The Heron Bay Community Liaison Committee is hosting a Blood Drive on Saturday, February 27 . The American Red Cross will be parking the Blood Mobile at the Sales and Information Center from 10AM to 3PM. All residents at the Atlanta lake community are encouraged bring friends and family members to donate blood.

Any participants donating blood or platelets between January 1 and March 31, 2010 are entered into a drawing for a $1000 gift card.  Join the effort to help those in need of lifesaving blood.

Appointments can be made by visiting www.redcrossblood.org. The sponsor code is “heronbay”. (more…)

The Heron Bay Community Liaison Committee, made up of residents in the Henry county community, is already busy planning their give-back events to benefit several organizations throughout the upcoming year.  The Liaison Committee is dedicated to reaching out to both Heron Bay residents and those in need throughout the world.

The January project “SAVE Your Greeting Cards” encourages residents to donate their old Christmas and greeting cards to benefit the St. Jude’s Ranch for Children.

St. Jude’s recycles the cards and sells them on their website. The children at the ranch play a big part in re-creating the “new” cards by removing the front of the cards and attaching a new back. The children benefit from the program by receiving payment for their work and they also learn the importance of “going green”. (more…)

A women cries as workers dig through the rubble in search of her nephew, whose cries could be heard in a collapsed building in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday, January 14, 2010. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Residents of Atlanta golf community, Heron Bay Golf & Country Club are known for giving back to their community throughout the year.

Now when those outside the Henry county area are in need, residents of the master-planned community are committed to making sure that everyone knows how they can donate to the Haiti.

One of the easiest forms of donation is through text messages. By texting “HAITI” to 90999 on your cell phone and $10 will be donated to the Red Cross for the relief efforts.  The charge will show up on your next cell phone bill. (more…)

Heron Bay, a premier Atlanta golf community and country club, is sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Drive as a way to give back to the community. Visit the Heron Bay Lodge this Saturday from 10AM – 3PM in Locust Grove, just south of Atlanta.

Community Liason Committee member and resident, Diana Brown was quoted in the Henry Daily Herald, “There is a shortage of blood and there are a lot of accidents in the summertime”. She went on to say, “…It will only take a few minutes [to give blood]. By giving someone [the gift of blood], it will give them many minutes.”

The blood drive is open to the public and participants will be entered into a drawing to win a $750 gas card. To make an appointment to donate blood, visit www.givelife.org.

Click here to read the complete article, “Heron Bay makes an effort to save lives”.