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CSRA businesses support Red Cross disaster response

Almost 800 Red Cross volunteers are temporarily calling Augusta home. A few are local, but Red Crossers from across the states of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida are pitching in to answer the need. The East Central Georgia Red Cross based in Augusta is currently serving as disaster response headquarters for what continues to unfold as a catastrophe for all three states. “We couldn’t serve as homebase for this disaster response without our community partners like Golden Harvest for warehousing supplies and the Exchange Club Fairgrounds for providing space to

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Mitzi Oxford August 7, 2024 No Comments
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Good Deeds: “All in Faith” for Martinez business

Robyn Kelley (right) and Lisa Merritt (left) are both in the hair business. Both want to make women look and feel beautiful. Robyn owns Trendz Salon and her team takes hair off. Lisa runs a wig boutique there and puts hair on. Wigs are for women like Faith Owens (center), who typically lose their locks due to a serious illness. Through the generosity of Trendz and first responders from Burke County organizing a fundraiser, the Owens’ out of pocket costs were $750 for a $5,000 special order wig made with

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Neil Gordon July 28, 2024 No Comments
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$20,000 grant to support student veterans

The Fluor Foundation’s Military Support Coalition has awarded the Aiken Technical College Foundation a grant to continue support for student veterans with the cost of attendance and living expenses. “We are thankful for the Fluor Foundation’s ongoing support of our student veterans. The funding helps address financial barriers often not covered by other financial aid resources, but can impact a student veteran’s ability to start or continue their education,” said Aiken Technical College Foundation President, Dr. Forest Mahan. Since 2013, the Fluor Foundation Military Support Coalition has granted $165,000 to

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Staff Report July 23, 2024 No Comments
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Helping build a workforce pipeline for individuals with a criminal record

Two organizations have joined to create a series of specialized workshops to help previously incarcerated individuals reintegrate into meaningful employment. Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia and the CSRA and ReNforce, an Augusta-based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping justice-involved individuals, will use existing programs and services to create pathways to employment by offering job readiness training workshops. “They cover things like time management, customer service, conflict resolution, skills, preparing for your interview,” Leah Pontani, Senior Vice President of Career Development at Goodwill, explained for ABD. “If you’re incarcerated for a number

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Dana Lynn McIntyre July 14, 2024 No Comments
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Grant supports CSRA students who are close to the finish line

Bank of America is continuing to support Aiken Technical College (ATC) students in completing their college education by awarding an economic mobility grant to the ATC Foundation. The $10,000 grant will go toward the ATC Foundation’s Student Completion Microgrants Program. The microgrants are provided to eligible students who have completed at least 75 percent of their program of study but are at risk of not completing it for financial reasons. “Partnering with Aiken Technical College to address important issues like workforce development and employment is part of our commitment to

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Staff Report July 8, 2024 No Comments
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Grant Boosts GED & ESL Programs Across 35-County Region

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation (DGLF) has awarded Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia and the CSRA a $9,915 grant to bolster its adult literacy programs. This grant is part of DGLF’s broader initiative, which has contributed over $10.6 million this year to support literacy programs nationwide, impacting more than 20 million individuals since its inception in 1993. With this funding, Goodwill will enhance its General Educational Development (GED) and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, reaching individuals across its extensive 35-county service area. These initiatives aim to provide flexible and accessible

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Mitzi Oxford July 8, 2024 No Comments
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Growing coffee company makes big donation; prepares for grand opening

7 Brew Coffee, which is preparing to replace Smith’s Chevron station on Walton Way ext. with one of its drive-through spots this fall— is also preparing for a busy Sunday on July 7th. They are launching the first official “7 Brew Day.” As part of the celebration, 7 Brew will be donating $25,000 to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH) to officially announce an ongoing partnership between the two organizations. 7 Brew, the drive-thru coffee company with over 20,000 drink combinations known for cultivating kindness, has more than 200 stands nationwide and was recently named

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Neil Gordon July 1, 2024 No Comments
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Connecting military families to loved ones

The Alliance for Fort Eisenhower teamed up with AT&T and Human I-T to provide laptop computers to students and families with the goal of providing active duty service members, E5 and below, with the tools to bridge the digital divide. “We do that in so many different ways, especially in K through 12, but in the Augusta area, with our military families being so important, we felt like it was very important to extend this type of a program to the military families out of Fort Eisenhower,” Stan Shepherd, Regional

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Dana Lynn McIntyre June 26, 2024 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Successful Grand Opening of New Family Store

Last weekend’s grand opening of Salvation Army of Augusta’s family store paved the way for 860 nights of shelter at their Center of Hope, including food, clothing, supplies, and casework. The store is located on the far-left endcap unit at 4099 Riverwatch Parkway in the same shopping center as a large Hobby store. There have been several furniture and bedding stores in that space over the years. “We are deeply grateful for the incredible support from our community during the grand opening,” said Major Jonathan Raymer, Area Commander. “The overwhelming

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Neil Gordon June 16, 2024 No Comments
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John Deere honored with Good Neighbor Award

The company slogan is “Nothing runs like a Deere” and the Red Cross couldn’t run their humanitarian response without the support of businesses and individuals. As the volunteer partner for the Red Cross “Sound the Alarm” campaign, more than 30 John Deere employees volunteered their time to go door to door recently with Red Crossers and the Augusta Fire Department installing free smoke alarms and providing fire safety education to families in the Harrisburg Community. “It was truly inspiring working with such dedicated John Deere employees visiting homes, installing smoke

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Staff Report May 21, 2024 No Comments
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