Just in time for Christmas, staff with the North Georgia Community Foundation announced that more than $1 million in COVID-19 Relief grants have been awarded throughout the North Georgia community.
Since April, the foundation has awarded 133 grants in 21 North Georgia counties throughout 11 grant cycles, according to a press release from NGCF. The latest round of grants was given to local nonprofits, schools and programs assisting needy individuals and families directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michelle Prater, president and CEO of the foundation, said, “NGCF is committed to addressing the urgent needs in our community. Many of these needs were magnified during the pandemic and we felt it was our responsibility to step up and provide immediate support.”
Just in time for Christmas, staff with the North Georgia Community Foundation announced that more than $1 million in COVID-19 Relief grants have been awarded throughout the North Georgia community.
Since April, the foundation has awarded 133 grants in 21 North Georgia counties throughout 11 grant cycles, according to a press release from NGCF. The latest round of grants was given to local nonprofits, schools and programs assisting needy individuals and families directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michelle Prater, president and CEO of the foundation, said, “NGCF is committed to addressing the urgent needs in our community. Many of these needs were magnified during the pandemic and we felt it was our responsibility to step up and provide immediate support.”
Staff with the Northeast Georgia Health System are warning that they may be forced to ration care if COVID-19 cases continue to rise post-holiday.
“We’re struggling to find staff and space to care for people, and our frontline workers are exhausted,” said Doctor Clifton Hastings, Chief of Medical Staff for Northeast Georgia Medical Center, in a press release sent from the health system. “If COVID cases continue to increase, we may be forced to start making decisions about who we can treat effectively and who we have to send elsewhere or turn away. That’s a decision no physician should have to make, and a situation no one in our community should have to face.”
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Officials say this side-by-side, off-highway vehicle overturned Wednesday night, ejecting and seriously injuring the two Demorest men inside.
Habersham County Emergency Services
Two Demorest men were seriously injured in a crash involving a side-by-side ATV west of Clarkesville Wednesday night.
“On Dec. 23 at approximately 9:10 p.m., a 2019 Polaris, an off-highway vehicle, was traveling on Daniel Road,” said Cpl. John Getty of Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa.
The wreck happened in the area of Poplar Creek Trail, according to Habersham County Emergency Services Director Chad Black.
Getty identified the driver as 27-year-old Austin Kimsey and the passenger as 55-year-old Jeffery Kimsey, both of Demorest.
CORNELIA Two Habersham County women were injured, one seriously, in a crash in Cornelia during a high-speed chase late Tuesday night.
A Volkswagen Jetta driven by 29-year-old Amber Wade of Demorest was traveling south on U.S. 441 Business fleeing from Habersham County sheriff’s deputies at the time of the 11:45 p.m. wreck, said Cpl. John Getty of Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa.
“Deputy Holcomb performed a PIT on the fleeing vehicle, causing the vehicle to spin out on the roadway in the center turn lane,” Getty said. “The driver of the Jetta did not remain stopped and attempted to flee again. Within 1,500 feet, Deputy Holcomb performed a second PIT on the vehicle, to which the Jetta traveled off the roadway to the right and struck a power pole.”