CHILDERSBURG, Ala. – Radney-Smith Funeral Home extended their community involvement campaign, hosting the April Greater Coosa Valley Chamber Coffee this week held at the Batter Up! – Cater Up! Event Center. Radney-Smith Manager Shane Culver introduced his staff and discussed changing trends in the industry.
“Like so many other things in life, our business is evolving, and this event is another example of how Radney-Smith is embracing those changes,” said Culver. “We are becoming more about convenience and community involvement, inviting community businesses like Cater Up! to serve families in our facility. So many of those little old ladies that used to handle such in homes are gone now, and businesses like Cater Up! can handle it without family and friends having to put it together, without having to clean-up afterwards.”
Culver went on to detail other funeral trends such as cremation, less funerals, and more celebrations of life.
“There is more emphasis on pre-planning and pre-arrangements to save grieving families from having to deal with details under such emotional circumstances. We are doing more community outreach, to become closer friends, neighbors, and extended family to the communities we serve.”
Examples are the recent first annual car show in their parking lot, as well as continuing sponsorship and helping organize the Sylacauga Veterans Day Parade.
“We are quite open to more things that solidify our communities.”
Matt Zedaker, the new Head Football Coach at Childersburg High School, was introduced.
“I was fortunate to come into this position in January, to better blend into the culture of the school,” Zedaker said. “My family has longstanding connections to Childersburg, like my wife that attended school here, making it easier to be a part of the community, because we already are that. It already feels like home, because it is. We’re busy going about building an atmosphere for success, improving the things we need for our student athletes to succeed in sports, in school, and in life.”
In other school-related news, Graciela Haney, the new Dynamic Learning Partner at Childersburg High School, was also introduced.
“My job involves so much of everyday school life as an organizer, a facilitator, a fixer,” explained Haney. “One part of that is our high school and middle school showcase, coming up on May 2 with two sessions – 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. It will be set up much like a science fair, with our students and teachers showing off all kinds of classroom and school activities. We hope you’ll all mark your calendar and be a part of it.”
Pete Story talked about the annual First Responder Softball Tournament, scheduled for Friday, May 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the Childersburg High School baseball field.
Also, if you haven’t already, mark your calendar for the annual Grits Festival at the Kymulga Grist Mill Park. It is set for Saturday, May 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The May Greater Coosa Valley Coffee will be held on Tuesday, May 13 at 8:30 a.m., hosted by Childersburg Parks and Recreation in the R.S. Limbaugh Community Center.
