Oak Grove Market Owner Named Community Hero
Jeremy Turner won the award, given by DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis, for creating Contribute2America, which serves homeless and near homeless people.
This slipped by me, but one of Oak Grove Market's owners was recently named a Community Hero by DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis.
Jeremy Turner received the award for creating Contribute2America, his service organization dedicated to helping homeless and near homeless people. The organization, which has a thrift store at 3342 Clairmont Rd., connects those in need with services food, first aid and other types of support.
So, that's two people in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff community who have received awards for service from Ellis. Henderson Middle School eighth-grader Spencer Wilson was the other. Here's a link to his story:
Congratulations, Jeremy and Spencer (again).
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Oak Grove Market
2757 Lavista Rd, Decatur, GA -
Henderson Middle School
2830 Henderson Mill Rd, Atlanta, GA -
George Miranda
8:12 am on Friday, June 8, 2012
Jeremy, you truly are a local hero. And you have piloted a model for responsible business and citizenship practices in the community that I really hope other businesses in our community will follow.
Thanks, also, Jeremy, for sponsoring Clairmont Presbyterian's 5K Challenge last month . . . another way in which you put your commitment to the community into action.