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Second Helpings rescues food to feed the hungry
By Cathi Arora With nearly 100 billion pounds of food trashed every year in America, one local synagogue is bridging the gap between hunger and waste. By “rescuing” would-be…
Marist women build Habitat homes with ‘a solid foundation’
By Martha Nodar Only women work at this construction site. They bring their daughters to help. Their husbands bring lunch. “Our husbands come at lunchtime to bring us food…
Giving back, growing a family, one soccer game at a time
About six years ago, during a church outing to read Christmas stories to immigrant children at a DeKalb County apartment complex, Grant Goodwin watched some of the kids split off…
Identity thieves can steal what you post on social media
By Police Officer Larry Jacobs It’s easy to become comfortable posting on social networking sites without thinking of the risks posed by putting personal information online where everyone can see…
Fighting cancer is an endurance sport for Team in Training cyclist
By Eileen Drennen It all started with a bike. Long a fan of spinning at the gym and something of a “jockette” anyway, Cindy Corvi says she picked up a…
A year after the earthquakes in Haiti, there’s much to be done
After a major earthquake rocked Haiti last year, a teenaged girl approached the Rev. Edith Woodling, chaplain of St. Martin’s Episcopal School in Brookhaven, as she was helping direct cars…
USO volunteers provide ‘touch of home’ for traveling troops
By Carla Caldwell Greeting soldiers at the Atlanta airport as a USO volunteer restores Sandy Springs resident Robert Faulkender’s faith in America’s future. “Sometimes I’ll get so aggravated at the…
‘Pinch Hitters’ let workers spend Christmas with their families
By Jody Steinberg This Christmas Eve, hundreds of Jewish Atlantans will once again “go to bat” at hospitals and assisted living homes around Atlanta to make the holidays more enjoyable…
Seniors stay young, find joy in volunteering to help others
By Martha Nodar Some say life begins at 40, but for some Atlantans, it may be 90 — or older. Anna Wolff, soon to be 103 next month, is a…
Birthday celebration delivers a happier Thanksgiving to needy families
By Fran Memberg Five hundred Sandy Springs and Dunwoody families will have a more festive Thanksgiving than they might have expected this year, and that helped Debbie Sonenshine have a…
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