When many schools cut back on arts funding, Smyrna couple Chris and Ty Woods took a creative approach, opening up their two-bedroom apartment to provide a safe space for students to learn about acting, singing and music production each Friday night.
Canton Pantry Angels is a charity that runs four free food pantries around Cherokee County, Ga. to help families in need. Cherokee's food-insecure population often goes unnoticed, but this charity seeks to address that issue.
This Election Day, voters from across Fulton County, Georgia's most populated county, showed out to vote in-person at their polling places. Attitudes varied from person to person, but many voters expressed their excitement to exercise their right to vote.
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America according to experts, and Kennesaw, Ga. is not an exception. Kennesaw State University's Pickleball Club started last year and is already ranked fourth in the nation.
The Trans Liberation Basketball League is an Atlanta-based group that provides a safe space for transgender athletes in the city. With how strictly politicized the topic of transgender athletes has become, the players say this league is an important part of their community.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 1, 2024. Read more to learn about his lifetime of humanitarian efforts with the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity.
Atlanta's notorious Forest Cove apartments gained a reputation as one of the city's most dangerous dwellings. Former residents report pest infestations, frequent crime, unstable architecture and abysmal air quality. Millennia Companies, one of the largest landlords in the U.S. and owner of Forest Cove, runs hundreds of properties across the country, most of which are in equally horrible condition to Forest Cove. Former tenants of Millennia's apartments are fighting back against the corporation and demanding change.
Perfect Harmony Health, a Georgia-based nonprofit, provides innovative healthcare through music therapy. Groovin' with Grandfriends is a community event combining music therapy and intergenerational bonding.
Henry's Louisiana Grill, a staple of downtown Acworth, will soon be under new management when chef Henry Chandler retires later this year. The award-winning restaurant is beloved by the community, and guests say its bittersweet to see him go.
Foster Care Support Foundation is a Georgia-based organization that provides clothing, toys, books and more to thousands of children in Georgia's foster care system. The foundation seeks to ease the financial burden fostering children can have on family members who foster their relatives, especially those who are older or cannot work.
