Ravi Zacharias, founder and chairman of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, has been appointed to the advisory board of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
The panel will support the ECFA, which was formed in 1979, to help Christian organizations maintain financial and ethical best practices.
Zacharias was among 15 people named to the board. He has authored or edited more than 20 books. SHELIA POOLE
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State School Superintendent John Barge is accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Student Advisory Council. The council meets twice a year -- Nov. 4 and March 7 -- to discuss how state level decisions affect students. Students in grades 9-12 are eligible to apply to serve and should be able to attend both meetings. "We want to make education work for all Georgia’s students and what better way to do that than to hear directly from them?” Barge said in a prepared statement. The deadline for applications is Sept. 6. NANCY BADERTSCHER
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Kroger's Atlanta Division, which includes Georgia, South Carolina and parts of Tennessee and Alabama, recently raised more than $385,000 for the Children's Miracle Network.
During a three week period, customers and employees could buy hot-air balloon icons, commonly known as "Miracle Balloons," to help fund medical care and outreach programs for local children.
Donations made through the fundraiser will directly benefit those communities in which they were raised. SHELIA POOLE
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