This time of year, our mailboxes and email inboxes are full of holiday gift ideas, ads with smiling, happy people letting us know our lives are not complete without this or that trinket, shipping deadlines and the like. It’s enough …
Welcome The Luke Project/LukeCamp Fund
We welcome our newest agency fund holder, The Luke Project, an organization founded by Jeff and Norita Gorman in 2001. Jeff served with World Relief, Inc. out of West End Baptist Chapel in West End, Atlanta which halted its efforts …
Welcome Reflections of Trinity
We welcome our newest agency fundholder, Reflections of Trinity, an organization that serves to meet the basic needs of those in crisis and facilitates structured opportunities for people to engage in meaningful community service. This Powder Springs-based organization had its …
Imler pledges $50,000 match for donations to The Strand Theatre
Cobb Community Foundation board member and fundholder, Steve Imler, will tell anyone who asks that he has three passions: the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre, the Humane Society of Cobb County, and Cobb Community Foundation. Just last week, he …
“If I Can Help Somebody as I Pass Along”
Who doesn’t love a story of overcoming insurmountable odds to change the trajectory of someone’s life? The story is made even better when that overcomer understands that they are blessed beyond belief and they make a decision to improve the …
Lockheed Martin contributes $50,000 for CCF’s COVID-19 Efforts
Cobb County is FILLED with people and organizations who care. Consider this conversation with between Cobb Community Foundation and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Marietta not too long ago. Lockheed had already shared that they were making a $25,000 contribution to the …
Supporting and Honoring Our Veterans
The Cobb Veterans Memorial Foundation (CVMF) was founded in 2015 as a way to help pay respect to Cobb County veterans and their families. The Cobb Commission Chair at the time, Tim Lee, identified a handful of Cobb leaders who …
THE DOMINO EFFECT OF COVID-19 AND THE ORGANIZATIONS BLOCKING THE FALL
Allison Carroll Forever 14 Scholarship Fund
In 2018, Allison Carroll was in the midst of planning her wedding to Heath Satterfield, her college sweetheart and best friend. She was also completing her Master’s degree in Education at Georgia State University and looking forward to meeting her …
HELMS FAMILY FUND
Walt and Christy Helms and their two teenage sons live and thrive in East Cobb. Walt has a successful career in the wealth management industry while Christy manages the busy household. Their high school senior is headed off to college …