DeKalb Community Service Board Public Relations

Team Captains to Run for a Cause 04/12/12 Contact: Michelle Potter  Email: MPotter@dekcsb.org Authors: Kevin A. Jackson, James Turner, and Parrish Bush For Immediate Release The DeKalb Community Service Board and the Brighter Tomorrows Foundation are recruiting team captains for their Walk of Heroes 5K event on Saturday, September 22. The deadline for team captain and volunteer sign up is August 1. The first captains meeting will take place early in the month of August. The exact date is to be announced.  “Captains get a group together of friends, family, coworkers, civic or religious organization, etc. and encourage members to sign up for their team,” said Michelle Potter, Community Service Manager for the DeKalb CSB. “Captains create a team name and set it up by registering on Active.com. Then share the registration site and team name with their group.” Felicia Anderson, Director of the DeKalb Community Service Board said she ”sends out emails encouraging coworkers at the DeKalb Community Service Board to participate in the walk.”  DeKalb CSB volunteers will assist in putting together T-shirts and bags. Captains can either pick-up these packages on race day or up two days before the race at 445 Winn Way, Decatur, GA 30030. The purpose of the Walk of Heroes 5K is to raise money to assist DeKalb residents with developmental disabilities, mental illnesses and substance addictions served by DeKalb CSB. Contact Michelle at mpotter@dekcsb.org or 404-508-7875 to see how else you can get involved. -# # # - The DeKalb Community Service Board is a nonprofit public safety net provider of community-based behavioral healthcare, offering a full range of mental health services, substance abuse treatment and developmental disabilities programs.