The following events are free and open to all adult Smyrna, Georgia residents. Due to safety reasons, not all of the events are open to children. If you are interested in bringing your child with you, please contact us in advance to make sure that it is okay.
Saturday, June 18, 2011 – Nickajack Elementary School Grounds Cleanup – 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon.
SuperSmyrna will be participating in a Nickajack Elementary School Landscaping project on Saturday, June 18th, from 10 am to noon. If you have work gloves, hedgers, leaf-blowers, pruning sheers, good shovels or anything like that, then please bring them since we can usually put such utensils to good use. You’ll meet other civic individuals from Smyrna. It should be fun and refreshments will be served. Come serve one of the wonderful schools in your community, and help to make it a bit better. No need to RSVP. Just show up! 4555 Mavell Road, Smyrna, GA 30082.
Saturday, May 14, 2011 – Fitzhugh Lee Grounds Cleanup – 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. This is our first opportunity to work at Fitzhugh Lee, a special education school located here in Smyrna. They are thrilled to receive our support and are looking for our help to do a Spring Beautification of their school grounds. Volunteers are needed to make their school entryway more attractive by planting flowers, and spreading mulch. Please bring rakes and shovels if you have them. We recommend that you bring a pair of work gloves to protect your hands. Refreshments will be provided. Fitzhugh Lee is one of two schools which constitute the H.A.V.E.N. Academy which provides comprehensive special education services and therapeutic support for students with Severe Emotional Behavior Disorders and Autism. It is located at 4400 West Atlanta Rd SE Smyrna, GA 30080 (just west of I-285). RSVP.
PAST PROJECTS
Sunday, November 14, 2010: 1st Annual Smyrna Auction for Heroes at Brawner Hall, 3180 Atlanta Road, 11 am-5 pm, hosted by residents and businesses of Smyrna to benefit the Smyrna Public Safety Foundation (SPSF). The SPSF is a 503c non-profit organization that offers much-needed support to Smyrna’s police officers and firefighters. We invite the entire community to give back to these heroes who give so much to Smyrna citizens every day. Live and silent auction items include donations of products, goods, and services from area merchants as well as fine, collectible, and decorative art. There will also be a Special Dali Presentation. For donations or sponsorships, please contact Russ Lutterbie at rlutterbie@associatedhomeinspectors.com. To volunteer, contact: Stefan Manford at smanford@charter.net.
Friday, November 12, 2010, Griffin Middle School – IBM employees came out to work alongside parent volunteers in support of Griffin Middle School’s campus clean up day, as well as, to help establish the student growing garden. Read more.
Thursday, November 11, 2010- 3rd Annual Smyrna Veterans Day – 11:00 am-12:15 pm. The Korean War was unleashed 60 years ago on June 25, 1950. 480,000 Americans fought there; 36,500 died there. We gather to remember all 480,000 as well as American veterans of all other wars. See photos and read about our event here: 3rd Annual Smyrna Veterans Day.
Ceremonies included a presentation of the colors by the Campbell High School ROTC and the national anthem by renown singer (and former Miss Alaska) Maryline Blackburn. After that we recognized Purple Heart Veterans, Korean War Veterans, veterans of World War II, the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and all Veterans. This was followed by an American Legion ceremony led by Charlie Barrett.
Our special speaker was Korean War veteran Ben S. Malcom. Col. Malcom is known throughout the Armed Forces as laying the foundation for today’s Special Forces Operations. He was followed by Bob Lanzotti, who spoke about the Vietnam War. We had beautiful choral music by the Belmont Hills Elementary School Honors Chorus, military band music by the 116th Georgia Army National Guard Band, and a benediction by Korean War veteran Sam Whitfield. Master of Ceremonies was Smyrna native Ken Turner, who is a Vietnam War Purple Heart veteran.
Sponsored by the City of Smyrna, Smyrna Rotary Club, Smyrna American Legion Post 160, The Veterans Memorial Association of Smyrna and Chick-Fil-A (5120 South Cobb Drive, near I-285).
Saturday, October 23, 2010 Vision Rehabilitation Services of Georgia, “Race To See”. Volunteers are needed to support a 5K and 1K race fundraiser held in conjunction with the Fall Jonquil Festival from 7:00 AM until 9:30 AM. The race benefits the programs and services provided by Vision Rehabilitation Services to children and adults who are blind or visually impaired. Requesting 25-30 volunteers to work along the race route. Race route begins and ends on Powder Springs Street on the side of Campbell HS. Volunteer orientation, refreshments and T-shirts provided. A Volunteer Orientation will be held Sat, Oct 16 at 8:00 AM at Cobb Park (across from Campbell High School). The orientation will last approximately 30 minutes.
Also, the Friday before the race (October 22) there is a Spaghetti Dinner & Silent Auction at the Smyrna Community Center from 5:30 to 8:00 PM benefiting Vision Rehabilitation Services. Volunteers are sought to register entrants for the following mornings race.
Saturday, October 23, 2010 – Smyrna Citizen Preparedness Initiative – First Aid Training and CPR Anytime – 9 am to Noon, Fire Station 1–Same event as on August 28, 2010 (below). RSVP.
Saturday, September 18, 2010 – Smyrna Citizen Preparedness Initiative – First Aid Training and CPR Anytime – 9 am to Noon, Fire Station 1–Same event as on August 28, 2010 (below). RSVP.
Saturday, August 28, 2010 – Smyrna Citizen Preparedness Initiative – First Aid Training and CPR Anytime – 9 am to Noon, Fire Station 1–The training will be limited to 25 people, hosted at Smyrna Fire Headquarters 2620 Atlanta Rd., Smyrna Ga. 30080, and the training will be provided by Smyrna Fire personnel (on-shift paramedics). CPR Anytime–Almost 80 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur at home and are witnessed by a family member. Only 6.4 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims survive because the vast majority of those witnessing the arrest are people who do not know how to perform CPR. CPR Anytime is a hands-only method of administering CPR developed by the American Heart Association. It takes less than an hour to learn this technique. CPR Anytime is a tool that can help increase survival rates in communities across the country. People who receive the CPR Anytime kits are able to share lifesaving skills with their loved ones by using the kit to train their entire family. Using a multiplier effect, studies have shown that for every single CPR Anytime kit used for training, an average of 2.5 people learn how to perform CPR. This is not a CPR Certification Course. This is free on a first-come, first-serve basis, but you must RSVP.
