Gwinnett Stripers, Triple-A affiliate of the 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves, have announced three additional World Champions Replica Ring Giveaways for the month of September. All three dates are presented by Coolray Heating and Cooling.
Following the success of World Champions Replica Ring giveaways on July 30 and 31, the Stripers have added the following giveaway dates for the season’s final month:
- Thursday, September 1 (7:05 p.m. vs. Jacksonville) – First 1,500 fans;
- Monday, September 26 (7:05 p.m. vs. Louisville) – First 755 fans; and
- Tuesday, September 27 (7:05 p.m. vs. Louisville) – First 755 fans.
The Stripers are giving away 755 rings in each of the final two dates as a tribute to Braves legend Hank Aaron, who clubbed 755 home runs during his Hall of Fame career.
Kemp to give environmental address here Aug. 12
Kemp
After having to cancel the Governor’s Environmental Address for two years in a row because of the pandemic, Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful will present this event on Friday, August 12 at 11:15 at Gas South District in Duluth. Governor Brian Kemp will address this address, a 14-year tradition, at this lunch.
The 2022 Environmental Stewardship and Consciousness Awards will be announced at the event, says GC&B Environmental Director Shelly Marlatt. Tickets are still available for purchase through the GC&B website. The environmental program was launched in 2001 with Governor Roy Barnes addressing the audience. Since then, GC&B welcomed former Governors Sonny Perdue and Nathan Deal to its stage.
At the meeting, GC&B will announce the granting of two scholarships to students from Georgia Gwinnett College. The entire program is part of the idea that the county can positively impact the environment as long as its residents are working together.
Toney becomes 4th chair of Leadership Gwinnett
Toney
Alisa Toney, the senior director of development at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, has been named the chair of the Leadership Gwinnett Foundation Board of Directors. She is the fourth person to serve in this position since the organization’s founding in 1985, succeeding Renee Byrd-Lewis.
A member of the Leadership Gwinnett class of 2013, Toney believes that “Leadership Gwinnett is an experience that completely transforms you and exposes you to people, places and processes that will enhance your perspective.”
A graduate of Tulane University with a BS degree in psychology, Toney is an emeritus member of the Director’s Advisory Board of the Newcomb College Institute at Tulane University. She has an MS degree from Georgia State University in educational policy studies, research and measurement, and a certificate in Nonprofit Executive Leadership from The Fund Raising School, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University. Prior to joining PCOM, Toney worked at Georgia State University, Spelman College and Emory University, all in metro Atlanta.
Originally, from Memphis, Tenn., Toney is the mother of two children, Thomas, a senior at Yale University, and Camille, a freshman at North Gwinnett High School. Toney has been a resident of Gwinnett County since 1993.
Leadership Gwinnett’s signature yearlong program has graduated 36 classes and Glance Gwinnett, its three-day program has conducted 25 sessions. The programs combined have an alumni base of more than 2,100.
Two with Gwinnett connections promoted in Gainesville
Recent management changes at The Times in Gainesville involved professional journalists with Gwinnett County connections.
Casas
Shannon Casas, previously editor-in-chief at The Times, has moved to a new job as director of audience for The Times and its sister publications, the Forsyth County News and the Dawson County News. In that position, she will be responsible for analyzing data related to readership and subscribers and working closely with the newsrooms at all three properties to assure that content in print and online provides readers with the information they want and need.
Casas, now a Gainesville resident, completed North Gwinnett High School and had an undergraduate degree from Berry College. She lived for a time in Norcross with her parents, Susan and Mike Rohrabaugh, before moving to Suwanee.
In a corresponding move, Nate McCullough has been named as group editor for the three news operations and will oversee print and online content and reporting staffs. McCullough is currently a resident of Stone Mountain and was a longtime member of the Gwinnett Daily Post news operation.
The three newspapers are owned by Metro Market Media headquartered in Gainesville.
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