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Free box fans are made possible thanks to a donor-advised fund through the Atlanta Jewish Foundation at the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.

To mark National Foster Care Month, an Alpharetta-based foster care and adoption agency is calling on churches and others to step up and open their homes to children in need.

A metro Atlanta man originally from Ukraine is giving back to his local community all while his home country is at war with Russia.

Local organizations are joining forces to end youth gun violence as summer recess approaches.

For the next two weeks, seniors will compete in a variety of sports including horseshoes, golf, track and field, basketball, tennis, swimming, and even dancing. Winners at the local level are competing to participate in the state championship and eventually nationals.

GGA Dwarf Goat Yoga in Tucker currently has nine goats in total. Owners Sabrina and Brandon Matthews say they started the business three years ago during the pandemic because they and their two kids felt isolated.

A local brewery will hold pre-show tailgates Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Atlanta is known as the ‘City in a Forest’. In fact, at 48%, Atlanta has the highest percentage of overall urban tree canopy in the entire country.

Day of Silence is an annual day of action to spread awareness about the effects of the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning students. A week later the students’ signs are still on display.

Atlanta is teaming up with Hertz and Uber to increase their fleets of EVs.