Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

January 13, 2022 by Mike

Giving Back To Gwinnett

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

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Lindsay Ferreira, Katha Blackwell and Heather Loveridge

Did you know that every nine seconds a woman is beaten in the United States? Or that people between the ages of 12 and 24 are at higher risk for sexual assault and rape? Do you know how to recognize the signs of domestic violence? And what do to help someone who’s been a victim of sexual assault or domestic violence?

Katha Blackwell/CEO, Partnership Against Domestic Violence

The mission of Partnership Against Domestic Violence is to end the crime of intimate partner violence and empower its survivors. Their vision is a community free of domestic violence.

To that end, they work to educate the public on the dynamics of intimate partner violence; promote healthy dating relationships among adolescents and teens to prevent future violence; offer safety and shelter for battered women and their children; restore power, self-sufficiency, and control to survivors; and create an effective and coordinated community response to intimate partner violence.

Lindsay Ferreira/Managing Director, Mosaic Georgia

Founded in 1986 as the Gwinnett Rape Crisis to provide support to victims through a crisis line and accompaniment through forensic medical exams (aka, “rape kit” exam), Mosaic Georgia is a “dual services” center with specialized services for children, teens, and adults. They provide free, confidential support and services to victims and survivors of rape, sexual assault, and child sexual molestation and abuse. They work with survivors of all genders regardless of when the violence occurred and whether they choose to report. Support to children and their non-offending caregivers are offered with care.

Host: Heather Loveridge/Magnolia Media Group

At the heart of marketing is great storytelling – and that’s what they do at Magnolia Media Group. Whether it’s through social media, e-newsletters, websites, brochures or complete marketing services, they help organizations tell their story.

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The Giving Impact

December 9, 2021 by Mike

Giving Back To Gwinnett

The Giving Impact

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Ken Massaroni, Ryan Jones, Dan Miller, Heather Loveridge, Justice French and Greg Lang

For the last episode of 2022, the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia will take you behind the scenes and talk with some of the “givers” – those helping make their nonprofits’ work possible – and share some stories of how lives are being changed through that giving. This episode includes inspiring stories from Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett, the Neighborhood Co-op, and Rainbow Village.

Ryan Jones/Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries

Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries (NCM) is a faith-based, non-profit, ecumenical ministry dedicated to providing emergency assistance to families in Norcross, Peachtree Corners, Doraville and Tucker, Georgia of Gwinnett County. NCM is supported by twenty three local churches and numerous businesses, civic and social organizations, foundations, and individuals.

Greg Lang/Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett

The Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett is a non-profit medical clinic that provides low-cost primary care and disease management services across the life span for uninsured residents of Gwinnett County and surrounding areas. Their goals are to provide quality low cost primary healthcare services to the uninsured, decrease the demand of the uninsured for non-emergency medical services on the local hospital emergency rooms, and provide a venue for medical professionals and laymen of the Christian community to serve a marginalized population.

Justice French/Rainbow Village

The mission of Rainbow Village is to transform the lives of homeless families with children by providing a stable community and services that instill initiative, self-development, and accountability for future generations. Rainbow Village has realized for over 29 years that it is this holistic approach to serving all family members in a safe community that allows their residents to truly break generational cycles of poverty, homelessness, and domestic violence. As their mission is fulfilled, they work towards their vision to be a national model of an educational and holistic approach to breaking the cycles of homelessness, poverty, and domestic violence.

Host: Heather Loveridge/Magnolia Media Group

Giving Back to Gwinnett is presented by:

Molly Welch, A Second Later

November 30, 2021 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Molly Welch, A Second Later

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Molly Welch, A Second Later (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 414)

Molly Welch, Founder of A Second Later, joined the show to share her story of how a head-on collision in college, caused by distracted driving, resulting in a traumatic brain injury. She tenaciously fought to recover, finished her college education, and founded A Second Later to spread her story and to warn of the dangers of distracted driving. She and host John Ray discussed her accident, recovery, her work, and much more. North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

A Second Later

It was winter her junior year of college and Molly was writing for “The Plainsman” at Auburn University.

She had completed an interview on a hand-held recorder and was driving back to campus to write her article. Eager to start her latest assignment, Molly briefly looked down to hit the record button on her device, recording the entire accident on tape.

“A second later,” her entire life changed.

n 2017, she produced a public service announcement together with key individuals to help spread her message to drivers everywhere. It aired in several states. From there, she was inspired to start her own non-profit, motivational speaking company, A Second Later. Through her organization, she has been able to tell her story to schools, businesses, professional organizations, civic groups, and even legislators in the State of Georgia.

