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What a night! 🏠❤️ Homes with Heart 2026 was everything we hoped it would be—a beautiful evening filled with creativity, laughter, and community! More than 70 guests joined us at StillFire Brewery on Tuesday evening to explore an incredible collection of artist-created birdhouses, cast their votes for People's Choice, and have a little fun with our scavenger hunt. One of our favorite parts of the evening? Seeing so many new faces! Our artists brought friends and supporters, and even guests who stopped by StillFire for dinner or drinks found themselves exploring the exhibition and learning about Special Needs Cobb. And together, we raised $3,505 to support our mission of providing safe, accessible group homes for adults with developmental disabilities—surpassing last year's total! A huge thank-you to our talented artists, generous bidders, volunteers, and everyone who joined us. And an extra-special thank-you to @stillfirebrewingsmyrna for being such welcoming, hands-on hosts. You helped make the evening truly memorable! Homes with Heart is about more than an auction. It's about bringing people together through art, sparking conversations, and introducing more of our community to the work of Special Needs Cobb. And judging by Tuesday night, we'd say it did just that. ❤️ Stay tuned! We'll be announcing our People's Choice and Cozy Autumn Basket winners soon!

Some of our Homes with Heart birdhouses come with an extra special story! 🏠🎨 Among this year's participating artists are students from local school programs that focus on hands-on learning, creativity, and building practical skills. These students have put their talents to work creating one-of-a-kind birdhouses for our auction, and we love that Homes with Heart gives them an opportunity to share their work with the community! Take a look at some of their creations! Our Homes with Heart online auction is open now, with proceeds benefiting Special Needs Cobb and the adults who call our group homes home. Browse the collection, place a bid, or simply share the auction to help us celebrate these talented young artists! Don't want to bid? Tap the "Support Us!" button to make a donation. Every dollar puts us closer to our goal. Tap the link in our bio to head over to the auction page! #HomesWithHeart #SpecialNeedsCobb #StudentArtists #CommunityCreativity #CobbCounty

⛳ Sponsor Spotlight! With the Frank Hiott Memorial Golf Classic just days away, we’re excited to recognize our Stay Together, Stay Strong Sponsors: Leiter’s Uniforms/Leiter’s Big and Tall and Hezlep Nonprofit Advisors! Their support helps make this year’s tournament possible and, most importantly, supports the work of Special Needs Cobb and the adults who call our group homes home. Thank you to both of these community partners for supporting SNC and joining us as we honor Frank Hiott at this year’s Golf Classic. 💙 #SpecialNeedsCobb #FrankHiottMemorialGolfClassic #CobbCounty #CommunityPartners

A partnership can take many forms! 💙 We’re excited to recognize @fivestarbathsolutionsmarietta as the Luncheon Sponsor of this year’s Frank Hiott Memorial Golf Classic—and thank them for supporting SNC for the third year in a row! Five Star knows our homes firsthand, too. Their team has completed bathroom renovation work in our group homes, creating safer, more functional spaces for the residents who live there. Swipe to see one of those transformations! ➡️ We’re grateful for Five Star’s continued partnership and support of our mission. ⛳ Not golfing? Join us for lunch on October 12! Registration link in bio. #SpecialNeedsCobb #FrankHiottMemorialGolfClassic #CobbCounty #CommunityPartners

Homes with Heart is BACK! 🏠💙 Something special is taking shape… Artists across our community are busy transforming birdhouses into one-of-a-kind works of art for Homes with Heart, Special Needs Cobb’s annual art auction benefiting our group homes. This year, around 40 custom birdhouses will be up for bid, each created and donated by talented artists and friends throughout our community. And these are just a few works in progress—we can’t wait to show you what they become! 📅 Tuesday, October 27 | 6–9 PM 📍 StillFire Brewery in Smyrna Our online auction opens October 13, so bookmark the auction page now and come back when bidding begins (LINK IN BIO). Then join us October 27 to see these one-of-a-kind creations in person, celebrate the artists behind them, and bid on your favorites! Over the next few weeks, we’ll introduce you to our artists, reveal their finished creations, and share more about the “heart” behind Homes with Heart. For now…here’s your first peak! 👀 @designed.by.shea @megan.made.creator @atlpenpushers @nicktwiner @cindiwithaneye_creative @stillfirebrewingsmyrna @thegrainhousega

To our Special Needs Cobb family, This has been a season filled with so much celebration. But behind that celebration, we have also been carrying tremendous heartbreak. On August 7, we unexpectedly lost someone very dear to us, Frank Hiott—SNC parent, longtime volunteer, golf tournament chairman, and, most importantly, our friend. If you knew Frank, you knew his warmth, his wonderful sense of humor, and that little mischievous streak that so often kept us laughing. He had a way of making things more fun just by being there, and each of us on staff had our own special relationship with him. Frank’s stepson, Phillip, has called one of our group homes home for more than 20 years, and his wife, Kay Hiott, is our beloved Board President Emeritus. For years, Frank also poured his heart into our annual golf tournament, connecting with golfers, donors and guests and helping make the event what it is today. It is only fitting that beginning this year, the tournament he gave so much to will permanently bear his name: the Frank Hiott Memorial Golf Classic. We miss you, Frank—your jokes, your mischievous grin, and mostly, just having you around. The golf course won’t be the same without you. But from now on, your name will always be part of it. 💙

If They Could Tell You… Today, on Giving Tuesday, we’re sharing something truly special: the voices of our residents telling us what they love about their homes. Some express it in words. Some in smiles or laughter. Some in the small, joyful sounds that say “I feel safe here.” Together, they remind us what home means at Special Needs Cobb — safety, belonging, friendship, and the chance to shine every single day. Your Giving Tuesday gift helps keep all 23 of our group homes safe, seen, and supported. And while today is a special day to give, your year-end gifts are welcome all month long. Give Today and Make Your 100% Tax-Deductible Donation Now: www.specialneedscobb.org #GivingTuesday #SpecialNeedsCobb #SupportLocal #GiveBack #HereForYouForLife

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