🌱 Nonprofit Coffee Shop With A Mission + HS Club Helps Grieving Kids

Hello, everybody! It's me, Danielle Fallon-O'Leary, your host of the Marietta Patch newsletter. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in town.

But first, today's weather:

Clouds and sun. High: 60 Low: 40.

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Here are the top three stories in Marietta today:

1. In nearby Roswell, the nonprofit coffee shop, RISE Coffee & Tea, is focused on creating a welcoming community and a safe workspace for adults with special needs. The shop opened in 2020 and is based on a similar job that the founder's daughter had while working in a school coffeehouse. Fifteen adults with special needs currently work at RISE Coffee & Tea serving up hot and iced drinks, smoothies, and gluten-free treats. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
2. Nonprofit organization The Joy Mission is now a club at Lassiter High School thanks to the collaboration between junior Julia Randall and club founder Natalie Sorrels. The club focuses on providing student-to-student support for those dealing with the death of a loved one. This community teaches students how to talk about grief, puts together joy baskets, and makes its services available to elementary and middle school students. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
3. Seven Chattahoochee Tech students earned gold, silver, and bronze medals at the SkillsUSA Georgia Competition. The event took place Mar. 9-11 in Atlanta, and hundreds of students from across the state competed. Gold medal winners Spencer Hachem (Additive Manufacturing) and Darin Swagerty (Additive Manufacturing), and Stephen Garcia (HVAC) will have the chance to compete in the SkillsUSA National Championship this summer. (Subscription: MDJOnline.com)

Today in Marietta:

• Cobb Collaborative's Connecting Cobb Veterans - Q1 2023 At Cobb Senior Services (8:30 AM)
• Industry Night & Unlimited Axe Throwing At Ironmonger Brewing Company (4:00 PM)
• Taco Tuesdays At Kai's & Ko Restaurant And Lounge (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• There are 25 spots available on the Marietta History Center's Touchstones to the Past: City Cemetery Walking Tour on May 20 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are free for MHC members and $15 for non-members and can be purchased here. (Subscription: MDJOnline.com)
• Georgia native Karen White will hold a book launch and signing for her new book, "The House on Prytania Street," on May 9 up the road in Woodstock. The event will be held at FoxTale Book Shoppe at 6:30 p.m. (Subscription: Cherokee Tribune Ledger News)
• Gas prices in Cobb County are down by four cents to $3.22 compared to last week. This is lower than the national average of $3.44. (Cobb County Courier)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Tuesday! See you soon for your next update.

— Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

About me: Danielle Fallon-O’Leary is a content manager with content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.