Help her stop distracted driving by inviting her to speak to your organization, purchasing a car magnet, or simply donating to A Second Later.

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Molly Welch, Founder, A Second Later

Molly Welch, the founder of the non-profit organization, A Second Later, has dedicated her life to ending distracted driving. Her mission is to bring awareness to the dangers and realities of distracted driving.

In 2008 while traveling down the highway close to Auburn University, Molly briefly looked away from the road and wound up in a head-on collision. She sustained a traumatic brain injury, and to this day has no use of her right arm, limited use of her right leg, and a softer voice. Since her accident, she has worked tirelessly to help others avoid such a fate.

Questions and Topics Discussed in this Episode

Tell us about your story
What made you choose to start a nonprofit?
What does A Second Later do?
What groups do you speak to?
What’s ahead for you?

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, 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.

Special thanks to A&S Culinary Concepts for their support of this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. A&S Culinary Concepts, based in Johns Creek, is an award-winning culinary studio, celebrated for corporate catering, corporate team building, Big Green Egg Boot Camps, and private group events. They also provide oven-ready, cooked from scratch meals to go they call “Let Us Cook for You.” To see their menus and events, go to their website or call 678-336-9196.

Resilient Gwinnett Initiative

November 11, 2021 by Mike

Giving Back To Gwinnett

Resilient Gwinnett Initiative

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Emily Anne Vall, Heather Loveridge and Dr. Tinisha Parker

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s National Survey of Children’s Health, more than 1 in 4 children have been exposed to at least one adverse event in their lives. In Georgia, 18% of children have experienced at least one adverse event and 10% have experienced two or more. Today’s episode discusses what children and young adults are experiencing and how Georgia and Gwinnett are working to build resilient communities.

Emily Anne Vall/Executive Director of Resilient Georgia

The vision for Resilient Georgia is for every child and young adult in Georgia to have access to high-quality, integrated behavioral health services and support, empowered by a statewide network of trauma-informed organizations working together to prevent and heal childhood adversity.

Dr. Tinisha Parker/Gwinnett County Public Schools Department of Student Services

Gwinnett County Public Schools, located in the metro Atlanta area, is the largest school system in Georgia and continues to grow. As a school system of choice, the finest teachers, involved parents, and a supportive community are key elements in the district’s quest to become a system of world-class schools. In 2021-22, the school district is serving more than 179,000 students. One of every five Gwinnett County residents is a GCPS student.

Jessica Andrews-Wilson/Gwinnett Coalition Board Member & Executive Director of GUIDE

The mission of GUIDE (Gwinnett United In Drug Education) is to improve community conditions by utilizing collaborations, promoting positive youth development, delivering specialized training and resources and preventing substance use and abuse.

Host: Heather Loveridge/Magnolia Media Group

Giving Back to Gwinnett is presented by:

Workforce Development

October 14, 2021 by Mike

Giving Back To Gwinnett

Workforce Development

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Brian White, Jace Brooks, Alicia Battle and Heather Loveridge

Jace Brooks/Director, Better Work Gwinnett

Better Work Gwinnett began as part of the Gwinnett Cares initiative and the Georgia Center for Opportunity’s Hiring Well, Doing Good initiative. The goal is to foster a local solution that supports business efforts to find workers while doing good in the community.

Brian White/Director of Community Engagement, First Step Staffing

First Step Staffing is committed to providing its employees extensive training, meticulous support, and community reinvestment to provide you with the skilled and qualified employees you need. First Step Staffing strikes an expert balance between business success and giving back. In fact, they leverage their staffing savvy in order to create social change. That’s what earned them a reputation for high-quality service and dedicated, talented employees.

Alicia Battle/Director of Workforce Development, Goodwill of North Georgia

At Goodwill of North Georgia, the mission is a simple one: put people to work. Every day, thousands of men and women face barriers that make it difficult for them to find work and earn a paycheck to support their families. Sometimes it’s lack of training or education, limited job skills, or a disability. But with the support of donors and shoppers like you, Goodwill of North Georgia overcomes those barriers.

Their training programs prepare people for careers in a wide array of fields such as retail, financial services, floor technology, healthcare, traditional and green construction, forklift operations, and more.

Think about Goodwill and the good they do the next time you’re deciding what to do with your gently used goods, or even when you’re about to go treasure hunting for a bargain. If you’d like to help them improve communities, strengthen families, and energize the economy, they welcome your donations and invite you to visit their stores.

