COBB COLLABORATIVE IN THE NEWS
2024 Press Releases & Featured News Articles
November 1, 2024
Basics Nature Trail Grand Opening - Marietta Daily Journal
October 9, 2024
Connecting Cobb Veterans Announces New Leadership - Marietta Daily Journal
October 3, 2024
Cobb School Board candidate forum: Democrats show out, Republicans MIA - Atlanta Civic Circle
October 3, 2024
Cobb County school board candidate forum draws only Democratic Party candidates - Cobb Courier
September 23, 2024
Harrison Junior Brings Home Crown to Cobb County - Marietta Daily Journal
September 19, 2024
Cobb Collaborative Mayor's Reading Club - Marietta Daily Journal
August 26, 2024
Mableton Men Vote and Cobb Collaborative Host Voter Engagement Event - Cobb Courier
August 1, 2024
Cobb Collaborative Concludes Summer Reading Programming - Marietta Daily Journal
May 3, 2024
Cobb Collaborative Presents Storytime Basics - Cobb Courier
February 26, 2024
Atlanta Nonprofits Lead the Way in Supporting Children’s Literacy Development - Learn For Life
February 14, 2024
Connecting Cobb Getting Our Veterans the Help They Need - Marietta Daily Journal
February 7, 2024
Growing Together Through Marietta Community Needs - Marietta Daily Journal
January 10, 2024
Little Free Library in Marietta - MDJ online
2023 Press Releases & Featured News Articles
December 8, 2023
First Christian Church of Mableton Awarded the 2023 Howard Koepka Collaborative Spirit Award by Cobb Community Foundation
December 7, 2023
Nourishing Children’s Imaginations by Irene Barton
December 6, 2023
Credit union awards $150,000 to 20 Metro Atlanta nonprofits - Rough Draft Atlanta
December 5, 2023
Celebrate the Season Through Reading - MDJ online
December 1, 2023
Vote Your Voice Georgia: Student Activists Lead Voter Empowerment Efforts - SPLC
November 9, 2023
East Cobb Citizen of the Year is Cobb Collaborative director - East Cobb News
November 4, 2023
A Veterans Appreciation at East Cobb Park — East Cobb News
October 16, 2023
Help Make the Community Better by Engaging in Reading by Cobb Collaborative Literacy Coordinator, Leslie Danford.
September 11, 2023
Good Food For Those Doing Good (Q3 2023)
July 22, 2023
Cobb Collaborative Creates Program for Children Birth to Five Years - Cobb County Courier
July 19, 2023
Cobb Collaborative & Paint Love Present Basics Workshop in Austell
June 27, 2023
Cobb Chamber Announces Its 2023-2024 Class For Leadership Cobb - Cobb County Courier
April 27, 2023
Explore the World Around You by Engaging in Reading by Cobb Collaborative Literacy Coordinator, Leslie Danford
April 25, 2023
Cobb Collaborative Dedicates Little Free Library at Garrett Middle School
April 4, 2023 -
Sharpen App by Cobb Collaborative Vote Your Voice Coordinator, Kaitlyn Ball
April 3, 2023
Family Reading to Promote Taking Care of the Environment by Cobb Collaborative Literacy Coordinator, Leslie Danford
March 24, 2023
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
March 13, 2023
Little Free Library at Park Street Elementary School
February 15, 2023
Spring into Reading with March’s Community Scope and Sequence Books by Cobb Collaborative Literacy Coordinator, Leslie Danford
February 15, 2023
Cobb Collaborative Awarded $100,000 to Expand Mental Health Initiative - Cobb Chamber Blog
February 8, 2023
Cobb Collaborative Presents Second Annual Resilient Cobb Summit
January 12, 2023
Early Childhood Centers in Marietta Welcome the Community to Read with Them by Cobb Collaborative Literacy Coordinator, Leslie Danford
Legacy of Love and Learning
On January 27th, we held our first Marietta Partnership for Literacy meeting of 2020 at the Emily Lembeck Early Learning Center. Mary Ansley Southerland, President-Elect of the Rotary Club of…
ACEs and Trauma Informed Care
58% of Georgians have experienced 1 ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience). That’s app. 6 million people! ACEs are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years). For example: experiencing violence or abuse…
Re-framing the Way We Talk about Poverty
This article from the Collective Impact Forum provides 3 tips for using appropriate language in describing clients or individuals served. Read the full article for more information! 1. Place ‘Human…
Why Early Reading Matters
Children who don’t read proficiently by the end of third grade are far more likely to be left behind – in many ways. An article by Susan Percy in Georgia…
The 2020 Census is Coming!
For the past few months, Cobb’s Complete Count Committee and the Cobb Collaborative have been hard at work spreading awareness and educating the public about the 2020 Census. As the…