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Zaxby’s donates $70,000 to Downtown Ministries

By Shelia Poole
Nov 6, 2012

Zaxby’s Franchising Inc. has donated $70,000 to Downtown Ministries for its new school, Downtown Academy.

The school will be part of the nonprofit’s ongoing efforts to provide educational programs to children from low-income neighborhoods in Athens. Downtown Academy is scheduled to open in August.

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Shelia has worked at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than 30 years. Previously, she worked at The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Louisville Defender. Her beat is a bit of a mixed bag that includes religion and spirituality, culture and trends, race and aging. She earned degrees from Spelman College and Northwestern University.

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