“Because someone was out there doing the right thing her life was saved … Katie reminds us we are our brother’s keeper,” she said.

Keenum, pastor at First Sardis Springs Baptist Church, will be the third speaker at the event. He will “give us the spiritual side of what it means to be a community,” McFarland said.

Jackie Greenhaw will be master of ceremonies, Limestone County Probate Judge Mike Davis will lead the pledge of allegiance, Athens Mayor Dan Williams will sing the national anthem, invocation will be give by pastor Larry Lockett, and Chairman of the United Way Board of Directors Stanley Menefee will give closing remarks.

The Birdie Thornton Center Singers will close the event with their rendition of “Lean On Me.”

The program is going to be “very powerful,” said McFarland. “It will ask ‘Why aren’t we doing more extraordinary things.”

To volunteer with the United Way of Athens and Limestone County or find out more for information about its agencies call (256) 233-2323.