Race Beneficiaries
Our race has benefited dozens of local non-profits and organizations over the past fourteen years, including the below. Grant applications are welcomed in October of each year (contact East Cobb Rotary for more details).
American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Boy Scouts of America
Brumby Elementary
Camp Kudzu
Center for Children and Young Adults
Cobb Library Foundation
Cobb County Public Safety
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
East Cobb Park
Family Promise of Cobb County
Laws of Life School Essay Contest
Kidz2Leaders
Project Mail Call
Rally Foundation
Rotary Youth Exchange Program
"Service Above Self" Heroes
Walton / East Cobb Robotics
WellStar Foundation (Hospice)
Wheeler High School AVID Program
YMCA NE/East Cobb
“N Case Ewe Mist It”
aka “In Case You Missed It” - here’s a recap of today’s meeting!
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Also - special thanks to our Guest Speaker this morning, D.A. Joyette Holmes! We all greatly enjoyed your presentation!
🍁🍂And we’re back from Fall break!
(Whew! That was fun!) 🍁🍂
Now that we’re back, there’s a number of things we want to share with our friends far and wide... It’s quite a lot, so we are going to space these posts out over a few days... 😊
❤️Today’s post is a post of gratitude. ❤️
We remain so deeply appreciative for ALL of our community partners that made this year’s annual Dog Days 5K such an amazing success story!! As we are almost done settling all vendor accounts and receivables, we will be announcing the final number of monies raised shortly.
That being said, we are going to continue to spotlight the MANY wonderful community partners who contributed selflessly and generously to our fundraising efforts over the years and including this past year’s race.
One such individual and organization that had a profound impact on our race again this year was Dr. Ashish Patel of Dentistry at East Piedmont.
Dr. Patel believes in our 5K and the impact of the monies raised from it for local organizations. He believes in this event so much that every year, he sponsors runners to come participate in the race! He and his staff have attended the races, run the races, had booths at the races. He’s even made YouTube videos encouraging his patients and the entire community to attend!
Every year, his team roster and the total money he raises continues to swoop upward and this year, he and his Dentistry at East Piedmont team truly outdid themselves.
He came to our weekly meeting on September 18th to formally hand us the check that represented the total contribution amount made to this year’s race, including sponsoring over TWO-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY runners in the race. (Yes, that thud you hear was our collective jaws dropping!)
The amount of the check was that nice round number you see below - another jaw drop - yes, it was for $6,600. 😃
We in turn shared our humble and heartfelt thanks to Dr. Patel with a Dog Days themed “Bark & W(h)ine” gift basket, one of our signed Dog Days 5K St. Bernard art prints, and a hearty standing ovation from each and every member of the Rotary Club of East Cobb!
Thank You Again, Dr. Patel for your partnership, many kindesses, and belief in our Dog Days fundraising.
You and your wonderful Dentistry at East Piedmont team continue to be “leaders of the pack” and for that we are and will always be grateful! 😊🐾🐾🐶
Pictured below from left to right:
Wade Patrick, Dr. Ashish Patel, Club President, Jonathan Page, on the right; Club President Jonathan Page, Dr. Ashish Patel, and PI Chair Erica Ramsey.
Rotary District 6900 Rotary International
#DogDays2019 #ItTakesAVillage #PeopleOfAction
9-11-19.
Our quarterly acknowledgement of just some of our local heroes.
This is our most poignant meeting of the year, every year. ❤️
Rotary District 6900 Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services
#NeverForget #ThankYouFirstResponders
🐾🥰 Hey Dog Days Racers!
Thank You Again for Coming Out Today and Running the 14th Annual Dog Days 5K!🐾🏃🏽♂️🏃🏽♀️🏃♂️
We hope you had a lot of fun and we look forward to seeing you and your doggos again next year!!
Please Feel Free to Share Your Pup Pics and Race Pics in the Comments below!
Here’s a few pooch photos we took - feel free to share your pics in the comments below and tag yourselves!
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