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.

The Atlanta Braves Foundation shares in some of the proceeds of jewelry made from items found in the Braves' dugout at Truist Field. The jewelry is made in Detroit and soon be made in Atlanta by women hired out of shelter living. Courtesy of Rebel Nell

Recycling Braves’ trash into jewelry puts disadvantaged women to work

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Jonathan Brilling and his mother Debbie go through therapy toys used at the Auditory-Verbal Center in Atlanta. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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Tracy Elizabeth Thompson, founder of The Elizabeth Foundation. Courtesy of The Elizabeth Foundation.

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Blakely Davis (age 6) runs along the the all-inclusive playground followed by her brother Cameron (8) and mother Dana at Alpharetta Elementary School. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

Resurgens Charitable Foundation makes playgrounds more accessible

This undated photo provided by the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows Michelle Butler of Eutaw, Alabama, and son Curtis Means. The child has been certified by Guinness World Records as the world's most premature baby to survive. (Andrea Mabry/UAB University Relations via AP)

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Girl creates app so bullied kids can report in private

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Jackson Warren practices on his father's guitar at the Music Authority in Cumming. Jackson's father Charles was killed while serving with the military in Iraq two years ago. Charles was a guitarist and Jackson chose to learn to play his dad's guitar to stay close to him. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

Making music in memory of dad, a fallen Iraq War vet

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Peter Nunn, who is a volunteer in the fight to reduce suicides, at Salon Magus in Alpharetta. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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A scannable QR code sits on the pantry’s front desk on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, allowing students to digitally view the pantry’s shopping list. The Kennesaw State University food pantry relocated to the Carmichael Student Center in February 2021, allowing the pantry to serve more students with an expanded selection of items. (Photo/Ryan Cameron for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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A 4-year-old boy has raised $1,300 for the victims of last month’s flooding that killed 22 people in Waverly, Tennessee, according to reports.

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Lisa Simmons, an Atlanta businesswoman with a great sense of adventure, recently climbed to the top of Machu Picchu and Rainbow Mountain to raise money for BlazeSports America. The nonprofit is a leader in adaptive sports for the physically challenged. To date, Simmons' hard work has raised nearly $70,000. Courtesy of Lisa Simmons

There’s no mountain too high for charitable Atlantan

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A scannable QR code sits on the pantry’s front desk on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, allowing students to digitally view the pantry’s shopping list. The Kennesaw State University food pantry relocated to the Carmichael Student Center in February 2021, allowing the pantry to serve more students with an expanded selection of items. (Photo/Ryan Cameron for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Colleges expand food pantries to help students in need

A Macon child returned home to cheers and well wishes after spending months receiving cancer treatment in Tennessee, 13WMAZ reported.

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Sutton Cadman, second from left, gathers with other students on Day 1 of the Habitat for Humanity house build in Douglasville. Sutton started a Habitat for Humanity chapter at Alexander High School, and led students in raising funds to build a house for a veteran. Also pictured from left, founding chapter member Mylee Ward, and Sutton's friends, Hayden Arnold and Mason Villa from other schools. Courtesy of Dolly Purvis for Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta

Students lead Douglas community in building Habitat home for veteran

A 4-year-old boy has raised $1,300 for the victims of last month’s flooding that killed 22 people in Waverly, Tennessee, according to reports.

4-year-old raises $1,300 to ‘fix the broken hearts’ after deadly Tenn. floods

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