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Inspire Atlanta

We recognize a big part of our journalistic mission is to shine a spotlight on wrongdoings and to hold our public officials accountable. But we also understand the importance of celebrating our region’s moments, milestones and people. That’s exactly what we hope to accomplish with Inspire Atlanta. Each week, Inspire Atlanta will profile a person that makes metro Atlanta a better place in which to live.

Of course, we can’t do this alone: We need your help in finding extraordinary people and identifying inspiring stories across our region. Know someone who inspires you or makes metro Atlanta a better place for others? Email us at AJC-InspireAtlanta@ajc.com.

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A volunteer with the nonprofit Everybody Wins! Atlanta reads to students. For 25 years, the organization has been dedicated to helping students who struggle with reading. Courtesy of Everybody Wins! Atlanta

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Nonprofit helps students who struggle with reading

Lumistella brings holiday magic in summer to Children’s Healthcare

Tucker Shields put his life at risk last summer when he tackled an assailant with a revolver in Washington, D.C. For his act of heroism he was awarded a Carnegie Medal. Photo courtesy of Tucker Shields

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Atlanta man honored with Carnegie Medal for Heroism

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Gwinnett nurse keeps promise to adopt terminal patient’s dog

James "Rhyan" Lloyd looks at the new air conditioner in the window of his Oxford home with his dog Trinity nearby. He went to the hospital for eye surgery and was graced with a new window air conditioner after the staff learned he was living without air conditioning in the oppressive heat. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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Nurse gives Newton County man help, hope

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Volunteers help feed the needy. Courtesy of Meals by Grace

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Joan White developed the chronic and painful condition lymphedema after she had surgery in the 1980s. That sparked her to create Lighthouse Lymphedema Network, to shine the light on the condition and help those who have it. Here she is vacationing at ached a picture taken today of me here at Lake Cadillac in her home state of Michigan. Courtesy of Douglas White

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80-year-old advocates for lymphedema patients

Special needs camper, Banks, takes a victory lap after learning how to ride a two-wheel bike without adaptations during the iCan Bike Alpharetta camp at The Cooler in Alpharetta. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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iCan Bike Alpharetta for special-needs kids is ‘labor of love’

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Special needs camper, Banks, takes a victory lap after learning how to ride a two-wheel bike without adaptations during the iCan Bike Alpharetta camp at The Cooler in Alpharetta. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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iCan Bike Alpharetta for special-needs kids is ‘labor of love’

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Portrait of Asanshay Gupta who developed an app to help hospitals keep up with their oxygen supplies, at the Atlanta International School. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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Young Atlantan creates app to help the world of medicine

Nela Vintrlikova and Suann Kim formed a nonprofit, SUNE Translate, to help underserved communities where non-English speakers are experiencing language barriers. Picture here, they provided on-site intrepretation services at a large community event for Reclaim Gwinnett Place Mall. Photo courtesy of Suann Kim

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Bilingual students help immigrants overcome language barriers

Concrete Jungle

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Concrete Jungle

Students, from left, Kate and Addy count and sort uneaten fruit from the cafeteria at Kelly Mill Elementary School in Forsyth County. The food will be donated to local food pantries. Courtesy of Kelly Mill Elementary School.

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Helping Hands empowers students to reduce food waste, help others

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Julie Singleton, Northeast Georgia Health System

James Montesi (from left), Quinn Twiner and her brother Joe in front of the green house under construction at Peachtree Farm, a nonprofit with a mission to produce locally grown produce, products and animals for the metro Atlanta and North Georgia area wile providing job opportunities for individuals with disabilities. The farm, located in Peachtree Corners, was started by Mike and Mary Twiner. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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Peachtree Farm gives adults with disabilities place to work, thrive

Grant Johnson, left, works on his Eagle Scout project under the watchful eye of his Scout Master - and dad - Mike Johnson at St. Teresa's School. (Courtesy of Carlton Fletcher)

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For the Johnsons, Scouting is all in the family

Portrait of DeMario Pressley after attending his second board meeting at the YMCA in Cumming. The former NFL player volunteered there throughout his career and has now joined the board of the Forsyth County Family YMCA. The Y is where he was introduced to sports in middle school, and it's the place where he sought refuge from a dangerous neighborhood. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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Former NFL player DeMario Pressley gives back to YMCA

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Students, from left, Kate and Addy count and sort uneaten fruit from the cafeteria at Kelly Mill Elementary School in Forsyth County. The food will be donated to local food pantries. Courtesy of Kelly Mill Elementary School.

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Helping Hands empowers students to reduce food waste, help others

Emory University Hospital nurse Jill Morgan in PPE during a 2015 National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) training session at Emory. Photo by Jack Kearse/ Emory Health Sciences Photography.

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Award-winning nurses continue to shine

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Julie Singleton, Northeast Georgia Health System

James Montesi (from left), Quinn Twiner and her brother Joe in front of the green house under construction at Peachtree Farm, a nonprofit with a mission to produce locally grown produce, products and animals for the metro Atlanta and North Georgia area wile providing job opportunities for individuals with disabilities. The farm, located in Peachtree Corners, was started by Mike and Mary Twiner. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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Peachtree Farm gives adults with disabilities place to work, thrive

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Grant Johnson, left, works on his Eagle Scout project under the watchful eye of his Scout Master - and dad - Mike Johnson at St. Teresa's School. (Courtesy of Carlton Fletcher)

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For the Johnsons, Scouting is all in the family

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