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A Star is born in Ellijay, GA joins stars in Joplin Missouri
Actually thousands of stars are coming to life in Joplin, MO. Some stars traveled from Ellijay, Georgia and some were created in Joplin today! Stars of Hope set up under a large tent displaying a beautiful American Flag at Missouri Southern State University. Volunteers enjoyed greeting folks from Joplin and many other States as they handed out stars to be painted with unique thoughts, prayers, and inspirational messages or pictures of remembrance.
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Citizens of Ellijay, GA travel to Joplin, MO to "Pay it Forward"
Fetchyournews.com traveled to Joplin, MO and we are extremely excited to participate in some very special activities planned from September 8th through September 11th. Activities taking place will serve to inspire and encourage the Joplin community. At the same time the plans will honor and be in remembrance on the 10 year anniversary of 9/11.
Special programs taking place will be the New York Says Thank You foundation 9/11 Flag Stitching Ceremony and Stars of Hope program. FYN originally became involved when New York Says Thank You chose Ellijay, GA as the 2011 pay it forward project. NYSTY has joined forces with AOL and are encouraging everyone to find a way to say “I’m an Actionist!” [Read more »]
Special programs taking place will be the New York Says Thank You foundation 9/11 Flag Stitching Ceremony and Stars of Hope program. FYN originally became involved when New York Says Thank You chose Ellijay, GA as the 2011 pay it forward project. NYSTY has joined forces with AOL and are encouraging everyone to find a way to say “I’m an Actionist!” [Read more »]
Stars of Hope Shining from Ellijay to Joplin
FYN Reports enjoyed sitting down with Gilmer County’s own EMT Kelly and talk to her about her recent involvement with the New York Says Thank You pay it forward project in Ellijay, GA. Kelly specifically become involved with the first aid and medical alert team and also heavily involved with Pat Samuels and his Stars of Hope project. Kelly told us, “it was a lot of community and a lot of work involved.”
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A Bridge to Somewhere
Love can Build a Bridge – Build an Ark, Build a Barn and Build a Bridge
Fetchyournews.com has had the privilege of following the progression of the New York Says Thank You 2011 “Barn Raising” project in Ellijay, GA. Recently FYN reports, Brian K. Pritchard had an opportunity to talk with Jim Fox, “volunteer extraordinaire” about Jim’s experience with this wonderful project. Jim explains the impact his involvement has had on him and the community.
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Fetchyournews.com has had the privilege of following the progression of the New York Says Thank You 2011 “Barn Raising” project in Ellijay, GA. Recently FYN reports, Brian K. Pritchard had an opportunity to talk with Jim Fox, “volunteer extraordinaire” about Jim’s experience with this wonderful project. Jim explains the impact his involvement has had on him and the community.
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Shane's Rib Shack serves Patriotic BBQ
Recently Gilmer County's Build an Ark Animal Rescue received a life changing visit from NewYorkSaysThankYou and as part of the event had the distinct honor and excitement of bringing America's 911 Flag to our community! Gilmer County took possession of the Flag in Marietta for an unforgettable experience of escorting to a waiting crowd in Ellijay, GA!
Today Fetchyournews.com would like to highlight and extend a big "Thank You" to our friends at Shane's Rib Shack for their amazing contribution during the recent events! Shane's Rib Shack exhibited their willingness to "Pay it Forward!" by serving up delicous BBQ on more than one occassion to hungry volunteers. [Read more »]
Today Fetchyournews.com would like to highlight and extend a big "Thank You" to our friends at Shane's Rib Shack for their amazing contribution during the recent events! Shane's Rib Shack exhibited their willingness to "Pay it Forward!" by serving up delicous BBQ on more than one occassion to hungry volunteers. [Read more »]
United Community Bank Demostrates Why "Community" Is Its Middle Name
Gilmer County had several visiting volunteers the last two weeks of July in a special event that brought the entire community together with hundreds of visitors. New York Says Thank You (NYSTY) selected Build an Ark Animal Rescue as this year's rebuild project and came together to "re-build a barn"!
FYN has decided to highlight some pretty amazing local businesses that showed they are definitely committed to the community. Today we are sending a special "Thank You" to our friends at United Community Bank for their willingness to "do what they can!" [Read more »]
FYN has decided to highlight some pretty amazing local businesses that showed they are definitely committed to the community. Today we are sending a special "Thank You" to our friends at United Community Bank for their willingness to "do what they can!" [Read more »]
“All-Stars” Set Record for “Stars of Hope”
There are now thousands of new stars in Ellijay and each one was born out of a disaster. This weekend, hundreds of volunteers, many of whom are disaster survivors, packed up their hammers, nails and hardhats and came to North Georgia to rebuild an animal shelter. The Build An Ark Animal Rescue was reduced to mere rubble after it was slammed by two tornadoes at once in an April 4th storm. When the founder of the New York Says Thank You Foundation heard the story behind the shelter and began learning more about the Ellijay community, he did what he does best: Jeff Parness began assembling his volunteers from around the country to come to north Georgia and rebuild. Over the years, the group has started many traditions. One of those traditions is called the Stars of Hope.
