Albany Herald | Senate hopeful visits Albany

ALBANY, Ga. — As a means to help highlight volunteerism, U.S. Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn paid a visit to the Albany Advocacy Resource Center’s preschool Friday morning.

Nunn, who has taken a leave of absence as CEO of Points of Light to run for the seat being vacated next year by U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Moultrie, visited Albany as part of her “What Washington Can Learn from Georgia” tour, which officials say is meant to highlight how individuals are tackling tough challenges in the state through self-empowerment, entrepreneurship and collaboration.

“We are profiling the extraordinary work of Georgia to come together and get things done,” Nunn said. “The Albany ARC is something that engages all people … to nurture and build self-sufficiency of kids (so they can contribute to society).

As part of her campaign, Nunn has sought to visit 11 cities in 14 days, traveling by minivan with her husband, Ron Martin; son Vinson, 10, and daughter Elizabeth, 8. Prior to her stop in Albany, she visited the Children’s Treehouse — operated by Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services — in Columbus on Thursday. On Wednesday, she was at the Georgia Industrial Children’s Home in Macon.

“When I have gone around the state, what (I’ve been told) frustrates people is what is not happening in Washington,” she said. “(Members of Congress) seem more interested in fighting political battles.

“I’m bringing my family (on the tour) so they can see that ordinary citizens should be involved in the electoral process.”

Having spent 25 years at Points of Light, an organization dedicated to volunteer service, Nunn said she hopes to take with her to the nation’s capital the mindset that people working together is a way to accomplish change.

“That is the spirit I’d like to bring to Washington,” she said.

Her upcoming stops are expected to include Valdosta, Savannah, Augusta, Athens, Rome, Dalton and Atlanta.

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