Shopping Guide News of Fulton County - March 9, 2022

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Vol. 65, Issue No. 10

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Have you ever been the recipient of a green carnation on St. Patrick’s Day? If so, you’ve likely been blessed by the “Green Carnations” annual fundraiser benefitting the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program of Fulton County. The program started long before anyone currently at RSVP can remember. “My two predecessors were each here for eight to 10 years and they both did it, so it’s been around for a long time,“ said current director Anne King, who has been in that role for the past 10 years.

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l C S has been b Fulton County RSVP has around since the ’70s,” We get seniors 55 and older in the community to be volunteers. We currently have over 200 volunteers in our program and have maintained that level since I’ve been here. We’re funded by a federal grant but we are required to come up with match money through things like fundraisers and in-kind donations.” The Green Carnations project has been one of those annual fundraisers to help supplement the grant money. Each year, RSVP volunteers call area businesses to ask them to purchase the flowers to display or hand out to employees or customers on St. Patrick’s Day. King said the flowers come long-

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