🌱 Patch AM: How a Cumming mattress shop helps kids finally sleep in real beds

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Cumming mattress shop helps kids finally sleep in real beds

Also on today's calendar: Pinecrest Academy to Host Fall Informational Coffee and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Humid with a shower in places, with a high of 76 and low of 59 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny, nice and less humid, temps: high: 78, low: 54.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pine Needle Quilt Guild sews quilts for Sleep in Heavenly Peace (smokesignalsnews.com) — Children in Forsyth County benefit as Dawsonville's Sleep in Heavenly Peace chapter, which serves Forsyth, partners with Cumming-based Fred's Beds to supply mattresses for kids who lack proper beds. Local quilters spent eight months creating colorful twin-size quilts, while volunteers build and deliver beds across several north Georgia counties, with multiple ways for residents to donate, sew, or help at build days.
   

📸 Around Cumming

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cumming

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 5
• The Common Thread — A Firstwater Fly Fishing Gathering →
  421 Vision Drive, Cumming
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 5
• Free GED Classes →
  Cumming Elementary, 540 Dahlonega Street, Cumming
  6:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Pinecrest Academy to Host Fall Informational Coffee →
  8:30 am
• Fall Informational Coffee →
  Pinecrest Academy, 955 Peachtree Pkwy, Cumming
  8:30 am
• Senior Deputy: Sex Offender Registry →
  Forsyth County Sheriff's Office Juvenile Court, 875 Lanier 400 Parkway, Cumming
  8:30 am
• Pinecrest Academy Fall Informational Coffee →
  Pinecrest Academy, 955 Peachtree Parkway, Cumming
  8:30 am
• *SOLD OUT* Tiles for Tails - Mahjong →
  5235 Union Hill Rd, Cumming
  6:00 pm
• Annual Drug Summit: THC And Vaping →
  Local Church Forsyth, 3105 Dahlonega Hwy, Cumming
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Cumming Farmers Market →
  Cumming Farmers Market, 423 Canton Rd, Cumming, GA, 30040
  8:00 am
• Third Annual Sip and Support Wine Festival →
  The Green at the Collection at Forsyth
  4:00 pm
• GA vs. AL Game Day Watch Party & Vendor Market →
  Cumming City Center, 423 Canton Rd, Cumming
  6:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Financial Literacy Fall Series →
  Family Promise, 127 Samaritan Dr, Cumming
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Five beautiful long-haired kittens are ready for their forever homes!
  They were born August 8 and are exactly 8 weeks old today. They're free to good homes and available starting today. Loving homes are a must! Message… (Nextdoor Barrett Downs)
• I would just like to let everyone know that I have found an amazing tailor -- Murat --
  He altered 6 items of clothing in a half a day and they looked just like new -- the material was difficult to work with and he worked his magic on it… (Nextdoor Orchards of Stoney Point)

• Grand Lux Cafe posted a job opening for Line Cook in Cumming. Apply here.
• Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Team Member in Cumming. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cumming here.

🗞 Nearby News

Buford

• Triathlon Wraps Regular Season at Navy Collegiate Cup (etsubucs.com)
• McADAM: Gloversville's not unique; teen takeovers happen all over (dailygazette.com)
• Shake Shack celebrates spooky season with 3 FREE sandwiches in October (atlantaonthecheap.com)

Suwanee

• Todd Horne: LSU Football's Real Test Begins After McNeese Rout (tigerrag.com)
• THE FIT LIFE: When life knocks you out of your fitness routine (jacksonprogress-argus.com)

Milton

• Milton eyes $20K deal to preserve Birmingham Park land (appenmedia.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ?" — Footsteps (Thank you Patty G. for sending it in!)
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