Press Release - Leadership Warner Robins Class of 2010 Selects Class Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WARNER ROBINS, GA- The Leadership Warner Robins program exists to help prepare and encourage emerging leaders to seek leadership positions within the community. Along with attending monthly leadership classes from January to September, the class is required to work together to select, plan, and complete a class project. This project must meet a community need that is not currently being addressed by any community agency and leave a lasting and visible impact. The project should be completed by graduation in October.

The Leadership Warner Robins Class of 2010 has designed a project with multiple beneficiaries. First, the class will enhance the green space in our community by assisting the Little League International Southeastern Division Headquarters, currently under construction in Warner Robins, with their landscaping. Second, the class will aid the Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation with the renovation of their new office facilities located in the downtown Warner Robins area. As a result of this renovation, the class is also contributing to the revitalization efforts in downtown Warner Robins.

The class is providing both businesses and families in the community the opportunity to sponsor trees to landscape the Little League International Southeastern Division Headquarters and stadium. The sponsorship will include a tree and an accompanying 6” x 8” plaque, which may read “donated by”, “in memory of”, or “in honor of”. Tree sponsorships are $100, $300, and $500 based on low, moderate, and high traffic areas around the headquarters building and stadium. Planting assistance will be provided by Paulk Landscaping and T. Lake Environmental Designs, and a tree dedication day will be held on May 15, 2010 (with May 22, 2010 as the backup date for inclement weather or scheduling delays in construction). The landscaping and plaques will be in place for the June 12, 2010 dedication ceremony for the new Little League facility.

All proceeds from the tree sponsorships will be donated to the Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation, Inc for the renovation of their new permanent office space on Commercial Circle on Watson Boulevard in downtown Warner Robins. The Foundation has been operating out of a temporary facility that is no longer sufficient for their growing needs. The new location will allow them to expand and support more middle Georgia families battling childhood cancer.

In addition to the tree sponsorships, the class is holding a raffle to raise funds to assist the Foundation’s renovation efforts. Raffle prizes include a 37” flat-panel television, weekend accommodations at Lake Blackshear, a Bluetooth headset, and a $50 savings bond. Raffle tickets can be purchased for $5 each or 5 for $20. The drawing for prize winners will be held June 30, 2010. Winners do not have to be present at the drawing to win.

For more information and to participate, you can visit the Leadership Warner Robins Class of 2010 blog at http://www.lwr2010.blogspot.com/, email a class representative at leadershipwr2010@gmail.com, or call the Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce at (478) 922-8585 and ask for Katie or Donna.

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The Warner Robins Area Chamber is a volunteer-driven, member-supported organization working full-time to preserve, enhance and expand the opportunities for orderly growth of business, industrial and professional communities throughout the Robins Region of Middle Georgia. Our objectives are to preserve and increase jobs, capital investment and opportunities for economic growth. The business of the Chamber is business.