People Helping People

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.

Volunteer Fay Reid loads a car with food at The Gallery at South DeKalb mall on Friday, July 10, 2020, at a food drive organized by DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson.

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Dave Preter (left), president and CEO of Georgia's Own Credit Union, and Brian Jordan are pictured as Preter presents a donation for the Brian Jordan Foundation. Courtesy of Brian Jordan Foundation

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DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond is defending his handling of an internal audit of the watershed department

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First Tee – Metro Atlanta executive director Marvin Hightower, First Tee graduate Ana Herndon, The Aaron's Company CEO Douglas Lindsay and The Aaron's Company Vice President of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations Mike Dickerson stand at the First Tee Metro Atlanta Participant Celebration at the John A. White Park Golf Course where The Aaron's Company provided new laptops to all 16 FTMA graduating seniors. Courtesy of Karl L. Moore/Mooreshots LLC

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Gabby Dirden, a CARE contractor, helps Walter Ballard collect food and water for his family during Bethel's Heavenly Hands food and water distribution in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 25, 2021. Hundreds of people received much needed food and water. The need was especially great following the snowstorms that disrupted power and water service to much of Houston. Bethel's Heavenly Hands is a CARE partner. (Courtesy of Laura Noel/CARE)

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Dekalb County struggling with citizens in need of food

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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

HOPE Atlanta, one of the oldest nonprofits dedicated to helping people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness in Metro Atlanta, has many local partners, including Georgia's Own Foundation, pictured here. Courtesy of HOPE Atlanta

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Volunteer Fay Reid loads a car with food at The Gallery at South DeKalb mall on Friday, July 10, 2020, at a food drive organized by DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson.

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DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond is defending his handling of an internal audit of the watershed department

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Dekalb County struggling with citizens in need of food

DeKalb partners with Ga. farmers, local churches for produce giveaway

Some DeKalb County COVID-19 vaccine appointments delayed Wednesday

DeKalb offering COVID-19 vaccinations at next food distribution event

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DeKalb County will distribute 3,600 boxes of produce and chicken during its Easter Food Distribution this weekend. CONTRIBUTED

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Derrick Hayes and Pinky Cole attend an event at Big Dave's Cheesesteaks in downtown Atlanta where the two Atlanta restauranteurs team up to provide life insurance for Black men. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Two Atlanta restaurateurs team up to provide life insurance for Black men

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A group of neighbors who call themselves the Central Dekalb Volunteer Cleanup Crew pick up trash at Hairston Park in Stone Mountain. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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Arlene Simmons, a nurse for 20 years, is opening a youth services center in Milledgeville. She used the money she earned in New York at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic to pay for the building.

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Customer Hershel Hamilton (left) stands with LaTonya Gates in the PAWkids food pantry and store in Grove Park on the Westside of Atlanta. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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