Augusta, GA
Finding Solutions: Volunteers support cancer patients in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Cancer Support Services helps meet the needs of cancer patients and their families.
They’re centered around healing and creating better outcomes.
On Friday, volunteers met at their facility to support them in what they do by finding solutions to make the journey for cancer patients a little brighter.
Peggy and Mark Suber are from Macon, Ga.
Peggy was diagnosed last November with cancer and has been receiving treatment at the Georgia Cancer Center.
“It’s been great. Really and truly great. I’ve gotten the best care anybody could’ve ever gotten,” said Peggy.
Cancer Support Services is a non-profit organization that provides lodging, transportation, financial assistance and emotional support to cancer patients.
The Subers are staying at their facility while Peggy goes through chemo and radiation.
“It helped me a lot because I couldn’t afford to drive every day back and forth from Macon. We stay here Monday through Friday, and then go home Saturday and Sunday and come back Monday,” said Peggy.
Thanks to donors and volunteers, the services are provided at no cost to patients.
Mark said: “It’s free. You don’t need a healthcare crisis and then a financial crisis because you know some people have been drained of their life savings trying to get treatment.”
Volunteers came out and showed their support for the organization through cleaning and gardening.
This is all a part of United Ways’ Project Serve Day.

Craig Tatum, a volunteer, said: “This is just a way for us to help brighten their day a little bit and clean the place up. It looks good to begin with, but it’s just a way for us to help.”
Volunteers were spread out across the CSRA at different locations. But for Aaron McPhee, serving at Cancer Support Services meant a lot.
“My wife had a brain tumor and many years ago was treated at Augusta University and is in remission, which is very good and went through radiation therapy, but all of these places do a phenomenal job for the community,” said McPhee.
The Subers say they’re thankful for the staff and volunteers and encourage others who need help to get it here.
“I hadn’t met anybody that wasn’t super nice. They’re all caring and that makes a big difference,” said Peggy.
As for Peggy, she has a couple of weeks left of treatment, and things are looking good to where she may not need surgery.

Since January, Cancer Support Services has provided more than 3,000 patients transportation to and from treatment across the CSRA.
And just this week, they provided lodging to 36 people.
They always need volunteers.
You can be a part of their outreach team where they call and check in on patients all over and help with other projects.
To donate or learn more, visit their website.
To receive services, you do have to be referred by a doctor.
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Augusta, GA
2nd annual Juneteenth trail ride draws crowds in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The second annual Juneteenth trail ride took place on Old Waynesboro Road in Augusta on Saturday.
The event featured trail rides with horses and ATVs, a mechanical bull contest and music.
People shopped at vendors, and there was entertainment for kids, including a petting zoo, inflatables and games.
“It’s really a privilege just to be able to have the opportunity to share my space, to share my area, and to share for an event with so much value, to give back to my community and a place to celebrate,” said Davon Wallace, chief of operations at Crimson Hills.
Wallace said they will be hosting more events, with a haunted trail coming in October.
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Augusta, GA
Multiple teens arrested in deadly shooting on Warren Road
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has made multiple arrests in a deadly shooting that left one teenager dead and another injured early Saturday morning.
According to deputies, the incident happened June 20, at approximately 12:50 a.m. in the 200 block of Warren Road, where authorities responded to reports of shots fired involving two gunshot victims.
When deputies arrived, they located two 18-year-old men from Augusta.
Officials identified the victims as Eric Markquis Bartley Miller and Joseph Lamar Thomas.
Investigators say Miller sustained at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Thomas was also found with at least one gunshot wound and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says the circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under active investigation.
As of Saturday afternoon, three teenage suspects have been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.
18-year-old Dmihjay Collins, 17-year-old Tayshaun Thomas, and 17-year-old Joseph Thomas have all been arrested and charged with Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of Machine Guns. They are all currently being held at the Webster Detention Center.
A fourth teenager, 17-year-old Reante Byrd was also arrested, but investigators have not linked him to the murder case. Byrd has been charged with Possession of a Pistol or Revolver by a Person Under the Age of 18. He is also being held in the Webster Detention Center.
No further details in the investigation have been released.
Augusta, GA
Augusta Regional Airport hosts drone camp for students
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Students showcased drones they built during a two-week summer camp at Augusta Regional Airport on Friday.
12 junior and high school students attended the camp, where they learned to fly and build drones designed to help others.
Anderson Puryear, a student, said the camp focused on delivering small medical supplies.
“It was focused on delivering small medical supplies like an EPI pen or glucose packet for like diabetics and for people with allergies in need in the real world that could obviously help save lives, and if people are like in a place in a boat or like in the desert or in the forest where they can’t easily access those supplies it can save their lives,” Puryear said.
The airport partnered with Georgia Tech, state troopers and the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Department for the Air Edu Summer Camp.
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