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Lamar County Family Connection Collaborative
Improving the lives of Lamar County's children, youth, and families

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Lamar County Family Connection Collaborative serves as the local decision-making body, bringing community partners together to develop, implement, and evaluate plans that address the serious challenges facing our children, families and community.

Strategy Teams

· Low Birth Weight Strategy Team (Sherry Farr) will meet February 22, 11am at the URMC Barnesville location, Suite 23

The Kids Count Data

Click here for the Kids Count Data

Youth Leadership Lamar

This is a reminder of the Youth Leadership Lamar (YLL) workshop this Saturday, 10am - 2pm, 317 Forsyth St, Barnesville, GA

Bring your WorkBook and Planner!

Parent to Parent of Georgia Training Feb. 15, 2012

Click Here to View Flyer

PASSport to Success Workshop: Evening Session, Tuesdays, 25 openings
Click here to read more about the PASSport Workshop

Try It Local!

The Try It Local campaign will feature a Chamber business each day with discounts that are available for that day only.

Mention the coupon code when you go to these businesses and you will receive the discount. The discounts will be put in the newspaper, and the Chamber's Facebook page, and on the Chamber's official website.

Lamar County Schools
Right click on the link, and open in a new window to view the school webpage.

Primary School
Elementary School
Middle School
High School

Our Meetings

Next meeting - Feb. 9th 2012

9:00 a.m. at the E.P. Roberts Center

Collaborative meets the

2nd Thursday of the month.

How to join :

Attend a meeting!

Our Collaborative is open to the public. There are no membership
dues. We are made up of concerned individuals, families, agencies,
organizations, faith community and local government with the
same vision:

"Lamar County will be a community in which all families will possess positive life values, develop to their fullest potential, and live economically self sufficient lives."

Congratulation Lamar County High School!!!!!!

Click Link Below

Boy And Girl Scouts, and Boys and Girls Club

Boy Scouts

Girl Scouts

Boys and Girls Club

Check It Out!

Check out Lamar County's 4-H Website. It's full of information!!!

Right click on the link, and open in a new window to view the webpage.

4-H Home Page!

4-H's Facebook Page!

About Family Connection

We are part of Family Connection, a Georgia statewide initiative of 159 community collaborative partnerships committed to making measurable improvements for children and families in Georgia.

Our Family Connection Goals

	Healthy Children

	School Readiness

	School Success

	Self-Sufficient Families

	Strong Communities

	Lamar County Family Connection Collaborative Region: 4 Mailing Address: 122 Westgate Plaza Barnesville, GA 30204-1526
	Coordinator Dorothy Carter Phone: (678) 572-8286 Fax: 770 358 5169 eMail: lamarcountyfcc@gmail.com

Condensed Resource Directory
Click Here!

Lamar County's First Community Garden!
A garden for the entire community.

Neighborhood Watch Program Relaunched!

In the Picture below:

Bob Taylor discusses the Neighborhood Watch program with Ruth Cooper and Janice Horton. The program was relaunched by Councilman Mark Stone. For more info. call Stone at (770) 358-6939

Click Here for picture!

Local News

To see what's happening in Lamar County, visit these sites!

Barnesville Dispatch OR The Herald Gazette

Be There Spreads Throughout Georgia
The number of school districts in Georgia embracing the Be There campaign is multiplying rapidly. Nearly 40 districts are now participating and more come aboard weekly.

PRIDE Training for Teens/Parents
Parents Reducing Incidents of Driver Error

Ferst Foundation of Lamar County