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DOG DAYS OF
SUMMER EVENT
BENEFITS
NONPROFIT
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN ice cream for attendees,
horace@dekalbchamp.com including the dogs. There
were also games and raffle
prizes.
Bre Johnson, vice Canine Caravan Rescue
president of Canine Caravan is in need of foster homes
Rescue, said she feels every for dogs, according to
day the DeKalb County organization officials.
based organization is Johnson said every
making a difference in the donation will help.
community. “You don’t feel like you
Canine Caravan Rescue ever make a big enough dent
raises funds for veterinary because there are still so
services and transport many dogs being euthanized
animals from local high- every day, but a life saved is
kill animal control facilities a life saved,” Johnson said.
to rescue partners in the Jason Wieloch, lead
northeastern states. The goal agent and president of
of the organization is to save The Wieloch Group, said
the lives of up to 50 animals the company is “very
each month. active” in the community.
But running such an Approximately every
organization can get three months the company
expensive, Johnson said. partners with nonprofit
On Aug. 18, The Wieloch organizations and hosts
Group hosted a Dog Days of charity events, he said.
Summer fundraiser event at “The event allows us
Brookhaven Park to benefit to raise money for people
Canine Caravan Rescue. we’ve done business with
One hundred percent or just people who want to
of the donations collected come out,” Wieloch said.
during the event will Any new or repeat
be used for animal care business the company
and transportation costs, receives from the event in
according to Canine August also will be donated
Caravan officials. to Canine Caravan Rescue,
“This is great. We’re so he added.
happy that they were able to “We’re very fortunate to
help us out,” Johnson said. be able to do something we
“We hope we will be able love and it’s given us a lot
to continue to do events of blessings, financially. We
like this and partner in the feel like this is a way for
future.” us to get together and give
Nerd Dawgs, a hot dog back to something rather
and catering company, than just get together and
provided food for the event have a party,” Wieloch said.
and King of Pops provided The Wieloch Group held a Dog Days of Summer fundraiser event Aug. 18 for DeKalb-County based nonprofit Canine Caravane
Rescue.
BROOKHAVEN
AROUNDDEKALB
DUNWOODY STONE MOUNTAIN
who live in and around DeKalb County.
Onsite resources will include housing, VA
benefits, caregiver, legal, VA burial benefits,
Dunwoody Sunday Cycle Tunes by the Track coming soon employment and training, mental health,
telehealth and women’s program.
coming soon
Stone Mountain’s Tunes by the Track series
Bike Walk Dunwoody will sponsor its will begin Sept. 7. The free concert will be DeKalb Announces Labor Day
monthly cycling event Sept. 2 from 2:30-4 held at 922 Main Street near the gazebo sanitation schedule
p.m. from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit
The event will start at Village Burger, 1426 www.stonemountaincity.org. In observance of Labor Day on Sept. 3, the
Dunwoody Village Parkway. DeKalb County Sanitation Division will be
There is a short pre-ride safety review closed.
and the group sets off at 3 p.m. Helmets Due to the holiday, garbage,
are required and a bicycle with gears is recyclable materials and yard trimmings
recommended. TUCKER collection for residential customers will be
based on the revised schedule below:
Organization to host car show
DORAVILLE Sept. 3 – Labor Day observed. No sanitation
collection service.
Tucker Cruise-In, a non-profit, old-
Food Truck Roundup continues fashioned town meet and greet car show, Sept. 4 – Residential customers whose
will be held Sept. 8 on Main Street in Tucker.
There will be a variety of cars, ranging from regularly scheduled collection day is Sept. 3,
Join Brookhaven on Wednesdays at
antiques to street rods and motorcycles will be serviced on Sept. 4.
Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody
Road, for its weekly Food Truck Roundup to imports. The Cruise-Ins are held on the
second Saturday of every month beginning Sept. 5 – Residential customers whose
from 6-9 p.m.
until September. The event begins at 5 p.m. regularly scheduled collection day is Sept. 4,
Each night will feature food trucks, a
and ends with the presentation of awards will be serviced on Sept. 5.
bounce house and live entertainment.
This is a family-friendly event, so bring the around 8 p.m. There is a $5 registration fee to
Sept. 6 – Residential customers whose
youngsters, dogs and anyone who is hungry. enter a car into judging. The cut-off time to
have a car to be entered into judging is 6:30 regularly scheduled collection day is Sept. 5,
p.m. For more information, call (770) 527- will be serviced on Sept. 6.
1521.
STONECREST Sept. 7 – Residential customers whose
regularly scheduled collection day is Sept. 6,
Dear “________”
New Fernbank exhibit shows cultural people
and historical impact
Fill in the blank with any of the
numerous labels used to describe
groups of individuals. The blank could
threats, as he said he expected. Yancy
also said he did not expect the volume
of responses that were received.
presumptive.
I suggest that no message should
include defining labels. None of us
be “White”, “Black”, “Asian”, “Hispanic”, It isn’t surprising that Yancy fit into narrowly defined categories.
“Christian”, “gay”, “straight”, received such overwhelming negative When broad-based behavioral and
“conservative”, “liberal”, “progressive” John Hewitt responses to his letter. Even though he thought-based suggestions are made,
or whatever label group one identifies johnh@dekalbchamp.com
indicates in his letter that it is a “gift” it is likely that people from all walks
with. The blank could also simply be to the readers, apparently the so-called of life could benefit from the positive
omitted and the message apply to all gift was not well received by many. overtones. But making suggestions
who read it. In almost any situation where one to specifically defined audiences who
Even though many feel the need we begin to focus on our similarities person attempts to tell others how have not requested another’s opinion
to identify with, or be identified by, rather than our differences, labels they should view themselves and just doesn’t bode well with most.
a label that likely only represents a will continue to serve the purpose how they should respond to others, Leave the labels out of messages
small fraction of the totality of that of dividing us socially, religiously, the message will not be well received. and allow readers of all persuasions
individual, what purpose does a label professionally and personally. When making assumptions of one’s to benefit from the suggestions. We
of any kind serve? Labels, by nature, In 2015, Emory professor George socio-economic status with comments all have room for improvement and
divide the populace and focus on Yancy penned a letter that was such as “As you reap comfort from most of us are painfully aware of it,
differences rather than the multitude published in The New York Times being white, we suffer for being black but most of us do not respond to
of similarities we all possess. titled “Dear White America.” In that and people of color. But your comfort unsolicited advice that criticizes or
Since most labels are defining letter Yancy urges White readers “to is linked to our pain and suffering,” categorizes us based on the color of
in nature, would it not be more use this letter as a mirror, one that Yancy alienated and offended many our skin.
appropriate to leave labels out of any refuses to show you what you want while apparently sincerely attempting Perhaps one day we will all be
descriptions of groups of people? to see, one that demands that you to address a serious societal issue. judged on the content of our character
Would it be more conducive to an look at the lies that you tell yourself What Yancy failed to consider is rather than the color of our skin.
improved world if we all consider so that you don’t feel the weight of that most people, particularly adults, Perhaps one day we will all share
ourselves and others simply as responsibility for those who live under don’t appreciate being told by anyone a common dream of health and
individuals who inhabit a shared the yoke of whiteness, your whiteness.” how they should conduct themselves prosperity for all and not be divided
environment and breath the same air? Yancy told those attending his Aug. or how they should think. A message by a physical characteristic over which
We all have far more things in 7 presentation at Decatur Library that of that nature comes across as being none of us has any control.
common than most believe. But until his letter drew outrage and even death judgmental, narrow-minded and
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