Host: Heather Loveridge/Magnolia Media Group

Giving Back to Gwinnett is presented by:

Food Insecurity in Gwinnett County

September 9, 2021 by Mike

Giving Back To Gwinnett

Food Insecurity in Gwinnett County

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Heather Loveridge, Muriam Nafees, Ryan Jones and Fay Josephs

Muriam Nafees/Project Coordinator, Volunteer Gwinnett

Volunteer Gwinnett is a county-wide volunteer program designed to involve residents in volunteer activities. Gwinnett County depends on volunteers to help provide residents with the best services and programs possible. Their volunteers directly contribute to the excellent quality of life residents enjoy in the community.

Ryan Jones/Director of Community Development, Neighborhood Co-operative Ministries

Fay Josephs/Founder and Executive Director, Mending the Gap

Mending the Gap provides seniors with one-on-one supportive services that will meet their basic needs and alleviate isolation while creating healthy and fulfilling relationships. Their mission is keeping seniors healthy, independent, and connected.

Host: Heather Loveridge/Magnolia Media Group

Giving Back to Gwinnett is presented by:

Housing in Gwinnett County

August 12, 2021 by Mike

Giving Back To Gwinnett

Housing in Gwinnett County

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Matt Elder, Kristina Blum, Heather Loveridge

Kristina Blum/Gwinnett Chief Magistrate Judge

Gwinnett County Magistrate Court‘s jurisdiction encompasses civil claims of $15,000 or less, county ordinance violations, applications for and issuance of arrest and search warrants, preliminary hearings, dispossessory writs, and distress warrants. No jury trials are held in this court. Appeals from decisions in landlord, tenant and civil cases are made to the Superior and State courts.

Matt Elder/Executive Director, HomeFirst Gwinnett

The HomeFirst Gwinnett Initiative is a collaborative partnership formed between the United Way of Greater Atlanta, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners and The Primerica Foundation, seeking to develop a strategic, coordinated approach to addressing homelessness in Gwinnett County by better connecting services for those who need them most.

Host: Heather Loveridge/Magnolia Media Group

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Education in Gwinnett County

July 27, 2021 by Mike

Giving Back To Gwinnett

Education in Gwinnett County

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Scott Mawdesley, Kim Holland, Heather Loveridge and Jason DiFranco

Kim Holland/Director of Early Learning & School Readiness at Gwinnett Co. Public Schools

The Office of Early Learning and School Readiness strives to ensure that all students enter Kindergarten ready to learn at high levels. In creating partnerships with parents, public and private organizations as well as businesses, they are able to align developmental and academic standards for children from birth to 5 years old and develop and implement effective instructional practices aimed at school readiness.

Jason DiFranco/Director of Development & Community Relations at Gwinnett Public Library

The Gwinnett County Public Library is a free provider of education and information for the people of Gwinnett County. Serving Gwinnett County’s over 860,000 residents, Gwinnett County Public Library is dedicated to providing convenient, creative, customer-friendly access to materials and services.

Scott Mawdesley/Vice President at Corners Academy

Scott Mawdesley is passionate about the innovative and collaborative work he and his team are doing at Corners Outeach to help Latinx families succeed economically and educationally across the community. Corners is helping the working poor of the community become self-reliant by providing academic support and vocational pathways through which the whole family can thrive.

Host: Heather Loveridge/Magnolia Media Group

Giving Back to Gwinnett is presented by:

Aimee Hoecker and Lauren Williams – Downtown Drafts, John Vardeman – Morton, Vardeman & Carlson

February 18, 2020 by Beau Henderson

North Georgia Business Radio

Aimee Hoecker and Lauren Williams - Downtown Drafts, John Vardeman - Morton, Vardeman & Carlson

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Downtown Drafts – Aimee Hoecker and Lauren Williams

Downtown Drafts is a craft beer and wine cafe in the heart of Downtown Gainesville, GA, on the historic square… a relaxed and welcoming community fathering space where you can enjoy samplers or glasses of unique and local craft beers, wines, ciders and more! We frequently feature live music, trivia nights, wine paining and many other events and offer an extensive collection of board and card games to play with your family and friends!

Hungry? Tweet us @downtowndrafts then try some of our snacks which include our affordable Boar’s Head meat, cheese and hummus trays… locally-made chips, pretzels, King of Pops and more!! You can order food and have it delivered from one of our amazing downtown restaurants!

Our goal is to provide the community with a laid-back environment where you can feel as comfortable as sipping a glass of wine in your living room, but also be surrounded by friends both new and old!

Email: aimee@downtowndrafts.net

Morton, Vardeman & Carlson – John Vardeman

Based in Gainesville, Ga., Morton Vardeman & Carlson is a full-service marketing agency that is closing in on 50 years of brand architecture and promotion for businesses regionally and nationwide. It is one of Georgia’s largest advertising agencies north of Atlanta.

Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn!!