Mother's Day Appeal

                                           MOTHER'S DAY APPEAL 2012


Dear Friend,

Now, more than ever, Reconnecting Families needs your support. Reconnecting Families cordially invites you to support our 5th annual “Mother’s Day” campaign, which now specifically supports our newly established Joan R. Murphree Memorial Scholarship program.

Reconnecting Families, Inc. is a nonprofit, charitable 501(c)(3) organization founded to enhance and expand the effectiveness of our Juvenile and the Family Dependency Treatment Court programs in Cobb County. Reconnecting Families enables children and parents to live an addiction-free life, while gaining the skills necessary to live healthy, financially-independent, and productive lives. The vast majority of our participants have little to no education and lack the skills required to financially support themselves or their families. Accordingly, education and scholarship opportunities are vitally important. For this reason, we are excited to announce the founding of the Joan R. Murphree Memorial Scholarship program, which will fund one scholarship for a Juvenile Drug Court participant and one for a Family Dependency Treatment Court participant.

Joan R. Murphree was a long-time guidance counselor at Marietta High School. Ms. Murphree touched thousands of high school students’ lives over decades, as their counselor, in-school mother, and friend, by encouraging young minds to achieve their highest in academics and in life. Ms Murphree was also a fond supporter of our programs, and she is singularly deserving of having this scholarship program named in her honor. Also, in furtherance of Ms Murphree’s love for Reconnecting Families, her daughter, Sara Clay, has continued her mother’s legacy by sitting as a member of our board.

Please take a few moments to read our blog (reconnectingfamiliescobbcounty.blogspot.com), where we regularly offer information and personal stories on our Family Dependency Treatment Court mothers, who are learning and growing into role models themselves. Drug addiction is such a powerful disease that can cause a loving mother to turn away from her own kids. Through our programs and these new scholarships, families can be reunited.

As Mother’s Day approaches, what better way is there to celebrate your own mother, than to help another family pursue its full potential? Please help a family learn a healthy lifestyle, while contributing to the betterment of the Cobb County community. Thank you for your consideration and continued support!

Warmest regards,

Justin O’Dell
Board Chair