Please see the August 2021 District 4 Zoning Newsletter which includes other community updates. Please feel free to call 678-513-5884 or email me at cjmills@forsythco.com with any comments or questions.
Good Afternoon Everyone!
August is flying past me and I’m late getting my newsletter out. This month, our focus is truly on health. It’s the month that our Board recognizes Drug Awareness and Prevention. Heather Hayes, licensed drug therapist and interventionist, will bring a proclamation forward for the Board of Commissioners to read at our August 19th meeting. The “Fed Up Campaign” proclamation says we are fed up with people dying from overdose. On August 31st, we will light up the town square purple as part of the 4th Annual Tea Cup Memorial, recognizing those that have lost their lives to overdose deaths. Additionally, Jennifer Hodge, a local mother who unfortunately lost her son to overdose, will have 23 banners of pictures at United Way (240 Elm Street) with real life photos of people who have died from addiction. Those banners show what two weeks in America looks like. She will also have teacups memorializing all that the lives lost to overdose deaths. The event is being sponsored by the Forsyth County Drug Awareness Council.
September 5 through September 11 is National Suicide Prevention Week. Please mark Forsyth County’s Mental Health and Wellness Initiative - World Suicide Awareness Day event on your calendar for Thursday, September 9 at 6:30 p.m. at My Local Church (3105 Dahlonega Hwy).
Another health-related topic, that I had hoped and prayed was going away, is COVID. Unfortunately, our numbers have shown an increase due to the new Delta variant. We met with our medical partners this week, and they encouraged us to remind people to get vaccinated. Our hospitals are full, and they are having to divert patients that are sick with other things due to increase in COVID cases. Our healthcare workers are extremely fatigued. Please help them and help yourselves by vaccinating. You can find additional information regarding the Delta variant and vaccines here. The people vaccinated that have experienced break throughs due to the Delta variant have experienced more moderate cases of COVID with lighter side effects, the experts are saying.
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Cindy
Cindy Jones Mills | Chairwoman
Forsyth County Board of Commissioners, District 4
110 East Main Street, Suite 210 | Cumming, Georgia 30040
(678) 513-5884 office | (678) 230-3864 cell | (770) 781-2199 fax
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