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April 25, 2024 | AppenMedia.com | An Appen Media Group Publication | Ser ving the community since 1976
Lemonade Days festival harmonizes Dunwoody’s past, present and future By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Life was sweet at Brook Run Park for the 24th annual Lemonade Days, running April 17-21. Lemonade Days, the city’s most popular family event, featured dozens of carnival rides, like the Expo Wheel and Alien Abduction, face-painting and carnival classics, rows of food and beverage vendors, and a weekend slate of center stage performances. A group of seven students from Pope High School in unincorporated Cobb County said they left in a hurry April 17 to make it for the opening day of carnival rides at the festival. After hoping off the Nemesis 360 from Peachtree Rides, a twisting and flipping pendulum that puts riders hundreds of feet in the air, the teenagers were off on a quest for deep-fried Oreos. A group of Peachtree Middle School students waiting their turn said they would like to see the fish in plastic bags be removed from the festival’s inventory of prizes. In years past, the students said some folks abuse or kill fish. Besides the attractions for local students, Lemonade Days offers adult beverages for parents looking to sit back and watch youngsters tire themselves out at the festival. Founded by Joyce Amacher and Lynne Byrd in 1994, the Dunwoody Preservation Trust exists because of the Cheek-Spruill House, a two-story home known as the Dunwoody Farmhouse.
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Dunwoody teen collects food for pantries
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The Dunwoody Preservation Trust’s leadership team gather around Sarah Massey, front center, who was named 2024 Honorary Miss Lemonade Days. Each year, the Dunwoody Preservation Trust honors a volunteer who has contributed to historical preservation in the city.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — An up-andcoming organization started by a Dunwoody teenager reached two milestones April 17 — collecting more than 1,000 pounds of food for local pantries and partnering with the Community Assistance Center. Front Porch Food Drive, the brainchild of Sarah Menis, is expanding the reach of the food drives’ impact through collaboration with a Perimeter-based nonprofit. The Community Assistance Center, helping neighbors since 1987, uses public and private partners to provide youth programs, food pantries and financial assistance to low-income families. In an April 16 presentation to the Sandy Springs City Council, Francis
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