The Stars of Hope are painted by children and sent to other communities rebuilding from some sort of disaster. Each star is cut from plywood is less than a foot in size, but its message is always powerful. Children are given a star or stars to paint as Mom or Dad helps the foundation doing volunteer work. Inevitably, the children almost always find that one word or message to put on their star that inspired them. And thus, each star becomes a work of art.
The tradition was started in 2007 by children in Greensburg, Kansas, who survived a powerful F5 tornado that pretty much leveled the entire town. They painted 220 stars and then placed them on every street corner in Greensburg, Every year thereafter, more stars were made at other New York Says Thank You sites. Up until this weekend, the most stars ever made at one site was about 500. Well, Ellijay was all about sending a message this weekend and the Stars of Hope just seemed like a perfect outlet. By the end of the weekend, volunteers had cut and stenciled 6,422 stars. Of those, 3, 555 had been painted with a special message. [Read more »]
The Stars of Hope are painted by children and sent to other communities rebuilding from some sort of disaster. Each star is cut from plywood is less than a foot in size, but its message is always powerful. Children are given a star or stars to paint as Mom or Dad helps the foundation doing volunteer work. Inevitably, the children almost always find that one word or message to put on their star that inspired them. And thus, each star becomes a work of art.
The tradition was started in 2007 by children in Greensburg, Kansas, who survived a powerful F5 tornado that pretty much leveled the entire town. They painted 220 stars and then placed them on every street corner in Greensburg, Every year thereafter, more stars were made at other New York Says Thank You sites. Up until this weekend, the most stars ever made at one site was about 500. Well, Ellijay was all about sending a message this weekend and the Stars of Hope just seemed like a perfect outlet. By the end of the weekend, volunteers had cut and stenciled 6,422 stars. Of those, 3, 555 had been painted with a special message. [Read more »]
Community in Action-American Owned Ingles "Pays it Forward" in Gilmer County
Special volunteers joined forces to create the best in America in Gilmer County this week-end to "Pay it Forward"! Advance teams arrived early in order to begin the project. They were joined by hundreds more traveling from all across America starting this past Thursday to hold a barn raising for Build an Ark Animal Rescue, which was this year's project picked by New York Says Thank You. Hundreds of volunteers working together sharing a common American Spirit is a wonderful event!
Fetchyournews.com heard numerous comments expressing the amazement of how our local community companies stepped up. So we decided to say a special thank you to our local heroes by highlighting their willingness to do what they can (in no particular order). It seems fitting to see this sort of willingness since the week-end was in honor of our local 1Lt. Noah Harris and his dedication to the sentiment of "I do what I can"! Our first special thank you goes to an American owned company, Ingles, that really went above and beyond in so many ways. [Read more »]
Fetchyournews.com heard numerous comments expressing the amazement of how our local community companies stepped up. So we decided to say a special thank you to our local heroes by highlighting their willingness to do what they can (in no particular order). It seems fitting to see this sort of willingness since the week-end was in honor of our local 1Lt. Noah Harris and his dedication to the sentiment of "I do what I can"! Our first special thank you goes to an American owned company, Ingles, that really went above and beyond in so many ways. [Read more »]
Barn Goes Up And A Symbolic Tool Belt Goes Out
The massive shell of the new barn at the Build An Ark Animal Rescue site is now complete. Lester Buildings of Ellijay will now finish the work volunteers from the New York Says Thank You Foundation started over a weekend of special events dedicated to the memory of Ellijay's fallen son, Army 1st Lt. Noah Harris
The foundation met and exceeded its goal to have the roof of the barn finished by Saturday night, despite a torrential downpour that brought work to a complete standstill mid-afternoon. No amount of rain, though, could dampen one of the foundation's favorite rituals, the annual tool belt passing ceremony. The ceremony is done at each site the New York Says Thank You Foundation visits. The tool belt is passed on to the exemplary worker by the person who received it at the last project. This year’s honoree was Jeremy Larson. [Read more »]
The foundation met and exceeded its goal to have the roof of the barn finished by Saturday night, despite a torrential downpour that brought work to a complete standstill mid-afternoon. No amount of rain, though, could dampen one of the foundation's favorite rituals, the annual tool belt passing ceremony. The ceremony is done at each site the New York Says Thank You Foundation visits. The tool belt is passed on to the exemplary worker by the person who received it at the last project. This year’s honoree was Jeremy Larson. [Read more »]
Barn Moves Toward Completion
On Thursday morning, Susan Littlejohn’s barn-to-be was nothing more than a skeleton of a building, a strong frame bearing the likeness of a sea-worthy ark. But, by late Friday afternoon,
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