Atlanta's other Hidden Treasures

Well you found one of the best kept secrets in Atlanta with pest control services by Allgood Pest Solutions, but have you found these?

From Treasure Hunting to Kangaroo Watching: Fun Activities for the Whole Family With only a little more than a month left before school starts, now’s the time to make the most of summer. If you’re tired of trips to the pool, mall or endless rounds of Guitar Hero, then head outside for some summer fun.

Geocaching

Ready for a treasure hunt, 21st century style? Then check out geocaching. All you need is a GPS, time and an adventurous spirit. People all over the world have set up caches and posted the location on the internet. GPS users plug in the cache’s coordinates and the hunt is on.

The rules are simple:
Take something from the cache
Leave something in the cache
Write about it in the logbook You can hide a cache anywhere you want to. For more information, visit http://www.geocaching.com/

Down Under Fun

If you thought the best thing about Dawsonville is the outlets, then think again. It’s also home to the Kangaroo Conservation Center. More than 300 kangaroos live here and you can see them all on an Aussie Adventure tour. The center also houses other native Australian animals, including sugar gliders and bearded dragons. Visit http://www.kangaroocenter.com/for more information.

See Atlanta on a Segway!

Here’s your chance to ride a Segway! City Segway Tours offers guided Segway day tours of downtown as well as a ghost tour. You’ll learn interesting historical as well as current facts about our city and garner lots of attention from passersby!

Check out www.citysegwaytours.com/atlanta to get the scoop.

Staying Safe While Staying Cool

Ahh, summer.

Time for cannonballs in the swimming pool, trips to the lake, tubing down the river and anything else to help keep cool. While having fun is the main goal, safety should also be a top priority. Did you know that in 2005, there were 3,582 fatal unintentional drownings in the United States? And an additional 710 people died from drowning and other causes in boating-related incidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention. To help you and your family stay safe this summer, here are some important water safety guidelines: Learn to swim. Children as young as six months can be enrolled in swim lessons. Any child over age three should take lessons. Fence in your pool (fences should be at least four feet high) and include a self-locking gate. Learn CPR. Your local Red Cross chapter offers certification courses.Supervise, supervise, supervise. Keep younger children within arm’s reach. If you’re boating, ensure everyone on board has a properly fitted lifejacket. Teach your kids to “buddy up” and always have a partner any time they’re swimming, whether in a pool, lake or ocean. Never combine alcohol and water. One third of boating deaths are alcohol related, and alcohol can be a factor in teen drownings as well. Remove pool toys when not in use so children are not tempted to go in or near the pool. Keep rescue equipment, such as a life preserver or hook, by the pool as well as a phone. If you’re at the beach and get caught in a rip tide, do not fight it. Swim parallel to shore until you’re out of danger or tread water until help arrives. Finally, always swim where there’s a lifeguard. The chances of drowning with a lifeguard present are one in 18 million.

Allgood's Light the Night 2008 Goal

When it comes to charitable causes there are plenty of reasons not to get involved. You hear it all the time or may even be thinking of some now.

“It’s hard enough to keep up with my needs or to keep up with my business”

“I don’t have time for it.”

“I’m involved already with something. I just cut them a check every year.”

“If I start giving to one charity, then I have to give to others.”

“I am the CHARITY!”

I can’t answer for you personally, but I’ve come to see and understand that charitable giving and volunteer work does have an impact on the ultimate intention of changing and helping lives. Whether it’s giving money to charity that one day helps find a new treatment for a disease or it’s someone showing up with meals for families that have spent countless number of days taking care of a friend or family member in a hospital or at home.

While our family’s circumstances are unfortunate and difficult, it has given me the opportunity to experience seeing kids leaving the hospital that may not been so fortunate in the past. Every visit at the hospital is been an opportunity to see someone that has made another person’s life better just because they volunteered to do so.

I’m proud of the company and the employees of Allgood Pest Solutions for supporting charitable organizations. Whether it’s supplying families with food, clothes or toys at Christmas, helping to fund and build a playground and ball field for handicap children or supporting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; they all impact people and making there lives better.

Having a shared purpose between employer and employees such as a charitable cause can be an important ingredient in supporting and communicating our company’s core beliefs and values:
Allgood’s Philosphy

“We believe that providing a workplace where employees have the opportunity to professionally and personally grow and be part of a TEAM is the key for achieving our mission and realizing growth and economic success.”
“To be the good guys of Pest Control”

Personally, I’m grateful Allgood Pest Solutions has given me the opportunity to grow both professionally and personally and be a part of such a reputable TEAM simply by being involved in charitable causes! - Mike Tindol

Celebrating our Independence

Fun facts about America

We all know that Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, that Betsy Ross probably sewed the first American Flag and that the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776. But how well do we really know our country?

For example, did you know that Virginia is called the Mother of Presidents because eight U.S. Presidents were born there?

Or that any time the United States used mules in wartime, it never lost a war?

To help celebrate the month of July, here are some more fascinating facts about America.

From 1777 until 1818 every time a new state joined the Union, a new star AND stripe was added to the flag. Once the flag became unwieldy, a new policy was adapted. The flag would have 13 stripes and a blue canton where a star would be added for each state. When a state joined, the star was added on the July 4th following the admission.

The District of Columbia is divided into four quadrants. The U.S. Capital Building is the place where the four sections meet.

In 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected governor of Wyoming and became the first female governor in the United States.

When he was inaugurated, President George Washington only had one tooth left. Because of that he wore dentures made of human, cow or hippopotamus teeth, ivory and lead. Maybe that’s why he had his six white horses’ teeth brushed every morning!

Former president Thomas Jefferson also was an inventor. He invented the swivel chair, a pedometer, a machine to make fiber from hemp, a letter-copying machine and the lazy susan.

Only the President or state governors can order the flag flown at half mast.

Everyone here at Allgood Pest Solutions wishes everyone a happy and safe Independance Day.