Each month

members also take at least one-day trip to a fun location. In August an

informative trip was planned to tour the State Capitol. Other day excursions

on the list of "to dos" includes a trip to the Margaret Mitchell

House, the World of Coca-Cola, the Atlanta Farmers Market and the Atlanta

Botanical Gardens.

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Travel also works closely to provide overnight trips for New Neighbors

members. A trip to Alaska is in the offing, among others.

The New Neighbors

League was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Atlanta. According

to its literature, "The business of the NNLI is to promote the community

to families who have recently moved into the area."

The League

serves as a "greeting and referral service" representing selected

businesses and professionals to relocated families. There are Leagues

chapters in Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee,

Texas and Washington, D.C.

Volunteers

from the League visit families who are new to the area, giving them a

booklet of information and answering questions about the community. Anyone

who is visited or invited to join may do so within their first year of

moving to the area.

Once a year

the group hosts an "Amnesty Day" allowing those whose membership

has lapsed or those who missed the one-year enrollment time-frame to join.

They meet regularly

on the first Thursday of each month at the Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran

Church in Peachtree City for food and fellowship. Members catch up, enjoy

light refreshments and listen to a presentation on a wide group of topics.

Well-known Fayette County historian Carolyn Cary will be the speaker at

the September meeting.

For more information

regarding membership or sponsorship, call Carol Jensen-Linton at 770-486-9116.

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