08/05/2026
🎒 NWMAR Backpack Drive Success! 🎒
What an incredible example of REALTORS®, affiliates, local schools, and our community coming together to make a difference!
Thanks to your generosity, the 2026 NWMAR Backpack Drive was an overwhelming success. Together, we collected more than 100 backpacks and delivered them to more than 20 local schools across Bartow County, helping students start the school year prepared and confident.
Whether you donated backpacks or school supplies, made a financial contribution, served as a collection site, volunteered to organize, pack, or deliver backpacks, or simply kept this project in your prayers—thank you. Every act of kindness made a difference.
💙 Special Recognition
A heartfelt thank you to our NWMAR Community Cares Committee for the vision, leadership, and countless volunteer hours that made this year’s Backpack Drive possible. Your dedication transformed a simple idea into an opportunity to positively impact the lives of local students and families.
🤝 Thank You to Our Affiliate Partners
We are grateful for the generous support of our affiliate partners, whose financial contributions, donations, volunteerism, and service were instrumental in making this year’s drive a success.
American Pacific Mortgage (Debbi Lindsay & Jay Dondero)
Hartman Law
The Mroczko Firm
Strategic Mortgage (Melissa Graham)
Trotter, Dees & King
💚 Thank You to Our REALTOR® Members, Business Partners & Volunteers
We also extend our sincere appreciation to our REALTOR® members, brokerages, business partners, and volunteers who generously gave their time, talents, and resources.
Angela Laughridge – Smith Douglas Homes
Atlanta Communities – Cartersville Office
Brenda Guy – Coldwell Banker Kinard Realty
Carla Mahan, Riley Mahan & Reagan Mahan – Mahan Properties | Atlanta Communities
Dawn Heisler – Atlanta Communities
Hurley Johnson – The Mroczko Firm
Jeremy Austin – Atlanta Communities
Joy Waltz – Atlanta Communities
Kerry Cole – Hartman Law
Laurie Dabbs Gayton – Keller Williams Realty
Lee Perkins – Perkins Attorneys at Law
Lindsey Fuqua – The Mroczko Firm
Meagan Harden – Atlanta Communities
Paula Womack – Joey’s Homes
Regina Harrison – Red Barn Realty
Tricia Hachem – Atlanta Communities
If we inadvertently missed anyone, please know it was unintentional. We appreciate everyone who contributed to this effort.
🏫 Thank You to Our Local Schools
We are grateful to the principals, counselors, teachers, administrative staff, and school leaders who partnered with us to identify students and coordinate deliveries.
Schools served:
Adairsville Elementary • Adairsville High • Adairsville Middle • Allatoona Elementary • Cartersville Elementary • Cartersville High • Cartersville Middle • Cartersville Primary • Cass High • Cass Middle • Clear Creek Elementary • Cloverleaf Elementary • Emerson Elementary • Hamilton Crossing Elementary • Kingston Elementary • Mission Road Elementary • Pine Log Elementary • Red Top Middle • Taylorsville Elementary • White Elementary • Woodland High • Woodland Middle
We’d also like to recognize Samantha Lusk and her team for leading the Gordon County Backpack Drive. We’ll be sharing highlights from their successful drive soon!
Finally, thank you to everyone who supported this project in any way. This Backpack Drive is a testament to what can be accomplished when REALTORS®, affiliates, local schools, and our community come together with a shared purpose.
Together, we made a difference—one backpack at a time. 💜🎒
With sincere gratitude,
The NWMAR Community Cares Committee
