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-\S[VU *V\U[` %\ .(,7+ .1(33 $VVRFLDWH (GLWRU A change in leadership at Fulton County H.O.P.E. has brought the organization full circle to one of its founding members. Last November, Bonnie Dunbar resigned as president for personal reasons. Dunbar had successfully navigated H.O.P.E. for two years through the difficult COVID period and decided now was a good time to step away to pursue other opportunities in Fulton County. Re-enter Amy Roe, one of the group’s co-founders who also served as its first president prior to Dunbar. While she didn’t plan on reassuming that role, Roe and the organization’s board of directors felt she was the person best suited to take the handoff and continue the many positive things on which it has been building under Dunbar’s leadership. “Bonnie was the perfect person to lead Fulton County H.O.P.E. during the past two years, through the height of COVID,” said Roe. “We’re thankful for the time she was president. We couldn’t have done it without her. She was best suited with the unique skill sets to get us through 2020-21.” Roe added some restructuring has been done, including several new members of its board of directors. Despite any changes, the mission of H.O.P.E. remains the same: “To be the driving force in providing awareness and education to the residents of Fulton County regarding resources as well as provide pathways to accessing those resources.” Its primary purpose is to act as a conduit between people
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in the community who are in need with organizations in the county that can provide the acute help necessary to work the issue. Roe believes the organization is ready to thrive in the post-COVID world. “There’s a lot of refocusing and reorganization that must occur. After four years, our mission statement is still relevant. I’ve met with some of our service provider group and gotten some great feedback.” Roe noted the quarterly meetings with service providers will continue, although they will be reorganized to make better use of everyone’s time. The plan is two of the meetings will allow providers an opportunity to share about themselves and what services they can offer. Roe noted everyone is invited to attend the quarterly meetings even if they don’t believe they have a service that is directly relevant to H.O.P.E.’s mission. Her hope is to increase attendance at the meetings and increasing the networking opportunities for providers and attendees. Roe also noted the organization is doing away with its committee-based structure, instead utilizing experts in advisory roles, including poverty, substance abuse and mental health. Pat Brown, executive diContinued on page 2
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