Eggcellent Easter Extravaganza announced...

YOU ARE INVITED TO THE 4TH ANNUAL “EXTRA SPECIAL” EASTER PARTY! Sponsored by People First of Henry County, Henry County Parks & Recreation, Line Creek & Fayette County Civitan Clubs and many other volunteer groups! Saturday, March 27, 2:00-4:00 pm Nash Farm Battlefield 100 Babbs Mill Road, Hampton This special party is for families of those who have children or adults with developmental disabilities and/or...

Henry Herald promotes Richie McDonald Concert...

If you didn’t have an opportunity to see it in the Henry Herald you can view the article online at the Henry Herald Website as well as reading below By Johnny Jackson jjackson@henryherald.com Members of the People First of Henry County organization are expecting a responsive local turnout for their upcoming Christmas benefit concert. The concert, dubbed, “If Every Day Could Be Christmas,” will be a sort of musical...

Kings and Queens attend Murphy Family home ribbon ...

Our Kings and Queens participated in the ribbon cutting for a dream home that was 5 years in the making. The Murphy Family made up of John and Jeanette Murphy, and their 19 children, recently moved from a more than 40-year-old Lake City home to a brand new house a few miles from the McDonough Square. The Murphy’s are such good friends of People First and their children regular participants in our activities so we...

Kings and Queens make appearances at AMS for the P...

Our Kings and Queens participated in the pre-race festivities at the Pep Boys Auto 500 September 6, 2009. In addition to meeting and greeting David Ragan, Elliott Sadler, Juan Pablo Montoya, Bo Slocham, Joey Logano, Reed Sorenson as well as race winner Kasey Kahne that day, the kings and queens participated in the traditional pre-race parade lap around the track! They also had an opportunity to meet “Papa John”...

Kings and Queens participate in two walk-a-thons...

People First of Henry County had their first walk-a-thon August 1, 2009 to raise money to offer special socials throughout the year for families with special needs children and adults. The funds raised allow families to participate and be active in free social opportunities that they would otherwise not be a part of. Organized by Ricky Craig, 100% of funds earned went to People First for this purpose. Our Kings and Queens...

Fourth of July at Hampton Parade & Camp Forts...

Miss Teen Special Henry County Katie Toreno and Mr. Special Henry County Todd McEarchern made their first appearance as our reigning King and Queen at the Hampton 4th of July Parade. We were so pleased that some of the other contestants from this years pageant could also come out and represent People First and Henry County so well. Our Miss Henry County Paige Copeland also represented us this summer as one of the judges...

Our King and Queen meet a Redneck!...

Mr. and Miss Special Henry County, Todd McEarchern and Paige Copeland, attended the Southwest Christian Care 17th Annual Benefit Dinner & Auction Gala on August 20 at the Georgia International Convention Center. The Special Guest was Jeff Foxworthy. Todd and Paige got to meet him with the three directors from People First of Henry County, Connie Dodgen, Tina Mills and Joan Angelini. The banquet was a benefit for Southwest...

Walk-A-Thon scheduled to benefit People First...

“People First of Henry County” Walk-A-Thon Saturday, August 1, at 8:00 am A walk-a-thon is a fun and fit activity for everyone to help raise money for a great cause. Our goal is to help People First of Henry County raise money to offer special socials throughout the year for families with special needs children and adults. It allows families to participate and be active in free social opportunities that they would...

A beautiful tribute by our photographer – Ev...

Our wonderful photographer, Debbie Clanton of 88Keyz Studio and Design posted this lovely note on her facebook fan page. We were so touched we wanted to share it with all of you! This past weekend I enjoyed taking photographs for a special pageant. “Mr. & Miss Special Henry County” in McDonough, GA. What a wonderful day this was as the hearts were so full of joy with each special contestant in this pageant....

Henry County Commission Proclaims Mr. and Miss Spe...

At the Henry County Board of Commissioners regular meeting this Tuesday, it proclaimed the week of June 22-28, 2009 as Mr. and Miss Special Henry County Week. In doing so, the Commissioners expressed their appreciation to the dozens of dedicated volunteers who work so hard to make programs like this to enrich the lives of our special needs population… To read the rest of this article please check out the Henry County...