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Longtime Sandy Springs resident recalls 'town turtles' fundraiser that placed 75 painted sculptures around town
Summary
Jan Collins, a Sandy Springs resident of more than 50 years and member of the Sandy Springs Society, described how the volunteer group commissioned artists to paint about 75 turtle sculptures and placed them across Sandy Springs as a community fundraising effort to help local people.
Jan Collins, a Sandy Springs resident for more than 50 years and member of the Sandy Springs Society, described a volunteer-led fundraising project that placed artist-painted turtle sculptures across the city.
Collins said the project was organized by the Sandy Springs Society, "a group of women, 300 of us," who "decided on these turtles" to raise money to help people in the community. "We got artists to paint those turtles,"…
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