Despite Severe Weather Threat, Residents Team Up To Enhance Parks, Schools

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Hundreds of committed volunteers turned out to donate their time and skills to make improvements around the Sandy Springs community at the 13th annual Volunteer for a Better Sandy Springs Day.

Despite threats of severe spring thunderstorms the morning of April 25, participants showed up in rain gear ready to work.

Presented by Leadership Sandy Springs, a nonprofit organization that trains professionals for stronger leadership, the event kicked off with a rally with Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul charging them to go forth and enhance.

Volunteers came as individuals, families and school and civic groups, choosing one work site among 20 nonprofit organizations, government establishments and public schools in which to serve for a half-day of work that included refreshing plant beds; planting spring annuals, shrubs and groundcover; painting interiors; organizing inventory; cleaning out closets; creating outdoor classrooms, herb and vegetable gardens, bagging trash and more.

This year’s sites included Abernathy Arts Center, Community Assistance Center, Dorothy Benson Senior Multipurpose Center, Heritage Sandy Springs, Island Ford Park – CRNRA, Ison Springs Elementary School, Keep Sandy Springs Beautiful – Recycling Center, Lake Forest Elementary School, Mary Hall Freedom House, North Springs Charter High School, Sandy Springs Library (inside and outside), Sandy Springs local parks, Sandy Springs Tennis Center, Sandy Springs Charter Middle School, Spalding Drive Elementary School, Watershed Alliance of Sandy Springs and Woodland Elementary School.

Regardless of the rain in the early morning and wet grounds, the participants accomplished all the stated goals of the organizations in the four-hour time period.

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Photo 1: Volunteers refresh at the pathway at the new Crooked Creek Park
Photo 2: Volunteers readying to paint at the Community Assistance Center – Stacey Hader Epstein, Lisa Thompson, Debbie Sonenshine, Paul Shlanta and Ben Shlanta.
Credits: Leadership Sandy Springs