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Sunday, August 31, 2014
Community Heroes
THE DAILY CITIZEN
Dedicated Whitworth
part of winning team
in the community
BY TANNER BLACKTON
[email protected]
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Lynn Whitworth is dedicated to many causes in the community, and she is
involved heavily with United Way of Northwest Georgia.
Family, faith, friends and
her community.
These are the things Lynn
Whitworth credits for her
being the avid volunteer,
leader and mentor that she is.
As the co-owner of Brown
Industries
since
1994,
Whitworth knows what it
means to be a leader. Her
leadership skills have not
only aided her company, but
also those involved in local
volunteerism.
Since the early 1990s,
Whitworth has worked on
numerous committees and
projects with the Friendship
House, which offers preschool education and child
care for 100 children
between 6 weeks to 5 years.
In 1992, she was a part of the
original “Make Room for
More” committee, which
raised money for the building
that the Friendship House
currently uses.
She served as board chair
in 1994, was the Derby Day
fundraiser chair multiple
times and has participated
throughout the years with the
annual spaghetti dinner
fundraiser. Whitworth also
played a part in helping raise
$100,000 for the Friendship
House’s Challenge Grant
through the Community
Foundation of Northwest
Georgia last year.
Most recently, she donated
and decorated a tree for the
Festival of Trees, a Creative
Arts Guild partnership.
“Lynn has truly been a
friend of the Friendship
House for many, many
years,” said Mary Thelma
Norris, Friendship House
director. “When we call, she
answers. She is always honest and supportive of us.”
“She is incredible,” continued Norris. “She does
what she says she’s going to
do, and more.”
Additionally, Whitworth
is involved heavily with
United Way of Northwest
Georgia, where she is a board
member, as well as co-chair
and a founding member of
the Women’s Leadership
Council.
Whitworth is dedicated to
all of her causes, and maintains that United Way is a
wonderful vehicle for many
of them.
“Our United Way has a
very focused approach to
advocacy, volunteering and
giving,” said Whitworth.
“They stay attuned to our
ever-changing community
needs and are great stewards
of the resources that are
entrusted to them.”
The United Way is happy to
have Whitworth as a volunteer.
“Lynn provides extraordinary leadership as a United
Way board member,” said
Amanda Burt, president of
United Way. “As co-chair and
founding member of United
Way’s Women’s Leadership
Council, Lynn embodies the
spirit of United Way’s call to
action: ‘Give, Advocate,
Volunteer — Live United.’”
Lynn and Keith Whitworth
are currently among more
than 75 members of the
Tocqueville Society who contribute $800,000 of the annual United Way of Northwest
Georgia campaign.
Whitworth has also volunteered with the Little Free
Libraries project, a United
Way literacy initiative, and
helped to organize books for
the Whitfield County-Dalton
Day Care Center library.
Whitworth serves with the
Family Support Council,
another United Way community partner. She at one time
served as president of the
board of directors, and has
continued to be a big part of
many projects there since.
“When working on a
project with her, I am always
stuck by her dedication to
the projects she undertakes
and the amount of effort that
she is willing to expend to
make sure that the outcome
is as it should be,” said
Holly Rice, executive director of the Family Support
Council.
“She is never complacent
about the causes that she
supports,” Rice continued.
“If
you
have
Lynn
Whitworth on your team you
can be sure that you are on a
winning team. There are
many children in this community who will never know
how much their lives have
been improved by the quiet
tenacity with which she
moves forward in an earnest
attempt to make a difference.
Lynn is truly a phenomenal
woman.”
Whitworth is happy to
give back to a community
that has given her so much.
“Dalton is a caring,
unique, and very special
place,” said Whitworth. “It
has blessed my life beyond
measure.”
“As a member of the
United Way board, a volunteer, and a donor, I see yearly
how community volunteers
assess our community’s most
urgent needs and set those
priorities for action,” she
continued. “By being part of
United Way, I am joining
forces with so many, and
together we are making a difference in our community by
attacking its most urgent
needs.”
RossWoods Adult Day Services celebrates all our volunteers who have made a commitment to
serve our participants unselfishly, with compassion and patience. You are true ‘Community
Heroes’ who walk through our doors each and every day.
Thank you from the RossWoods participants, family members and staff
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Heroes in the Community
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1. Emergency responders transport a crash victim to an
ambulance.
2. Mary Dillard, right, and other volunteers make
Thanksgiving lunches at the Mack Gaston Community
Center.
3. Lib Baldwin, a member of the First United Methodist
Church of Dalton, volunteers her time as a bell ringer at
the Kroger on Walnut Avenue for the Salvation Army.
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Memorial tribute to:
In Memory of
Joseph A. Temple
Arthur Taylor
Firefighter, Dalton Fire Department,
1971-1996
Thank you for your 25 years of
dedication to the Dalton Fire
Department and the City of Dalton.
Joe, you passed away 2 years ago
today, but you will always
be our hero.
The Temple Family
First Lieutenant
Code Air
3rd Army with Patton
Croix de Querre
2 purple hearts
1 bronze star
1943-1946
Mary Jane Taylor
To all of B Shift &
Volunteers of
The Whitfield
County Fire
Department
Thanks for all of your
hard work & dedication
to the department and
the citizens of
Whitfield County.
Submitted by;
Battalion Chief Terry
Warnix
Lieut. Dennis Arnold
Whitfield County Firefighter.
He is a dedicated and loyal
firefighter, not only is he a hero of
Whitfield county, he is a hero to
wife, Darlene Arnold, daughter, Tara
Arnold Adkins and grandkids Paityn
Adkins and Eli Adkins. God bless
him and all the other firefighters of
this world thank you for your
service and may God bless you all!!
Josh Peek
Dalton Firefighter &
Honor Guard
My daddy is my hero.
Thanks for all you do to keep
others safe. “Go to work boys”
I Love You, Kyleigh Peek
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4. Jayline Paniagua, left, and Arely Zuniga pick up trash
in Holly Creek in Murray County as part of the Volunteer
Vacation program sponsored by the United Way.
Reginald R. Sherrill, M.D.
Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
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