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Contact: Cindy Badgett Sawnee EMC Participates in Hands On Georgia Week Commitment to community by getting Hands On. Sawnee EMC employees rolled up their sleeves, put on their work gloves and volunteered their service as part of Hands On Georgia Week 2007. The Sawnee EMC crew donated their time to ABBA House, a women’s shelter in Cumming. “We trimmed large limbs away from the houses and the out buildings. We also trimmed up all the low hanging limbs in the yards and bush hogged the field behind the houses”, stated Eddy Yarbrough, Right of Way Specialist, Sawnee EMC. “Helping ABBA House was a privilege. This is a very good organization that helps a lot of women in need and it felt good to donate our time and expertise to help them out.” Mr. Yarbrough and his crew joined an estimated 30,000 other volunteers throughout the state participating in Hands On Georgia Week. This volunteer program was launched in 2004 with Georgians performing large scale service projects in five cities around the state. In 2006 all 159 counties participated with 30,000 volunteers performing 125,000 hours cleaning the state’s waterways, picking up trash along the state’s highways and collecting cans for the state’s food banks, among other things. The focus this year is to tackle pressing needs in the communities. Volunteers interested in participating in Hands on Georgia week 2007 are encourage to email or call Hands on Georgia at info@handsongeorgia.org or (404)979-2842. County project information is available at www.handsongeorgia.org. At Sawnee EMC we really are more than electricity. For over 69 years, Sawnee EMC has been dedicated to our members and the communities we serve. To learn more about the many programs we offer, visit www.sawnee.com or call our Customer Service Call Center at 770-887-2363.
About Sawnee EMC: Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation is a distribution electric cooperative headquartered in Cumming, Georgia. Sawnee serves electricity to over 142,000 accounts in seven (7) counties of greater north Georgia. Sawnee’s assets exceed $368 million with annual energy sales of 2.23 billion and revenue of $201 million. With over 300 dedicated employees, Sawnee’s team of professionals meets the needs of its member-owners through its complex network of over 9,420 miles of distribution facilities. Georgia’s 42 electric cooperatives now serve more customers than any other state network of EMCs in the nation.
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