Family Connections of Turner County

09/15/2025

🤝💙 Hygiene Drive — We Need Your Help! 💙🤝

Family Connections and the Ashburn - Turner County Chamber of Commerce are collecting essential hygiene items to support local families. Items most needed: adult underwear (new), toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, mouthwash, deodorant, hand sanitizer, wet wipes, shampoo/conditioner, body wash, soap bars, lotion, sanitary pads, combs/brushes and mini washing powder.

Please drop donations at:
• Turner County Chamber — 238 E. College Ave, Ashburn
• Turner County Board of Education — 423 N. Cleveland St, Ashburn

Your donation keeps families healthy and dignified. Help us spread the word — share this post and bring a friend when you drop off items. Thank you for caring for our neighbors!

09/11/2025

Family Connections of Turner County meets at Christian Union Church of God every second Thursday of the month at 11 a.m.
Family Connections works to meet the unmet needs of students in our school system. Stop in for a meeting to enjoy this collaboration! 💚💙🤍

08/21/2025

Ashburn Turner County Chamber of Commerce Donates 538 Books to Family Connections of Turner County

Ashburn, GA – The Ashburn Turner County Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the collection and donation of 538 books to Family Connections of Turner County. These books will be placed in the five lending libraries operated by Family Connections throughout the county, providing greater access to reading materials for local families.

“Reading and literacy are fundamental skills that shape not only our children’s futures but also the strength of our workforce,” said Ashley Miller, Executive Director of the Chamber. “This initiative reflects our commitment to supporting lifelong learning and building a stronger community.”

The Chamber’s donation supports Family Connections’ ongoing efforts to promote literacy and community engagement. By expanding access to books, the partnership strengthens one of the core pillars of the Chamber’s workforce development initiative—ensuring a literate, skilled, and prepared workforce for Turner County’s future.

07/09/2025

Thank you Ashburn Department of Public Safety! 🚓

03/13/2025

Our speakers today were Mandi Cole, CTI Coordinator and Jeremy Fullmore, South Participants Specialist

02/14/2025

📚✨ **Give Your Little One a Strong Start!** ✨📚

Calling all parents! 📢 If you have a **4-year-old**, it's time to **register for Pre-K** and set them up for a bright future! Early learning builds the foundation for reading, math, and social skills—helping kids thrive in school and beyond.

🗓 **Pre-K Registration**
📍 **Elementary School Cafeteria**
📅 **February 18**
⏰ **9:00 AM – 1:00 PM**

Spots are limited, so don’t wait! 🎒🎨 Give your child the best start with a quality early education. **Tag a parent who needs to know!** 👇

02/13/2025

Regional Manager Chris Wilson spoke at today’s collaborative about trends with the children in our community.

10/21/2024

Thank you South Georgia Banking Company!

It's Georgia Peanut Bank Week! Our friends at South Georgia Banking Company are collecting peanut butter for Family Connections of Turner County's Backpack buddy program. Backpack Buddies currently sends food home on the weekends to 68 food insecure Turner County Elementary School students. Help fill the pantries for Backpack Buddies by dropping off Peanut Butter to SGBC.

10/05/2024

🚨🚨🚨List will be updated first thing in the morning but this is it for now. Please contact Ashley Miller at the Chamber to be added. We will also have printed lists in the mailbox at the Chamber office. You do not have to be signed up to participate but it does help! 🚨🚨🚨
https://www.ashburnturnerchamber.com/community-yard-sale.html #/

05/01/2024

Sheldon Smith is our Backpack Buddy of the Month of May!

Our Backpack Buddies program helps feed currently 100 children at Turner Co Elementary School every weekend. The donations of money or food products go to purchasing food to give DIRECTLY to hungry children in our community. Thank you so much to these donors and to our volunteers who spend hours every week packing the bags.

Looking to get involved or donate? Contact Patrica Harris at Turner Co Elementary School. Donations can be dropped off at the Ashburn Turner Chamber of Commerce building (238 E College Ave) or put in the Backpack Buddies account directly at South Georgia Banking Company, care of Board member Jessi Peavy.

Donations can be made anonymously if that is preferred as well.

04/28/2024

If you are in yard sale groups on Facebook will you post this in them?

🚨 Map to follow this week with all the locations 🗣️that I have been told about🗣️‼️
If you haven’t told me about your location I cannot add it on the map. It is free of charge to be added to the map I just need to know about it.

🚨This is an effort to have a community event to bring people together and perhaps bring folks in from other communities to Ashburn-Turner County.

🚨You do not have to stop selling at 12 noon! Keep going if you want to.

🚨If you want to set up in front of a business or property, please contact that business owner directly. Right now I know of these places hosting sites: Dollar General in Sycamore, the event center behind Keith-A-Que Ashburn (old dry cleaner, contact Kim Massey), and Bootleggers Liquor Store parking lot. If you are a business owner that would like to host sites please let me know ASAP.

🚨Retail businesses and restaurants are encouraged to get in on the fun and do sidewalk sales or have specials. I think some to go specials would be great for breakfast or lunch.