Days before Thanksgiving, College Park residents gathered on Rugby Avenue for a day of true giving in a way that an organizer said reflects a larger movement taking shape in the city. Last Saturday, resident James Walker, along with neighbors across College Park, hosted “Neighbors Table,” a pop-up Thanksgiving event. Held outside Walker’s home, the […]
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Atlanta Community Food Bank aims to distribute 10M meals over the holidays
Across metro Atlanta, food pantries and volunteers are working to ensure families have what they need for the holidays. Among them are two organizations: Dreamz Always Come True, a Sandy Springs–based nonprofit, and separately, the Atlanta Community Food Bank, which is expanding its reach in high-need communities. The Atlanta Community Food Bank hosted a media […]
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Retrospective – Hosea Helps Feeds the Hungry & Homeless – Thanksgiving 2019, 18, 17 – Georgia World Congress Center
Through the years, Hosea Helps has fed the needy, especially at the holidays. Here’s a look back at some previous Thanksgiving events.
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Reporter’s Notebook: New ATLDOT Commissioner, ‘Saturday Night Live’ jokes about Zoo Atlanta’s gun policy, mattresses donated to families from condemned Forest Cove
One race from Georgia’s recent Nov. 8 election will go into a runoff — incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker competing for a seat in the U.S. Senate. On Monday, Nov. 21, the Atlanta Press Club will host a debate between the two candidates. The 7 p.m. debate will air on Georgia Public […]
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Atlanta’s 1961 Thanksgiving Week – A football game, ginormous Christmas tree, and a little make-believe
By Guest Columnist BO HIERS, a semi-retired marketing officer in the reinsurance industry and super-proud grandfather of his beloved grandson, Fletcher
Thanksgiving week is – with apologies to a popular song about a different holiday – my most wonderful time of the year. If I could pinpoint a single year which kick-started my Thanksgiving fandom, it would be 1961. Like all second graders, I was blown away by large events with lots of people.
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Remembering to be thankful for all we have
It’s been five years. And I almost forgot to take note.
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Air travel hit a post-COVID high. And Fulton’s hospitals are seeing more COVID patients.
Thanksgiving abstinence is not going to happen.
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Giving thanks for the uplifting moments in our lives
Recently it has felt as though I’ve been spending too much of my energies complaining and worrying about the current state of affairs.
So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I began to count our blessings, and I realized there are so many that they won’t all fit in one column.
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A glance back: Civil rights leader Hosea Williams and stolen Thanksgiving turkeys
There was almost no sign of the hardscrabble beginnings of the annual Hosea Helps holiday dinner on Thanksgiving in Downtown Atlanta. Little to remind of an era when turkeys were reported stolen days before the event and the founder would plead for donations.
