Wednesday, October 24, 2012
He was joined by State Senator Renee Unterman and Jaye Peabody as part of a symposium in honor of Depression Awareness Month.
In honor of Depression Awareness Month, Covenant Counseling and Family Resource Center, headquartered in Snellville, held a symposium on Oct. 20 designed to lift spirits and raise awareness and needed funding to combat depression. Andy Copeland, State Senator Renee Unterman and Jaye Lynn Peabody were the guests of honor at the home of Board Member and Snellville resident Dr. Yvonne Freeman. Peabody is the executive director of Covenant Counseling. She described the symptoms and challenges posed by depression, while Unterman gave a personal account of her battle with depression; Copeland share coping methods as he and his family faced tragedy. Unterman, Chair of the Georgia Senate Health and Human Services Committee and longtime politician…
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Other speakers include Sen. Renee Unterman and Jaye Peabody.
In honor of Depression Awareness Month, Covenant Counseling and Family Resource Center, headquartered in Snellville, has planned a spirit lifting event - Shining a Light on Depression – for Saturday, October 20th at 7 p.m. This gathering is designed to raise awareness and funds to combat depression, the underlying cause of most client visits to Covenant. A non-profit organization, Covenant Counseling & Family Resource Center provides counseling services to the Gwinnett community regardless of income through its Samaritan Fund. The event features Andy Copeland, the father of Aimee Copeland, who will share a method he used to cope with his daughter's illness - narrative journaling. Senator Renee Unterman, Chair of the Georgia Senate Health …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Snellville Home Makeover: Aimee wil have a brand new space to come home to in a few weeks, including an elevator and a study for her social work practice.
Renovations on Aimee Copeland’s home are almost complete. The new wing is nearly 2,000 square feet and designed with Aimee in mind from top to bottom. From the elevator to the newly fitted bookshelves and wheelchair accessible bathtub, each detail will make transitioning back into life in Snellville a little easier. Pulte Homes is managing the construction. Since Aimee will be coming home sooner than expected, what was going to take a few months originally has been condensed to 40 days. “I went on CNN one night and showed the [plans for the house],” explained Aimee’s father Andy Copeland. “I needed someone who could fast track this wing!” Within three business days, Pulte Homes contacted him. A week later, Copeland had a contract…
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Officials from Snellville Tourism and Trade presented a $19,000 check to Andy and Paige Copeland.
It was an unusual time of cheers and tears at the Snellville council meeting on Monday evening, as officials presented a $19,000 check to the Copeland family. Snellville Tourism and Trade, which puts on the city's community events, raised the bulk of the money during a special two-day event dedicated to Aimee Copeland. At the last minute, an anonymous donor put the group over the $17,780 it had planned to present. The young woman's father, Andy Copeland, and sister, Paige Copeland, accepted the check for the Aimee Copeland Fund on behalf of the family. City officials, citizens and volunteers stood, giving the family a round of applause. Fighting through tears, Andy Copeland said: "God bless you all. Thank you so much for your generosity, …
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
More than 400 people flood a local church to give blood in honor of Snellville woman Aimee Copeland.
Raymond Johnson woke up Monday, and he decided just to go. He hadn't registered, and he didn't even know where he was going. But, Aimee Copeland's story of courage and challenge drew him out of his Decatur home, and before long, there he was at First Baptist Church in Snellville -- giving blood. When he was younger he had donated blood on many occasions, but Copeland made him re-evaluate his life with this question: "What have done since then? You're 53 years old, you know." "So, I stopped everything, and I got up this morning, and this is where I was headed," he said. Johnson joined more than 400 people who gave in honor of the 24-year-old Snellville woman, who he is fighting a flesh-eating infection at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in …
nancee suber
9:44 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Aimee is a true inspiration to me. When my trivial aches and pains bother me....I think of her and how I have NOTHING to complain about. My prayers are constantly with her and family. more ›