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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Safety Foundation Revs Up to Help Fallen Heroes

The Aug. 13 event will be the Smyrna Public Safety Foundation's first motorcycle ride fundraiser.

The Smyrna Public Safety Foundation’s first Standing Together Benevolent Motorcycle Ride and Raffle takes place Saturday, Aug. 13, to benefit public safety officers in need. The event was originally planned for May and included a classic car show, but had to be canceled due to severe weather. The rescheduled event includes a longer motorcycle ride and a raffle for prizes like a 2012 Harley Davidson Street Glide, a Glock pistol, a one-week vacation stay at a Panama City Beach condo and a Luminox Black Out watch like the kind worn by Navy SEALs. The event kicks off at 10 a.m. with registration at the Smyrna Police Department. The ride revs up at 11 a.m. with a 40-mile motorcycle ride through Cobb and Paulding counties. The ride will be …

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Honoring Cobb and Smyrna's Finest

Cobb Chamber of Commerce and Smyrna Public Safety Foundation offer two ways to honor local heroes.

The Cobb Chamber of Commerce and the Smyrna Public Safety Foundation offer a pair ways for Smyrna-Vinings Patch residents to honor their public safety officials. Cobb County’s police officers and fire fighters put themselves in harm’s way everyday and the CCC wants to recognize their hard work with its Public Safety Awards. Nominations are being accepted now for the 2011 round of awards. Public safety officials may be nominated for performing their jobs with exceptional skill, expertise, innovation and results between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011. Citizens are allowed to nominate two public safety officials. The 2011 Public Safety Awards will be presented October 3 at the CCC’s First Monday Breakfast at the Cobb Galleria. Click here to …

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