WELF Dalton, Georgia Report for June 2015

WELF Dalton, Georgia
Report for June 2015
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WELF’s recent local Praise the Lord program featured host Cody McCarver. Cody
welcomed Karen Miracle from the Women’s Enrichment Center of Dalton, who gave her
exciting testimony. Karen realized she had post-traumatic stress symptoms after
signing up as a volunteer at the center to help women who had chosen to abort and
were suffering under an extreme amount of guilt. She told of how God brought her to
healing in her process of helping others.
Cody also spoke with Tommy Watson and Richard Moss, local pastors of the fastest
growing church in the area — the Cowboy Church. Here congregants meet at a horse
arena in an open pole barn for praise, worship, and teaching each Sunday. Tommy
discussed the need for the church to come to the barn to reach the un-reached. Tommy
and Richard are professional rodeo clowns, and they discussed their outreach to
children with cancer at a local hospital.
Pictured below left to right: Host Cody McCarver with Karen Miracle and Cody with Tommy Watson and Richard Moss.
 TBN participated in Metropolitan Ministries Dog Daze event in June.
Each quarter this ministry selects the neediest clients who are pet owners to receive free
veterinary care for their pets. Local nonprofit organizations donate pet food, vaccines,
medications, pet bedding, and leashes. TBN volunteered to assist the veterinarian
administer vaccine and medication to the pets. See the photos below!
 The Joy in Our Town health segment this month focused on what is new on the allergy
forefront. Dr. Susan Raschal discussed the newest allergies and educated viewers on
new modalities of treatment. One of the latest is a virus that ticks pass on to humans,
which causes an allergic reaction to meat. This happens to be incurable right now, but
scientists are doing research for management of this disease.
Pictured below Joy in Our Town host Tiki Findlayson with Dr. Susan Raschal.
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Another Joy in Our Town health segment this month focused on the problem of animal
control in the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We had a particularly warm spring this
year, which made the feral cat population explode. Retired folks are stepping up to the
plate and coming alongside the city animal shelter to help with the organization
C.A.T.S. (Cats Are Totally Special) by fostering and helping capture feral cats and
bringing them to veterinary clinics for sterilization. While some cats are adoptable and
they are fostered, the majority of feral cats are ineligible. Mrs. Lewis brought some
adoptable kittens for viewers to see — and hopefully inspire someone to adopt.
Pictured below: Joy in Our Town host Teri Crider with C.A.T.S. volunteer Donna Lewis.
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TBN was represented at the Dade Family Collaborative this month. This organization
connects resources in three surrounding North Georgia communities to assist low
income families. TBN assists with leadership of the Benevolence Task Force, which
partners with faith-based organizations and local businesses to ascertain and meet the
needs of community members who fall through the cracks for public assistance. This
month’s meeting invited the director of Hospice of Chattanooga for an educational talk
on how hospice helps people as they face the end of life.
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May was National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Trenton chapter of Dade Family
Collaborative offered special training to professionals working in churches and schools
with youth to spot child abuse. TBN participated in the local event, “Stewards of
Children Training,” led by the nonprofit organization Darkness to Light.
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Our local Praise-a-Thon continues on a bimonthly basis. We are so grateful for this
opportunity to take up a local offering for our TBN Chattanooga station.
Pictured below starting left front to right: host Pastor Richard Smith, with guests Levaughn Hewlett,
Dr. David Banks, and Pastor JW Cole.
 TBN was represented at the Scenic City Women’s Network (SCWN) monthly luncheon.
This month’s event was at the Chattanooga Convention Center. The group hosted its
annual prayer breakfast. The keynote speaker was popular gospel singer Babbie Mason.
Babbie shares with local business women in leadership how to be a light in the
workplace. SCWN offers women in business and leadership positions support,
networking opportunities, and mentorship with other women of faith.
 Below is WELF's Facebook information for May-June. We have achieved 957 “Likes”!
 We are now posting video segments of Joy in Our Town, along with local Praise the
Lord segments for our viewers on our local Facebook page. We are getting great
feedback!