Coffee with a Cop grows in Aiken community outreach
Four months into the program the Aiken Department of Public Safety keeps hosting Coffee with a Cup at Wendy’s on Richland Avenue from 8 to 9 am. Residents and officers discuss reports and Smart 911 while Wendy’s opens for breakfast to support the event. The initiative aims to build relationships in a neutral setting across the city.
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Aiken Public Safety
Wendy’s
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Jennifer Bickel
Aiken
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Bickel
Mike Iozzi
Jezzi
Coffee with a Cop events at Krystal on Whiskey Road
Public safety announcement invites residents to attend Coffee with a Cop on November 1 at 7 a.m. at Krystal 1981 Whiskey Road and notes a second event on November 14 at the same location. Contact Bickel at 803-642-7620 or jbickel cityofaikense.gov for details or hosting.
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Whiskey Road
Bickel
Jbickel
Cityofaikense
County EMS to open tenth station on Wire Road Monetta
Aiken County EMS will open a 10th station on Wire Road in Monetta by late November. The site will improve response times and ease strain on Stations 4 and 6 while providing quick access to I-20 for Augusta and Lexington facilities. Helicopter landing zones are planned and two other stations will move to new buildings later. Funding comes from $2 million Capital Project Sales Tax II funds.
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Aiken
Bull Dog Drive
Williston Road
Beech Island
Thompson
County expands EMS services with new stations and ambulances
Aiken County plans a new Station 5 on York Street and a ninth station in College Acres, opened in 2009 for 429,991 dollars. An additional 1 million in Capital Project Sales Tax III funds may relocate Station 6. EMS staff turnover runs 30 percent, six new crew members joined, with more in training. four new ambulances are being procured, expected by early 2014.
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York Street
College Acres
Aiken
EMS
Station 6
Station 5
Clay Killian
Thompson
Aiken County
Stand at the Crossroads Min helps women in crisis
Deborah Lamb, founder of Stand at the Crossroads Ministries, runs My Father's House on York Street housing up to nine single women and nearby Crossroads Community for three women and children. The nonprofit, Christian based, connects residents with churches and job resources to secure safe housing and a path forward.
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Deborah Lamb
Stand At the Crossroads
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York Street
Crossroads Community
Christ Central
Spca Albrecht Center For Animal Welfare
United Way
Aiken County
Dede Biles
Stand at the Crossroads Ministries Aiken profile
The nonprofit seeks prayers, volunteers, and donations including money and in kind items like sugar tea and personal supplies. It runs devotions Celebrate Recovery and a six month to a year stay program for women, helping clients set recovery goals and return to independence.
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