The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gofundme raises $ 28K after fifire guts Dunwoody home
Cause of blaze that killed family’s dogs under investigation.
The Dunwoody communit y has ral l i ed behind a family whose house burned down Wednesday afternoon, leading to the deaths of its two dogs.
L e s s t h a n 2 4 h o u r s after the fire reduced the home to ash and rubble, a Gofundme page raised more than $ 28,000 from 400- plus donors. The Gofundme page lists the homeowners as Ben and Kelly Scott, who have a 6- month- old son. They were not injured in the fifire.
“Currently, t hey are i n need of food, shelter, clothing and life essentials,” the page said. “Any support you can give will be greatly appreciated!”
Dekalb County fifirefifighters arrived at the home near Happy Hollow Road shortly before 3: 10 p. m., when the house was 80% consumed by flflames. It took fifirefifififighters about 30 minutes to get the fifire under control. Pictures
of the fifire’s aftermath show the house was destroyed.
Dekalb Fire Capt. Dion Bentley told The Atlanta Journal- Constitution that fully i nvolved f i res do happen but take place more often after the sun sets.
“It does happen, but usually it’s at night, though,” he said. “It’s not as common in
the day.”
He said the homeowners were at the house when the f i re was reported, which helped ensure fifirefifighters t hat no one was t rapped inside while they fought the flflames. The cause of the blaze and how it spread so quickly remain under investigation, Bentley said.
A prominent Georgia couple has donated $ 9 million to Kennesaw State University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, university offifficials announced Wednesday.
The g i f t f r o m Norman Radow, who has served as t he universit y ’s Board of Trustees chairman, and his wife, Lindy, is one of the largest gifts ever to Kennesaw State by a single donor.
The c ouple’s donation includes $ 2 million to establish the Lindy Radow Humanities and Social Sciences Honors Scholarship Endowment Fund. The scholarship will be matched by funds from the KSU Journey Honors Scholarship to create a Humani t i es- Honors Scholarship Endowment of $ 5 million.
KSU offifficials were particularly excited about the donation because they said it is rare for a public college of Humanities and Social Sciences to receive this level of philanthropy from a single donor. Also, the university’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences is the largest college at KSU, offffffffffffering more than 80 programs of study for about 7,000 of its 41,181 students.
Radow is the founder and chief executive offifficer of The RADCO Companies, a real estate company with headquarters near Truist Park.
“The generosity of Norman Radow for the Universit y i s already well established, and this gift will have a t remendous i mpact f or years to come,” KSU President Pamela Whitten said in a statement. “His dedication to providing life- changing opportunities to students has made Kennesaw State what it is today, and we are thankful for everything he has done and continues to do for the University.”
T h e G e o r g i a B o a r d o f Regents, which provides o v e r s i g h t o f Ke n n e s a w State and other schools in the state’s public University System, approved the universit y’s request to name the College of Humanities and Social Sciences after Radow.
Radow said t he hopes the donation will help students “become the future leaders of a changing world.”