Local business gives back (again) through food


They paid off the school lunch tabs for hundreds of Habersham County elementary school children last Christmas. Now, they’re picking up the breakfast tab for local first responders.

Laura and Josh Anderson, owners of North Georgia Home Group in Demorest, are sponsoring a First Responder Appreciation Breakfast. It will be held from 6-10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 22 at Country Crossroads Cafe off of Highway 115 in Demorest.

Any first responder in uniform or with proper ID will receive a free breakfast on the day of the event.

“We are doing this in order to show support for our first responders and as a simple, ‘thank you’ for serving and protecting our community,” Laura says.

It’s the couple’s first time hosting this type of event but Laura says “it certainly won’t be our last!”