The Joseph Sams School in Fayetteville recently received a $12,000 donation from the Fayette County Civitan Club, the Line Creek Civitan Club and the Georgia District Civitan Foundation to renovate the kitchen area for instruction.

Each club donated $4,000 to the project and the District Foundation awarded matching grants of $2,000 each to both clubs.

The Sams school is a non-profit school dedicated to the education and life skills development of children who are intellectually, physically, or developmentally challenged. It serves children up to 22-years-old who have mild to severe developmental disabilities.

There are no geographic restrictions for attendance in the program and the school continues to expand its enrollment to meet the need.

An update and enlargement of the current kitchen was needed to create an adjacent second kitchen area where students can be taught functional life skills and vocational skills that will help them to live as independently as possible.

Shown (Left to Right) are Michael Lossner, president, Line Creek Civitan Club; Wayne Howell, judge advocate, Civitan International Georgia District; Amy Murray, executive director, Joseph Sams School; Marie Sams, Joseph Sams School; Bo Mullins, Fayette Country Civitan Club; and Jim Robinson, president, Fayette County Civitan Club.