businesses emerge, new trends develop, new leaders move to the community forefront and Suwanee Magazine is there to keep you connected!

Meals on Wheels and Sunrise team up to fee Atlanta!

December 14, 2012 by angishields

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Meals on Wheels and Sunrise team up to fee Atlanta!

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Return guest, Jeff Smythe discovered early on that he wanted to spend his life and career helping people. While in college, he spent time with WorldTeach in Costa Rica. Upon return and graduation from college, Jeff moved from Denver to Atlanta. He started working with OpenHand Atlanta, and went on to earn a Masters in Public Administration from Georgia State University. About 10 years ago, Jeff began working for Senior Citizen Services, now Meals on Wheels Atlanta,(www.MealsOnWheelsAtlanta.org). Now, as the Executive Director of the organization, Jeff takes pride in the fact that the organization serves more than 100,000 meals per year through its Meals on Wheels program, and provides home repair for literally hundreds of Fulton County citizens each year.

Jessica Gill has never held a job that didn’t involve serving seniors! Growing up in Connecticut, she spent time in school visiting nursing homes. While doing that, she also learned to square dance. As a result of that experience, she developed a passion for the senior community. She went on to school at University of Southern Connecticut, earning a Masters in Public Health, and then to Boston University, where she received a certificate in Gerontology. Upon graduation, Jessica took a job with the CDC, and was ultimately transferred to Atlanta. She is also a certified geriatric care manager, and has spent time working with the Area Agency on Aging, as well as working as a geriatric care manager in private practice. Today she works for Sunrise Senior Living as an Area Manager of Business Development. Part of her role with Sunrise is linking arms with like-minded organizations in the community. Thus, Sunrise and Meals on Wheels Atlanta have come together to provide more than 300 Christmas Eve/Christmas Day meals for Atlanta’s most needy seniors. To find out how you can donate or get involved, please contact either Jeff or Jennifer. Here are their coordinates:

Jeff Smythe: Phone – (404)-351-3889 Email: jsmythe@mealsonwheelsatlanta.org

Jessica Gill: Twitter @GillJJLL, Email: Jessica.Gill@sunriseseniorliving.com

To donate canned goods, blankets, CO2 or Smoke Detectors, simply drop them off at any of the 10 Atlanta Sunrise locations, but hurry – only 19 days to Christmas Eve!

We want to thank Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for 20 years.

Senior Services North Fulton – Annual Gala; John McNair with an Update on Elder Law Issues

February 2, 2012 by angishields

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Senior Services North Fulton - Annual Gala; John McNair with an Update on Elder Law Issues

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Carrie Bellware has spent a good bit of her career working for non-profit organizations. Shortly after moving to Atlanta in 1996, she began working with Jewish Family Services on a part time basis. After ten years with Jewish Family Services, she took a quick hiatus away from Atlanta. After a few short years away, she moved back to the Atlanta area, and accepted the position of Executive Director with Senior Services North Fulton (SSNF), where she’s loved her job for the last 18 months! SSNF is a non-profit organization providing Meals on Wheels, medical transportation, senior centers and a staff of in-home care managers.

Joining Carrie this morning is SSNF board member, and returning guest, Sue Sharpe, Owner of Mobility Express. Carrie and Sue particularly wanted to highlight SSNF’s upcoming event, Art from the Heart, their annual fundraising gala being held at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek on February 11 at 7PM. They tell us this is a “Don’t Miss” event with dinner, music, dancing and a silent auction. For more information, please visit their website at www.ssnorthfulton.org, or call them at (770) 993-1906.

Originally from Jonesboro, Arkansas, John McNair graduated from law school at University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Wanting to further his education, John came to Dallas to attend Southern Methodist University, ultimately received a Master of Tax Law degree. He began his private practice in 1983, and spent the first decade on estate planning, probate and taxation. Today, John is a Partner in the firm Barnett, McNair, Hall LLP. Over the past fifteen years, John has been thrilled to see his practice start to gravitate towards Elder Law. He takes particular satisfaction in being able to help seniors find funds to pay for their long term care, and in helping them preserve the estates they have worked so hard to build. Contact John via email at jmcnair@barnettmcnair.com, or via phone at (214) 691-7781. You can also visit his website at www.mcnair.elderlawanswers.com.

We want to thank Griswold Special Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Special Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Dallas and Atlanta for 20 years.