DeKalb County, GA�- This summer, Georgia United worked alongside the DeKalb County School System in partnership with 11Alive, Star94, and 790ESPN to provide our first School Crashers Makeover for Chapel Hill Elementary School at 3536 Radcliff Boulevard in Decatur, GA over the weekend.
Thanks to the shared strength and civic pride of over
150+ community volunteers and corporate donors, several significant improvement projects were completed on Friday, July 25 and Saturday, July 26.� Professional Crew Leaders installed carpet, painted murals in the cafeteria, installed landscaping and benches, repaired and replaced the schools entrance signage and painted.� Volunteers joined in to complete tasks such as painting safety yellow curbing, painting paw prints, spreading mulch and pine straw, painting windows, labeling and sorting books in the media center, replacing cafeteria furniture, and assisting teachers with bulletin boards and setting up their classrooms.
Special thanks also go to the following generous corporate donors/partners:
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The Rayley Group Project Management and Construction Consulting
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Middle Sister Marketing Provided all volunteer t-shirts, marketing consulting
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Brandsmart Teachers Lounge TV & Microwave
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Home Depot - 200 bales of pine straw for landscaping
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Dunkin Donuts - Provided breakfast and coffee for volunteers
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Mohawk Carpet - Providing carpet for the media center
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Crystal Springs - Provided 1,000 bottles of water for Crash Days
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Moes Co-sponsor of volunteer lunches
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Rothschild Marketing Group Co-sponsor of volunteer lunches
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Melaneys Murals Cafeteria and front entrance murals
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Ernie Morris Enterprises, Inc. Cafeteria tables
"Before" and "After" photos will be available at
www.georgiaunitedcu.org/schoolcrashers soon and Chapel Hill Elementary parents and students will see the improvements when school starts on August 11.� Chapel Hill was chosen from among
752 nominations from schools across the state to receive a School Crashers facilities makeover.
At the end of the Chapel Hill School Crasher work days, Georgia United President & CEO, Debbie Smith announced five School Crasher Runner-Up Makeover Grant Recipients:
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Cary Reynolds Elementary, Doraville DeKalb County - $10,000 grant
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Valley Point Elementary, Dalton Whitfield County - $5,000 grant
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SAGE School, Suwanee - $5000 grant
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Whit Davis Elementary, Athens Clarke County - $5000 grant
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East Laurens High, Dublin Laurens County - $5000 grant
These five schools were selected from among the original School Crasher finalists and are just a few of the many deserving schools educating students in communities across the state.
DeKalb County, GA�- This summer, Georgia United worked alongside the DeKalb County School System in partnership with 11Alive, Star94, and 790ESPN to provide our first School Crashers Makeover for Chapel Hill Elementary School at 3536 Radcliff Boulevard in Decatur, GA over the weekend.
Thanks to the shared strength and civic pride of over 150+ community volunteers and corporate donors, several significant improvement projects were completed on Friday, July 25 and Saturday, July 26.� Professional Crew Leaders installed carpet, painted murals in the cafeteria, installed landscaping and benches, repaired and replaced the schools entrance signage and painted.� Volunteers joined in to complete tasks such as painting safety yellow curbing, painting paw prints, spreading mulch and pine straw, painting windows, labeling and sorting books in the media center, replacing cafeteria furniture, and assisting teachers with bulletin boards and setting up their classrooms.
Special thanks also go to the following generous corporate donors/partners: