Cobb EMC Foundation Board
Guided by a dedicated group of nine members from Cobb EMC’s five-county service area, the Cobb EMC Foundation board directs the distribution of Operation Round Up funds. This independent board operates separately from Cobb EMC to ensure unbiased decisionmaking, prioritizing community impact and the responsible use of available funds.
Your Impact in Action
The generosity of Cobb EMC members powers meaningful change in our community. Every cent contributed through Operation Round Up goes directly to supporting local nonprofits with the vision, tools, and passion to make a difference.
Thank you for rounding up!
Your contributions provide essentials like meals and housing while fostering education and culture. Together, we’re transforming lives and strengthening our community!
2024 Total Impact
$844,199
Total Awarded 226 Organizations
The Cobb EMC Foundation Board (l to r): Back Row: Marlon Longacre, Curt Earnest, Rocky Holland, Paul Letalien, Thomas Beusse Front Row: Stephanie Valentine, Heather Trainer, Amy Arra, Michele Sutcliffe
Cobb & Douglas Health Foundation Improving Birth Outcomes
Cobb & Douglas Public Health’s Babies Born Healthy (BBH) program is changing lives by helping uninsured pregnant women access quality prenatal care through comprehensive pregnancy education, family-centered care coordination, and connections to health and community resources. With support from the Cobb EMC Foundation, 380 families have received critical care, including prenatal and perinatology services, and ultrasounds. This support ensures healthier pregnancies and brighter futures for mothers and their babies.
Additionally, BBH provides essentials like breastfeeding kits, baby care packages, and safe sleep items to further enhance newborn health and safety. Through strong community partnerships and personalized nurse case management, the program continues to improve maternal health and reduce infant mortality, creating lasting, positive change for families in Cobb and Douglas Counties.
“We are so very appreciative of Cobb EMC Foundation’s ongoing commitment to support improved birth outcomes and safety for pregnant women and their infants. This investment helps provide early and regular, lifesaving, prenatal care to reduce premature delivery, reduce low-birth-weight babies and to provide home safety equipment for families in need.”
Lisa Crossman | Deputy Director, Cobb & Douglas Public Health; Executive Director, Cobb & Douglas Health Foundation
Operation Round Up 2024 Impact
Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County
Sowing Seeds of Growth and Education
The Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County (MGVOCC) are dedicated to planting the seeds of community, sustainability, and nourishment. Through the vibrant gardens they grow, alongside hands-on educational programs, MGVOCC brings people closer to nature. With over 220 members, MGVOCC leads 15 projects across the county, teaching horticulture and eco-awareness while connecting people of all ages.
One example is their Wellness Garden, a half-acre urban farm that produces more than 1,300 pounds of produce annually, all donated to Austell’s Community Food Center. Thanks to the Cobb EMC Foundation, MGVOCC gained critical resources like a hoop house to extend growing seasons, frost covers to protect crops, an outdoor classroom, and much more.
But MGVOCC’s work goes beyond growing gardens—cultivating connections, uniting neighbors, and enriching lives across the Cobb County community.
“We couldn’t have done it without the Cobb EMC Foundation. Their support gave us the tools we needed to transform the Wellness Garden from a barren lot into a thriving community resource. Their grants have made it possible for us to increase our food production, distribute produce to more food insecure people, and provide nutrition education programs to the community.”
Gayle
Bender | Wellness Garden Chairwoman, Communications Director
17,000+
1,300 lbs
Grace Point Christian Schools
Great Prospects
Greater Wealth Works
Helping Hands of Paulding County
Helping Mamas
Helping One Guy
Henry Arthur Callis Ed Foundation
HIS CAMP dba Camp Gideon
Homestretch, Inc.
Hope Atlanta
Hopedealers Worldwide
iHoop Factory, Inc.
InCommunity
It Starts With Me 2
Jess Rousey Honoring Heroes
Kennesaw Museum Foundation, Inc.
Kennesaw State University Foundation
Kid Biz Expo
Kids Care Corporation
Kidz2Leaders, Inc.
KOS, Inc.
Krimson Community Foundation
La Amistad, Inc.
Lake Allatoona Association
Laurel’s Edge
Lekotek of GA
Life Circle 72
LIFT2 Enrich, Inc.
LiveSafe Resources
Loving Arms Cancer Outreach, Inc.
Make a Wish Georgia
Marietta Cobb Museum of Art
Marietta Museum of History
DBA Aviation History Museum
Marietta Police Athletic League
Master Gardeners Volunteers
McKenna Farms
MDE School of East Cobb
Men Elevating Men
Miracle Foundation of Arts and Academics
Mother of thre3 Corporation
MUST Ministries
New Tenth Foundation
Next Step Ministries, Inc.
Nobis Works
North Metro Music Education
Notes of Impact
Operation Appreciation
Operation Homefront
Optimize the Vizion
Papayago Rescue House
Paulding Child Advocacy Center
Paulding county 4H Club
Perspective Ministries
Phoenix RCO, Inc.
PORCH Marietta
Positive American Youth
Powder Springs Community Taskforce
Power of Peace Initiative
Prevent Blindness GA
Progressive Black Men
Project Keep’em Off the Streets
Reflections of Trinity
Rehoboth Family and Community Services
Revved up Kids
RISE Employee Fund, Inc.
RISE UP 4 Christ
Safe America Foundation
SAFE Place
SafePath Childrens Advocacy Center
Salvation Army
Saving Lives America
Second Wind Dreams
Ser Familia, Inc.
Serenade Heights
Service League of Cherokee Cty
Share the Love Outreach Organization, Inc.
Sheltering Arms
Sheltering Grace Ministry
Skye Precious Kids
Smith Gilbert Gardens Foundation
Southwest Christian Care
Special Needs Cobb
DBA Right in the Community, Inc.
Special Needs Development Group
Special Needs Respite, Inc.
Special Olympics of Georgia
STEMsations, Inc.
STING, Inc.
Students Without Mothers
Sunshine on a Ranney Day
Sweetwater Mission
Tahirih Justice Center
The Brendan Taylor Happy Gameday Foundation
The Extension
The Leonard Phillips Foundation, Inc.
The Princess Academy
The ROCC Recovery Organization of Cherokee County
The STEAM Generation, Inc.
Together We Care
Toolbox, Inc.
Top Dogg K9
Town Center Community Alliance
Transformations by Atlanta Angels
United Military Care
Unity In HIStory Outreach Foundation
Vision Atlanta
Vision Rehab Services of GA
VISIONful Communities
Way Maker Women’s Center, Inc.
Waymark (Kids Cubed)
Wildlife Action, Inc.
Williams House
YouthCentric, Inc.
Our Mission :
To carefully assess the financial requests of charitable organizations, and to apply our collective wisdom to the allocation of available funds for the benefit of the community and the members we serve.
The Cobb EMC Foundation distributes Operation Round Up funds to local nonprofits with outreach programs benefiting members in Cobb EMC’s service area, which includes Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, and Paulding counties.
To find out more, please visit cobbemc.com/Foundation
