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CAC Marks 25 Years of Service with New Name, Logo & Website
Announcing the First Annual CAC Day on Saturday, February 25
Announcing the 2012 CAC Board of Directors


 
February 14, 2012                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                 
(Sandy Springs, GA) -  CAC now has a new name to better reflect the center’s purpose and to commemorate 25 years of serving neighbors in need in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody.
 
Community Action Center is now Community Assistance Center (CAC).
 
Along with the new name, the center is presenting a new logo, launching a new website at the same web address, www.ourcac.org, and announcing the first annual CAC Day on Saturday, February 25.

Join us in marking 25 years of neighbors helping neighbors by supporting the local businesses that support us. On CAC Day, Saturday, February 25, shop and dine at participating businesses and restaurants and they will donate a portion of their proceeds for that day to CAC! Check our website for a list of supporting businesses or look for the red CAC sign at participating establishments in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody. 

The center’s new name, logo, website and CAC Day are to be announced at CAC’s Annual Meeting, Tuesday, February 14, 2012 hosted at Dunwoody United Methodist Church, one of CAC’s founding member congregations. 

The center also announces the 2012 board of directors including the new President of the Board, Bob Levinson and thanks outgoing President Cheryl Sykes for her 2 years of dedication as president. Ms. Sykes remains on the board as a director. The Board officers are Catherine Lautenbacher, Vice President; Eric Carlson, Treasurer, Gradient Systems; Terry Hartigan, Assistant Treasurer, Gifford, Hillegass & Ingwersen; and Judy Lehmann, Secretary, Fidelity Credit Union. Returning to the board are Villard Bastien, Attorney at Law; Shelly Dozier-McKee, Joan Gill-Redmond,  Reverend Ron Gilreath, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church; Leticia Leinard-Weidenhamer, Cox Enterprises; Jim Kelley, KelleyBoshell Toole & Ellison; Allen O’Brien, IRE Capital Real Estate Investments;  Myron Smith, Temple Sinai,  Stan Sonenshine, Preferred Real Estate Funds LLC.

New to the board this year are Eric Evans of  North Atlanta Church of Christ; John Jokerst, Carter USA;, Julie Mainor, UPS; Judy Pollock, Brenda Rothchild and Charles Crosby. CAC thanks the following departing board members for their term of service, Bob Shumard, Van Westmoreland, Elana Perry, Sara White and Dawn Stark.
 
CAC provides compassionate assistance to neighbors in need in the Sandy Springs and Dunwoody communities. For more information visit us online at www.ourcac.org.
 
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Kristen Ristino
Communications Associate
Community Action Center
office 770-552-4889
cell 404-226-5217
 
Helping Neighbors in Need
in Sandy Springs & Dunwoody