A True Friend To Griffin Passes Away - Doug Hollberg, Mayor of Griffin Georgia

I had the honor and privilege to present Dr. Gayle Goodin with the Griffin Area Arts Alliance Arts Achievement Award. It was a small token of appreciation to a man who invested decades in building people in this community. Dr. Goodin passed away on August 31st. His legacy, together with that of his lovely wife Nora, is generational in its reach. Many of my personal friends have only good things to say regarding his positive influence on their lives. The loss to our community is profound and he will be missed.

You can read more about “Doc” here:

https://www.griffindailynews.com/news/longtime-educator-arts-patron-passes-away/article_eb3295b3-baa5-5748-b9ec-54a238fbbebd.html

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A wonderful writeup is also available via one of his former students, Kyl Cobb.

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Real Men Read

Real Men Read is a way to encourage young men to read and to aspire toward a lifelong love of reading. Throughout the year men from the community volunteer their time to go read to local elementary schools. The goal of this program is to improve literacy skills, reading confidence and testing performance, as well as providing positive role models in the classroom.

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