Today's Sandy Springs Education Force Appreciation Breakfast gave us an opportunity to thank our supporters, sponsors and volunteers.

We are so grateful to everyone in the Sandy Springs and Fulton County Schools community for their donations, time and effort. When everyone works together, we can create amazing supplementary opportunities for public school students in Sandy Springs. Thanks to Riverwood International Charter School for hosting us. We appreciate Chef Elissa Oliver and her Culinary Arts students for preparing such a delicious breakfast for all of our guests. We appreciated being able to welcome FCS Board Member Ms. Katie Gregory. We were honored to hear remarks from Sandy Springs Mayor Pro Tempore Mr. John Paulson; FCS Chief Academic Officer Brannon Gaskins; and Riverwood Principal Dr. Kindra Smith. We appreciate that so many principals, school administrators, elected officials, friends, partners and volunteers attended. We honored Renee Hoelting as the Carolyn Axt Volunteer of the Year. After-School All-Stars Atlanta won the Sustaining Program Partner Award. Toni Rogers received the School Program Champion of the Year award. Kathryn Shapiro won the Dr. Ava Wilensky Board Member of the Year Award. Thank you to the students who participated in our programs who spoke: Isabella from Lake Forest Elementary Fortune and Ifu from Sandy Springs Charter Middle School Grace from North Springs High School We appreciate them attending to share their experiences as participants and as a volunteer with SSEF. Thank you to Fulton County Schools for creating a video celebrating our work and the award as the Fulton County Schools Partner of the Year. We were thrilled to receive this honor, and we are proud to know that the principals in the schools we serve nominated us. Thank you! Enjoy the photos and video and stay tuned for more photos to come! https://youtu.be/fdKR7fK-qiA @fultoncoschools