ATLANTA – State Representative Jimmy Pruett (R- Eastman) attended the Rhine Community “Summer Slam Giveaway” on Saturday, August 29, 2009. The event allowed struggling families to receive donated school supplies, clothing, shoes, and household items for free.
“The current economic recession has severely hurt many of the rural areas in Georgia, including the Rhine 
Community,” said Rep. Pruett. “The Summer Slam Giveaway was an opportunity to help our neighbors in Rhine receive the basic items needed to maintain a home and secure an education. I was proud to do my part.”
There will be another event on Saturday, November 28, 2009. The event will be open to Dodge, Wilcox, Pulaski, Bleckley, Ben Hill, Telfair, Wheeler, and Laurens Counties. Donations for the upcoming event can be sent to Rhine City Hall, Rhine Drugs, or the CB&T Bank in Rhine. For more information please call (229) 385-5101 or (229) 365-3890.
* A picture of Mayor Carter Clements, Representative Jimmy Pruett, Zyan Chambers, CJ Chambers, Shelia Wilcox (from left to right) at the “Summer Slam Giveaway” is attached for your convenience. *
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Representative Jimmy Pruett represents the citizens of District 144, which includes Bleckley, Dodge, and Wilcox Counties and portions of Ben Hill and Pulaski Counties. He was elected into the House of Representatives in 2006, serves as one of Governor Perdue’s Floor Leaders and currently serves on the Appropriations, Children & Youth, Economic Development & Tourism, and Industrial Relations Committees.