What: Senior Connections
When: Every Monday and Thursday
Where: Decatur
Time: Various shifts
Benefits: Providing meals for seniors
Cost: Free
Contact: 770-455-7602
What : First Annual Decathlon
When: Aug. 6
Where: Concourse Athletic Club
Time: 9:00 a.m. -- noon
Benefits: Camp Twin Lakes
Cost: $35, adult; $25/junior
Contact: Dan Heller, 404-725-8676
What: Atlanta’s Finest 5K
When: Aug. 6
Where: Pemberton Place at World of Coca-Cola
Time: 6 a.m.
Benefits: Atlanta Police Foundation
Cost: $30 until Aug. 3
Contact: www.atlantapolicefoundation.org
What: Run For Wounded Warriors 5K
When: Aug. 6
Where: First Baptist Church, Kennesaw
Time: 8 a.m.
Benefits: Wounded Warriors Project
Cost: $25
Contact: www.runforwoundedwarriors.org
What: Think T Town Benefit Concert
When: Aug. 8
Where: Perimeter Church, Duluth
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Benefits: Alabama tornado victims
Cost: $15
Contact: 404-272-0566
What: Wounded Warrior Fundraiser
When: Aug. 11
Where: Cheyenne Grille and Sports Bar
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Benefits: Wounded Warrior Foundation
Cost: $25
Contact: 404-509-0121
What: Free To Breathe 5K
When: Aug. 20
Where: Greencove and Virginia Ave., Atlanta
Time: 7 a.m.
Benefits: National Lung Cancer Partnership
Cost: $25 until Aug. 17; $30, Race day
Contact: www.freetobreathe.org
What: Volunteers needed: AJC Decatur Book Festival
When: Sept. 2-4
Where: Downtown Decatur
Time: Various shifts from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: leeann.harvey@decaturga.com
What: Hot Lips Hustle 5K
When: Sept. 17
Where: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Marietta
Time: 7:15 a.m.
Benefits: The Smile Train- benefitting cleft lip and palate defect
Cost: $25
Contact: www.hotlipshustle5k.com
What: Sunshine Family Festival
When: Sept. 18
Where: Park Tavern, Midtown
Time: Noon- 2:30 p.m.
Benefits: Camp Sunshine
Cost: Free
Contact: Thomas@newaboa.com
What: Stop Child Trafficking 5K
When: Sept. 24
Where: East Cobb Park
Time: 9 a.m.
Benefits: To bring awareness and raise funds to end child sex slavery in Atlanta.
Cost: Free
Contact: Atlanta@sctnow.org
What: Walk of Heroes 5K
When: Sept. 24
Where: Richardson Health Center, Decatur
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Benefits: DeKalb residents with developmental disabilities, mental illnesses, and substance addictions
Cost: $20
Contact: www.walkofheroes5k.com, 404-508-7875
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