As we begin this new

year, Rutledge remains committed to provid-ing quality day services to our clients. If you ever have ques-tions or concerns, please feel free to call, send us an email or stop by to see us. Hope you all have a wonderful 2016!

Severe Weather Closing Procedure

1. The Executive Director will be responsible for clos-ing the Rutledge Center based on weather con-ditions.

2. Clients will be notified of the closing due to severe weather through phone contact from a Rutledge staff member.

3. In case of emergency: call Bobby Welch at 770-301-4111.

AKTION Club says

“Thanks!”

Rutledge Aktion Club

held a food drive in De-cember for the Coweta County Food Pantry. Cli-ents, staff and families brought in canned goods, paper products, hygiene items, etc.

As a result of your gener-ous support, the Aktion Club donated 1,098 items to the Food Pantry!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this food drive successful!

Volume 13, Issue 1

Executive Director’s Corner By Bobby W. Welch (bwelch@rutledgecenter.org)

January/February 2016

Important Dates to

Remember for

February 2016

Feb. 5—Masters Bowl-ing Tournament @ Junction Lanes, 9 a.m.

Feb. 8—Rutledge Board of Directors Meeting, 12 Noon.

Feb. 14—Valentine’s Day! Feb. 15—Presidents’ Day. Rutledge will be open.

The Rutledge Center News

Clients & Staff attend MLK Day Parade By Jeff Kupras (jkupras@rutledgecenter.org)

The Rutledge frozen

chosen braved tempera-tures in the thirties to watch the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in Carroll-ton on January 18th. The parade was sched-uled to begin at 10 am downtown, but was delayed an hour much to our dismay considering the frosty tempera-tures. However, a

good time was had by all watching as the floats and marching bands parad-ed by us.

We welcome your comments, sugges-

tions, and input. If you would like to

submit an article, you can do so by

faxing it to 770-304-9652 or sending

an email to:

psbley@rutledgecenter.org

Noteworthy

JANUARY

1/2—Billy Ray

1/3—Davey

1/9—Mike T.

1/21— Bruce

1/22—Kristi B.

1/22—Brandon

1/26—Billy

1/27—Thomas

1/27—Patrick

1/28—Earl

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FEBRUARY

2/2-Nicole

2/5-Sarah

2/6-Tracie

2/6-Nick

2/8-Deborah

2/10-Pam

2/11-Amy

2/11-T.J.

Pictured above:

Billy Chapman, Barbara Bowling, Nicki Smith, Maelean Crowd-er and Marquita Gooden.

On January 26, 2016, I went out

with my friends and direct support staff Lorna Kitchens to Chick-fil-A for free sausage biscuit day.

We drove through the drive-thru window to place our order. We or-dered hash-browns to go along with our sausage bis-cuits.

When we drove to the window to pay the lady at the window told us that the car ahead of us paid for our order. It made me happy that someone was so nice to pay for our food.

My friends and I went and ate our breakfast together. We talked and laughed as we ate our breakfast. It was a great day!

March 13 - Day-light Saving Time begins. Spring for-ward 1 hour! March 17 - St. Patrick’s Day March 20 – Spring begins. March 27 – Happy Easter!

THE RUTLEDGE CENTER

55 MILLARD FARMER

INDUSTRIAL BLVD.

NEWNAN, GA 30263

770-251-6515

FAX: 770-254-9995

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE:

RUTLEDGE CENTER, INC.

61 HOSPITAL ROAD

NEWNAN, GA 30263

770-253-1189 FAX: 770-304-9652

Christmas Luncheon held on Dec. 9th By Pam Sibley (psibley@rutledgecenter.org)

Our annual Christmas Luncheon was held at

the Newnan Utilities Cabin on Wednesday,

December 9th. Over 120 people were in at-

tendance for this event including clients, staff,

board members, and special guests.

Everyone enjoyed a delicious meal of turkey

and dressing with all the fixings, dessert, and

tea. After lunch, Rutledge clients provided

musical entertainment. They sang several

popular Christmas carols. The choir always

brings smiles to our faces and

uplifts our spirits.

Executive Director Bobby

Welch recognized several

guests who play an important

part in helping Rutledge on a

regular basis. President of the

Board Linda Wilson made a

few remarks as well.

This luncheon included our an-

nual awards for clients, staff,

and community supporters for

2015. Among the recipients for

client attendance awards were

Mike Smith, Corey Herndon,

Maggie Custodio, Stanley Neal,

Cheryl Deaver, Holly Stringfel-

low, Brittani Paschal, Chris

Grant, Andrew Studley, Amber

Parker and Debbie Grayer.

Three employees were recognized for

15 years of service. They were Ann

Newton, Sha Fleming and Pam Sibley.

Also, Jane Shirley was honored for 16

years of service as she announced her

retirement on December 31st.

Community Supporter of the Year went

to Sonrise Baptist Church. Client of the

Year was Willie Cox.

The luncheon ended with each client

receiving a gift from Rutledge. The

clients were very grateful for their gifts

and for the fellowship.

A Good Day By Sarah Fodor (A Client in Lorna’s group)

Jane Shirley, shown here with her son Jess, retired from Rutledge on December 31st.

Employee Service Award recipients included Sha Fleming, Ann Newton, and Pam Sibley.

“Consumer of the Year” was awarded to Mr. Willie Cox who is pictured above with Ronnie Schultz and Nick Hunt.

“Community Supporter of the Year” was given to Sonrise Baptist Church for their ongoing support of providing several lunches throughout the year and for the use of their gym for our clients. Pic-tured above: Associate Pastor Tim Rice accepts the award from Ronnie Schultz.