COVID-19 PHOTOS: COMING TOGETHER

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COVID-19 PHOTOS: COMING TOGETHER

Midtown Atlanta celebrates first responders nightly at 8 pm on Friday, March 27, 2020, a Nextdoor post suggested the gesture nearly a week ago after coronavirus disrupted social standards and the show of solidarity continues to grow. The high-rise community is prompted by loudspeaker to show support and celebrate those who must keep working. Neighbors along Peachtree and 11th Streets cheer, play music and turn pots and pans into noise makers. (Jenni Girtman for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

February 20, 2020 Dunwoody - Rob Sayer (right), Founder and CEO, plays the trumpet for Emmett White, 2, as his mother Lilian Hilerio (left) looks at The Music Class Inc (TMC), an international music education program, in Dunwoody on Thursday, February 20, 2020. The Music Class, provides music and movement classes for families with young children. They partnered with a large early childhood education company in China (https://www.rybbaby.com/tmc.html) where they teach the program. Over 20,000 families in China attending the classes there across the country. With classes cancelled in China during the outbreak and our families there stuck at home they are filming classes here in Atlanta and broadcasting them free on a WeChat channel in China. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 20, 2020 Norcross - Jocelyn Zanzala (background), school bus driver, delivers a free meal to students at their school bus stop on Friday, March 20, 2020. Gwinnett County Schools offers meal pickup at 68 sites and bus stops near the schools from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for children 18 and under. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

03/16/2020 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Trevelino/Keller marketing firm co-founders Dean Trevelino (left) and Genna Keller (center) get assistance from Marshall Hood (right) during a Trevelino/Keller toilet paper toss at the West Midtown location in Atlanta, Monday, March, 16, 2020. Trevelino and Keller say they plan on hosting another toilet paper toss soon. They are asking business, schools and other organizations with an abundance of toilet tissue to donate to their cause. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

03/19/2020 -- Austell, Georgia -- Sweetwater Mission Executive Director, Brian Hamilton, places pre-bagged groceries inside a patron's vehicle during food distribution "drive-thru" at Sweetwater Mission in Austell, Thursday, March, 19, 2020. Hamilton, along with other volunteers and employees, wore protective wear while facilitating the food distribution. Normally patrons are allowed inside the facility to pick their food but operations have shifted due to coronavirus. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

1010 Midtown residents, Mark Furlet, from left, Brian and Loree Rose and Tammy Furlet celebrate first responders at 8 pm on Friday, March 27, 2020. A Nextdoor post suggested the gesture nearly a week ago, after coronavirus disrupted social standards. The high-rise community is prompted by loudspeaker to show support and celebrate those who must keep working. The neighbors along Peachtree and 11th Streets cheer, play music and turn pots and pans into noise makers. (Jenni Girtman for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

03/19/2020 -- Austell, Georgia -- Sweetwater Mission Clothing Program Coordinator, Mary Beth Alexander receives a patron's information during the food distribution "drive-thru" at Sweetwater Mission in Austell, Thursday, March, 19, 2020. Alexander, along with other volunteers and employees, wore protective wear while facilitating the food distribution. Normally patrons are allowed inside the facility to pick their food but operations have shifted due to coronavirus. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

A woman wears a mask while waiting in line to receive free groceries at the first of five pop-up grocery store locations provided by The Atlanta Hawks, Goodr, and State Farm at At-Promise Youth Center during the COVID-19 crisis, Friday, March 20, 2020. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

Moorehouse Senior Emanuael Golla stocks milk at the first of five pop-up grocery store locations provided by The Atlanta Hawks, Goodr, and State Farm at At-Promise Youth Center during the COVID-19 crisis, Friday, March 20, 2020. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL

March 20, 2020 Norcross - Children wait for a Gwinnett County school bus arriving to receive a free meal at their school bus stop on Friday, March 20, 2020. Gwinnett County Schools offers meal pickup at 68 sites and bus stops near the schools from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for children 18 and under. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Dr. Christopher Saldana, associate professor at Georgia Tech, demonstrates how to use a donated protective mask on Thursday, March 26, 2020, at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. The masks were created by Saldana and students at Georgia Tech using 3-D technology. (Christina Matacotta, for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

March 30, 2020 Duluth: Formerly homeless graduate Josh Steedly helps unload donated items from a truck at the Nspire Outreach and HOPE for Domestic Violence warehouse on Monday, March 30, 2020, in Duluth. With so many counties and cities ordering folks to shelter-in-place, many have found its a good time to clear out clutter. But then what do you do with it? Several charitable organizations are still doing pickups. Viewed as essential services because they are providing food, clothing and shelter to the homeless and those in need. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

Donating 10,000 surgical masks and 500 N95 masks, local housing developer McKinley Homes employees Nico Dowdy, in truck and John Xiang, wearing mask on right, deliver medical supplies to Emory University Hospital on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Jenni Girtman for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

March 31, 2020 Buford - Scott Veale, with Red Cross, sets up Brandon Hastings (foreground) for a double donation during Buford City SchoolsâÃÃ´ annual Blood Drive at Buford Arena on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. With social distancing and extra measures to keep people safe from the coronavirus, blood supplies are getting dangerously low. Buford City Schools is hosting a blood drive. They are checking the temperature of everyone who enters and have other precautions in place. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

04/09/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Elizabeth Baptist Church members Dimitri Yates (left) and Johnny Smith (right) give a family in need boxes of groceries and toiletries during an Atlanta Community Food Bank and Fulton County Schools collaborative distribution at Elizabeth Baptist Church in Atlanta, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

200407-Lilburn-Gwinnett County cafeteria workers bring freshly prepared food out to waiting school buses in front of Berkmar High School so they can be delivered to students around the district on Tuesday morning April 7, 2020. Ben@BenGray.com for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

04/15/2020 - Lawrenceville, Georgia - U.S. Army Sgt. Lucious Oliver of the 1177th Transportation Company of the Georgia National Guard prepares to give a family in need groceries during food distribution at the Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry in Lawrenceville, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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Midtown Atlanta celebrates first responders nightly at 8 pm on Friday, March 27, 2020, a Nextdoor post suggested the gesture nearly a week ago after coronavirus disrupted social standards and the show of solidarity continues to grow. The high-rise community is prompted by loudspeaker to show support and celebrate those who must keep working. Neighbors along Peachtree and 11th Streets cheer, play music and turn pots and pans into noise makers. (Jenni Girtman for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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