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SPRING 2022 | LAKE OCONEE LIVING 19
Ben Szubski, with J.E. Dunn Construction, left, and
ODBI Board Member Bryan Bennight, right.
budgeted program that survives primarily on donations.
For every dollar the group accepts, 85 percent goes directly
to students in need with counseling, teaching, and technology.
To many of the children the program serves, they have
moved into seven to 10 school districts during their educational
mashup. e children lucky enough to get in the
program are given 12 coaching sessions with caring adults.
“It transforms the lives of these young people,” says Pope.
Eight years ago, the ODBI started a charity golf tournament
and each year, J.E. Dunn has been the platinum
sponsor, ponying up $15,000 to help get the fundraiser o
the ground each year.
e ODBI Charity Golf Classic, being held at the Indian
Hills Country Club in Marietta on Monday, March 28, is
open to anyone who wants to play golf, meet the legendary
Curry, or just donate to a cause that is quietly changing and
saving lives.
Daly hopes the initiative goes national and says it has
the pedigree. One of the rst things a child does in the
program is write a letter of forgiveness to their parents.
Bracken’s mother left with a biker gang when he was a
child. “Not a day went by that he didn’t struggle with where
he came from,” remembers Curry of Bracken at Tech.
But, says Daly, that experience came loaded with a gritty
knowledge. Once at Georgia Tech, Daly says Bracken had
“support, food, coaching, and love.”
Pope says that is the thing. “ey need support. ey’re
just kids.”
Each child is given an orange due bag when they are
admitted to the program. It’s a symbol, for sure. But it also
serves as a reminder, says Daly. Once the child is in, “they
are always part of this network.”
“We may not solve the problem for them but we will solve
it with them,” he says.
For Pope, the message is simple but profound. “We do
care. You are important. You mean something to this
world.”