Dear Collaborative Network:

You are invited to join us for our annual Fourth Quarter General Membership Meeting & Annual Human Services Awards.

This time-honored event is being co-presented this year by the Collaborative and Cobb Community Foundation. Join us for networking opportunities, a holiday luncheon provided by A Delightful Bitefull Catering, our General Membership Meeting, and Human Services Awards ceremony.

We know that there are many individuals who have gone "above and beyond” this year (or who have continued to go above and beyond!) to respond to the unprecedented public health crisis and concurrent economic and educational crises. Please do your best to select one person from your organization who has demonstrated exceptional service and leadership. Agencies are welcome to submit in both the volunteer and professional categories. 

Please click here for information and downloadable PDF nomination forms. If you have any questions concerning the nomination process, please contact Irene Barton at 678-766-5574 or via email. 

Howard Koepka’s calling was to connect and mobilize people and organizations to serve. He did everything from organizing community service days in greater Atlanta to building a school, church and orphanage in Haiti to leading disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico.

In December of 2020, Howard was presented with Cobb Community Foundation’s James L. Rhoden, Jr. Award for Visionary Philanthropy. Characteristically, he said “I will accept this, but I’m going to accept it on behalf of hundreds of people who have worked tirelessly this entire year to make it happen.” It was never about him or even his organization. It was about the collective “we.”

We lost Howard on October 11, 2021. In his honor, Cobb Community Foundation has created the Howard Koepka Spirit of Collaboration Award that will recognize a nonprofit serving Cobb that has demonstrated the collaborative spirit Howard embodied. 

Please click here for information and to access the online nomination form for this award. Email Cobb Community Foundation if you have questions regarding the nomination process.