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11Alive helps Smart Lunch, Smart Kid

11Alive helps Smart Lunch, Smart Kid

ATLANTA -- 11Alive News employees rolled up their sleeves Wednesday morning and assembled 400 bagged lunches for children in need.

This is the second year 11Alive has helped Action Ministries' Smart Lunch, Smart Kid program.

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Smart Lunch, Smart Kid provides nutritious meals in the summertime for children who normally rely on free or reduced-price lunches during the school year.

WellCare and Gas South employees joined the 11Alive team in making sandwiches and putting together lunch bags. Each Smart Lunch, Smart Kid meal consists of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, chips, fruit snacks and a bottle of water.

Action Ministries hopes to feed at least 200,000 children across north Georgia through the 2013 Smart Lunch, Smart Kid outreach.

Random Acts of Kindness: Dottie Wimberly

Random Acts of Kindness: Dottie Wimberly

ATLANTA -- Today's Random Act of Kindness is for a woman who devotes her life to enhancing the lives of others, especially those in need. 

Dottie Wimberly works with YES!Atlanta, a non-profit organization that helps at-risk teenagers. She goes above and beyond and always the extra mile to make sure the kids she works with are cared for and happy. 

Thanks to a tip from her friend Sonya, 11Alive was able to recognize Dottie for her amazing work and dedication with a Random Act of Kindness.

Thousands come out for the 1st Annual MLK Renaissance Fest

Thousands come out for the 1st Annual MLK Renaissance Fest

ATLANTA -- GME Sports Lounge hosted The 1st Annual MLK Renaissance Fest, Atlanta Super Fest for the 2013 Memorial Day holiday. Atlanta’s Historic West End District was filled with thousands who participated in family oriented games, entertainment, and music that rejuvenated the commercial district.

Fulton County Cooperative Extension participates in Pizza Farm 2013

Fulton County Cooperative Extension participates in Pizza Farm 2013

How do you expose urban youth to Georgia’s agriculture? You open a Pizza Farm!

The Cooperative Extension Metro Collaborative of Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton counties have invited 4th and 5th grade students to visit Pizza Farm 2013 on May 8 and 9, 2013 at the State Farmers Market Exhibit Hall located in Forest Park, GA. Attendees will learn how dairy, vegetables, grains and meats come together to make the perfect pizza, as well as about good health and nutrition. 

“We are excited about the Pizza Farm!” states Menia Chester, Director of Fulton County Cooperative Extension. “Many children think their food comes from the grocery store.  The Pizza Farm will teach them that every pizza starts at the farm.”

Exhibits on the origins of pizza ingredients will be presented in a circuit of stations set up around the State Farmers Market Exhibit Hall.

Make a Wish holds 9th Annual Walk for Wishes

Make a Wish holds 9th Annual Walk for Wishes

Make-A-Wish® Georgia will be hosting its 9th Annual Walk for Wishes this Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Turner Field.  The two mile walk, with pre-and post-event activities at Turner Field’s Grand Plaza, is one of the organization’s flagship events and has a fundraising goal of $325,000.

At the Walk, thousands of Georgians will gather to increase awareness around the work of Make-A-Wish Georgia and raise funds to support the granting of wishes for local children with life-threatening medical conditions.  

Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013
Time: Fun begins at 8:00 a.m./ Walk begins at 9:00 a.m.
Location: Turner Field, Grand Plaza, 755 Hank Aaron Drive, Atlanta 30315

Metro PCS & Streetz 94.5 FM partner up with G.M.E. Sports Lounge for MLK Renaissance Festival

Metro PCS & Streetz 94.5 FM partner up with G.M.E. Sports Lounge for MLK Renaissance Festival

ATLANTA -- Streetz 94.5 FM and Metro PCS has partnered up with G.M.E. Sports Lounge also known as The Historical Donn Clendenon Supper Club present the MLK Renaissance Festival; Saturday, May 25th, 2013 and Sunday, May 26th, 2013.  It will be held in Atlanta’s Historic Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (From Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard to Paschal Ave).  The MLK Renaissance Festival is a free event that will cater to the vase cultural concerns of the metro Atlanta area residents ranging from young children to senior citizens.

Interfaith Coalition of Fulton holds summit

Interfaith Coalition of Fulton holds summit

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. -- The Fulton County faith community is invited to join Fulton County Health and Human Services to discuss chronic disease issues in a joint effort to define opportunities to address health issues and identify policies and practices that can effectively decrease the impact of chronic diseases in our communities. Interested parties should register by contacting Nazeera Dawood at 404-613-7685 or nazeera.dawood@fultoncountya.gov.

The summit, entitled “Barriers & Bridges: Integrating Faith, Science & Policy to Promote Health”, will be held Thursday, April 18, 2013 from 10:00am – 3:00pm at the College Park Regional Health enter located at 1920 John Wesley Ave. in College Park, GA, 30337.  The event is FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC.