Group serves, supports those in crisis

Helping One Guy has ‘been a great community effffffffffffort.’

Familiar faces and smiling patrons greet Bob Kelly as he makes his way through the lobby of the O’Charley’s restaurant on Highway 41 in Acworth. Kelly greets them back with a familiar, warm smile and by name — something only an individual connected to their community could do.

These interactions are the crux of Kelly’s nonprofifififififit Helping One Guy — a NorthStar Church ministry that serves to honor and support men and their families whose lives have encountered a life-changing crisis, ranging from cancer to the loss of a loved one.

“What we’re showing them is there’s people that they don’t know that care for them,” Kelly said. “So it’s the fellowship, which I look at as the most important thing.”

At each bi-monthly dinner — in this case, a breakfast with Santa — an individual enduring a crisis is recognized as the honoree. They receive donation s pooled together by patrons and other donors along with an organization that serves in a similar capacity, and thus, HOG was born.

“I think somewhere along the line, I got a message from the Lord,” Kelly said.

Kelly said he hopes HOG continues to serve the community well and that it grows to continue enabling those involved to do a good job.

“With open hands, you can help people, and that’s what life’s about,” Kelly said. “You have to have it here [ in your heart] to do a good job.”

To get involved with HOG, contact Bob Kelly at 770-6397694 or bob@hel pi ngoneguy.org.

Find more information at helpingoneguy.org

Who’s lookin g into it: Communications Manager Andrew Cauthen, ac authen@dekalbcountyga.gov

Item: Atlanta (Fulton)

Allison Troxell has an issue with MARTA buses in her neighborhood.

“I am a resident of Lake Claire neighborhood bet ween Candler Park and Decatur. The street right by my house – Ridgewood Rd – leads to the back entrance to the Frazer Center which serves children and adults with disabilities. This back entrance is closed to vehicle traffiffic except for MARTA Mobility buses and other transport vehicles,” she wrote.

Troxell said the problem is a large number of these transport buses park and idle on Ridgewood and the closest cross street Marlbrook

Who’s look ing into it: MARTA spokesperson Stephany Fisher, sfifisher@itsmarta. com

CONTRIBUTED Helping One Guy founder and CEO Bob Kelly (left) poses with Mike Lutzenkirchen, executive director of the Lutzie 43 Foundation, during a breakfast with Santa.