Alton Thomas sings at the
McDonough Sunrise Service
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The Henry County
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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Volume 7, No. 12
Miles-for-Meals Walk 2008
County Senior Adults
benefit from your energy
By Jimmy Cochran
Editor
Each year, on the first Saturday
in May, a group of people from
all ages and areas of life converge upon the Heritage Park
Events area in McDonough to
begin fun, yet crucial, event for
our county’s senior adult community. This is known as the
annual “Miles for Meals” walk
which provides funding for the
Henry County Council on Aging
and many programs which benefit our senior population.
Jim Howell, one of the many
participants from last year, says,
“My wife and I have walked for
health reasons for many years at
OUTSIDE:
Locust Grove Easter
Eggs and Bonnets
The City of Locust Grove will
host their annual Easter Egg
Hunt (ages two through sixth
grade) on March 22 at the City
Hall Complex. The festivities
will begin at 11:00 a.m. and will
include an Easter Bonnet/Hat
contest. Adults as well as children are invited to participate in
the contest.
Cities hold Sunrise
services March 23
The city of Stockbridge will
hold an area Easter Sunrise
Service at the Patrick Henry
football field beginning at 7:00
a.m. In the event of inclement
weather, the service will be
moved to the First Baptist
Church of Stockbridge.
McDonough will hold their
annual Sunrise Service on the
square beginning at 7:00 a.m. In
case of inclement weather, the
services will move to the
McDonough First UMC.
the Hidden Valley Senior Center
and at other walking trails in the
county. However, the ‘Miles for
Meals’ program gives us both a
chance to walk with others to
help provide meals and other
services to the senior adults who
cannot be as active as we are.”
Howell and his wife will “definitely be walking again this
year,” he reiterates, “It is a great
thing for the whole community,
people of all ages, to get out and
do.”
The Miles for Meals program
began in 1992 as a part of the
Atlanta Food Bank Walk for
Hunger, however due to the
tremendous response, the Henry
see MILES, page 6
Walkers in the 2007 Miles-For-Meals Walk helped provide over 60,000 meals for the Henry County
senior adult community.
Special Photo
Hands of Hope opens dental clinic
On March 14 the Hands of
Hope Clinic treated its first dental patients in the new dental
facility located at the clinic.
“This is a significant step in
addressing the critical dental care
needs of our uninsured population” said Dr. Gary Bartholomew, Dental Director of the
Hands of Hope Clinic. “We have
been diligently working on the
development of a single chair
facility at the clinic since receiving a grant from the Georgia
Department of Community
Health in 2006 that funded this
operation.”
The Hands of Hope Clinic provides free medical and dental
care to residents of Henry
County that are uninsured. “This
is a glorious day” said Janet
Turner, Founder and President of
the Hands of Hope Clinic. “The
provision of dental care has
always been a dream of mine and
through the dedicated efforts of
Dr. Gary Bartholomew, my
dream has come true!”
The dental office is fully capa-
ble of delivering a wide range of
dental services to the community.
The dental facility consists of a
single chair set up that is complete with a wall mounted and a
free standing Panoramic X-ray
unit. “This is truly a first class
operation” said Dr. Bartholomew “and it is amazing that a
clinic so young is so advanced
regarding the service it can deliver such a needy population.”
With its dental facility and service program firmly established,
the Hands of Hope Clinic is
quickly moving to the forefront
of the free clinic network; a network of free clinics that exist
throughout the state which
address the need of the underserved. To date, the Hands of
Hope Clinic’s dental program
has provided more than 400
appointments to clinic patients.
These appointments have been
provided by the graciousness of
Henry County’s dental community that supports the Clinic’s initiatives. To date, more than 30
dental practitioners volunteer
services through the Hands of
Hope Clinic.
The Hands of Hope Clinic is
supported by the efforts of volunteers from our medical, dental
and professional communities.
If you are interested in finding
out more about the Hands of
Hope Clinic please call 770-5071344.
Dr. Gary Bartholomew and his Assistant Lacey perform the first
dental procedure at the newly open dental office found in the Hands
of Hope Clinic in Stockbridge.
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