Lori's Update:

I've been working on something new and love to be writing this month again about Public Safety. Specifically our Cherokee County E 9-1-1 Center.

I am super excited and honored to have been asked to build and run the Cherokee County 911 Foundation. We have an amazing board with a mission to support, advocate, and advance Cherokee County E 9-1-1.

I was recently talking to my mother on one of our lunch outings about this new adventure. I learned my own mother doesn't know some pretty basic information about E 9-1-1 even after calling multiple times. There is so much I want you to learn. So jump on, here we go!!

Your 9-1-1 dispatchers are your FIRST first responder on EVERY emergency in Cherokee County. When you call 9-1-1, you are not calling the police department or fire department - you are calling your #1 in the State 9-1-1 Center. Who does 9-1-1 take calls for and dispatch for? The answer is CSO, CCF&EMS, Canton, Ball Ground, Holly Springs, The Marshal's Office, Reinhardt University Public Safety, and Woodstock Fire/Police, and MORE. 95% of all calls are answered in 10 seconds or less. Dispatchers work 12 hours shifts and get (4) 15 minute breaks. This means they cannot leave the center for breakfast, lunch or dinner. 911 is also fully funded by the $1.50 on your cell or phone bill. Interesting huh?? Did you know any of that? In the time I have spent asking and educating people - they did not know, so you are not alone.

Here's how you can help! It's simple, to make a donation or if you would like to learn about becoming a partner, just click here. Don't hesitate to reach out to me if you would like to learn more!!! If you have a E 9-1-1 story, I want to know it. You'll find this issue heavy community.

Next month get ready for some major marketing, and updates we have been working on to make you look awesome.

Fun Quote!!!

"Networking is not about just connecting people. It's about connecting people with people, people with ideas and people with opportunities." -Michele Jennae

Sustainable

We are Partnering with top manufacturers to provide excellent sustainable options

Each month we will feature a sustainable product we love. This month, the focus is on apparel production!

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Key to sustainable apparel is the choice of materials. Brands are increasingly opting for organic cotton, hemp, bamboo, and recycled polyester to reduce water usage, pesticide pollution, and microplastic waste.

May Poll

Volunteering

Absolutely

I do some

Haven't found what I'm passionate about

I don't know where to volunteer

Results for April Poll:

I love to network: 57.1%

Nope: 42.9%

CHEROKEE COUNTY E-911 CENTER

Our very own, Lori Flink, has been keeping a secret for a few months. Now that the secret is out, we're excited to tell you all about it! The new Board of Directors launched a new foundation in April called The Cherokee County E-911. The mission of the Foundation is to support, advocate and advance Cherokee County E-911. This non-profit organization is dedicated to making a lasting impact through initiatives including a Dispatcher Emergency Assistance Program, Promote Public Awareness, Education-Training focusing on certifications and employee training, support of the Community Outreach Unit. Along with all of that, they also want to show support for the Mental and Physical wellbeing of Cherokee County's E-911 employees. To learn more about this, click here.

E-911 had a strong kick off during NTW week (National Telecommunicator's Week) which was April 14th-20th. They had a bunch of visitors stop by and all dispatchers were adopted and loved on. There were a bunch of food donations all week and the community made sure to show their love as well- which was awesome to see! Now we want to continue this throughout the year and show these Unseen Heroes that we see them and see them BIG!!

What have we been up to in the Community?

APRIL - BIG THINGS HAPPENED!!!

April- where do we even start?? Big things have happened all throughout April and we are so excited to share a lot of that with you! While keeping busy this month, we've also made sure to stay busy in the community and give a helping hand at anytime.

This month was a big one!! We had a lot going on but enjoyed every second of this super busy month. As mentioned above, Lori and the board of directors launched the CC 911 Foundation! If you haven't had a chance to hear about it or even check it out, reach out to Lori, I'm sure she'd love to tell you all the ins and outs of it. In-between launching a foundation, Lori & David were also a part of the quarterly road clean up with Canton Optimist Club - love giving back and helping our community!! Lori and David also had the opportunity to go to Dixie Speedway with the Chamber - if you haven't been, you should definitely go check it out so cool! As the T-shirt Sponsor for Teen Leadership, Graduation is always awesome to attend and see how many students are involved and graduate from the program and congrats to all the Grads!

Last month we challenged you to give back or help someone- we hope you all were able to do one of these things, but also hope you continue to do so. The simplest thing, like helping someone in the store or helping someone with directions could put the biggest smile on someone's face especially if they were having a bad day! For this month, we challenge you to do one positive thing for your community, whether it be getting out and volunteering somewhere or helping someone in your community - we want to see you out there making a difference!!! Post pictures on our Facebook and you could win a special prize!!

Make sure to also check out our blogs on our website to find out more about what we did this April and what we are continuously doing in the community!