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The coronavirus pandemic has generated acts of kindness and new offers of service in Atlanta and North Georgia. The AJC is trying to help by sharing information for those who need help, along with stories to spotlight the ways our neighbors are stepping up to help. If your business or organization is offering community assistance related to the coronavirus emergency, please tell us about it. Send email to coronavirus@ajc.com For news updates by email, sign up for the AJC Coronavirus newsletter.
Dekalb County struggling with citizens in need of food
DeKalb partners with Ga. farmers, local churches for produce giveaway
Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy families participating in the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition's 2019 Bike Family cohort. Participants received bikes and bike safety gear and participated in bike safety classes as part of Atlanta Bicycle Coalition’s Bike Family program. Courtesy of Atlanta Bicycle Coalition
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The Homeless Period Project Atlanta chapter, pictured here in 2019, has worked through the pandemic to continue providing menstrual hygiene products to those in need in a safe way throughout the pandemic. Courtesy of Homeless Period Project
The Homeless Period Project provides menstrual products to those in need
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Students at Beecher Hills Elementary School take part in a yoga class as part of The Namaste Project's programing to bring yoga and mindfulness to Atlanta's youth. Courtesy of The Namaste Project
The Namaste Project works to bring yoga and mindfulness to Atlanta children
Millions of dollars of unsold Girl Scouts cookies stacked up in metro Atlanta warehouse
DeKalb County plans to buy 20,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies
DeKalb County will distribute 3,600 boxes of produce and chicken during its Easter Food Distribution this weekend. CONTRIBUTED
DeKalb hosting its latest food giveaway this weekend
A student who participants in TheraPink for Girls programs poses with the TheraPink journal. Courtesy of TheraPink
TheraPink works to improve middle schoolers’ mental health
A group of L.E.A.D. ambassadors stand with co-founder C.J. Stewart and Marin Kraushaar, executive director of the Georgia's Own Foundation. Courtesy of L.E.A.D.
L.E.A.D. provides structure for Atlanta’s Black youth during pandemic
Jeff Harris, a founding partner at Harris Lowry Manton LLP, holds some of the green bracelets that Banded Together is distributing in an effort to decrease COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Courtesy of Banded Together
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Rachel Dumas created Onward Healthcare Solutions and Education LLC (OHSE) after seeing the devastation that COVID-19 was causing firsthand as a nurse on the frontlines. Now OHSE helps facilities improve and implement COVID-19 preparedness measures. Courtesy of OHSE
Atlanta nurse creates company to improve COVID-19 preparedness
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The Marietta City School System installed Wi-Fi hotspots on school buses that went into densely populated areas on weekdays so students could get online. The state then created a “Wi-Fi Ranger” program that similarly equiped buses in 36 rural school districts. Now, the state Board of Education has approved $3 million to expand the program. It was among several COVID-19 expenses approved at a board meeting Tuesday. The state will also expand online classes for older students and finance library distributions of personal hotspots.
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The veranda of Martha and Jean-Francois Morizur’s home looks out over their backyard and pool area. A sofa, chair and coffee table from Wayfair provide seating around the outdoor fireplace, and the fleur-de-lis wood and iron art above the fireplace from Hobby Lobby ties the outdoor decor into the French style of the interior of the home. Text by Shannon Dominy. Photo by Reynolds Rogers.
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Millions of dollars of unsold Girl Scouts cookies stacked up in metro Atlanta warehouse
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DeKalb County will distribute 3,600 boxes of produce and chicken during its Easter Food Distribution this weekend. CONTRIBUTED
DeKalb hosting its latest food giveaway this weekend
There are several food giveaways happening June 27 in metro Atlanta.
DeKalb to host another big food giveaway this weekend
On Friday, officials will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new food pantry at the Latin American Association on Buford Highway. SPECIAL PHOTO
New food pantry will serve Buford Highway corridor
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Bearings Bike Works. Courtesy of Hales Photo/www.hales.photo
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Catherine Friedline stands outside Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in Sandy Springs on Wednesday May 26th. She is a Girl Scout who created Troop Hope for CHOA hospitals, a Girl Scout program for long-term care patients. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.
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Faith Johnson had already bought her dress and shoes for prom, but found herself back in the hospital on the night of the dance. Her nurses at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta threw her a surprise prom to make up for it.
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Hal Boyd cooks smoked pork on his Big Green Egg to make pulled pork sandwiches for healthcare workers at Piedmont Hospital at his North Druid Hills Home. He and his friends have made and delivered more than 4,000 BBQ sandwiches to area hospitals and other first responders since the pandemic began. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.
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A Michigan dad has landed a job working at Costco after his daughter’s Twitter thread went viral last month. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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