Photos courtesy of Jamie Mohr
The Cobb community came together Friday afternoon to recognize the people in charge of transporting their children to and from school safely.
Volunteers distributed 1,100 thank you gifts at multiple transportation locations as staff finished their final shift of the year.
“The goal was simple: appreciation. Bus drivers, monitors, and mechanics are often the first and last school employees our kids see each day, yet they’re rarely recognized. We wanted to make sure they felt seen, valued, and thanked, not just with words, but with a little something tangible,” said parent organizer Jamie Mohr.
Several local businesses contributed to the effort: Integrity Home Loans, McDonald’s (Waterfront, Sandy Plains, Roswell Road, and Lower Roswell Road locations), Chick-Fil-A at Woodlawn, Chick-Fil-A at Barrett Parkway and 830 Barrett Parkway, Chick-Fil-A at 2555 Dallas Hwy., Firehouse Subs on Sandy Plains, Kroger at Shallowford, and Geno Campbell-Mobile Barber (The Cut).
Other donors included Amanda Stuart, Maya Pounds, Susanna Roesel, Dena Kwasek, and Cheryl Oliver. One contributor did so from Ohio in honor of her late father who was a bus driver…