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Thurmond seeks 'a new day for DeKalb County' with CEO run

by Christine Fonville

February 16, 2016 04:14 PM | 0

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With the announcement of his run for DeKalb County CEO today, Michael Thurmond said he hopes to usher in a new day for DeKalb. “That’s our campaign motto and it’s so very important for our county,” Thurmond said. Progress and pushing forward will also be central themes during his campaign, he said. “DeKalb County is in a moment of great crisis and clearly experiencing a loss of trust,” he said. “It’s critical that our county resident...

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Fashion A Cure

Feb 15, 2016

Friends of Winship, a volunteer advocacy group that supports the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in DeKalb County, will host the Fashion A Cure fashion show and luncheon March 1 at 11 a.m. at Cherokee Town Club in Buckhead. The sold-out event will benefit treatment and research of cancers affecting women at the institute. It will include fashions from local boutiques. From left, event committee members Lynn Cochran, Karen Richardson and Nancy Stone. Information: Amanda Benedict, (404) 712-9632 or bit.ly/1Lb4oBJ / Special Photo

Shutze Awards Dinner

Feb 15, 2016

The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art’s Southeast chapter will present the 10th annual Shutze Awards during a ceremony Feb. 27 at the Piedmont Driving Club in Midtown. This program recognizes the finest practitioners of classical architecture, interior design, landscape design, craftsmanship and construction in the region. A distinguished panel of nationally renowned classical leaders serves as judges, who were honored at a recent dinner at the club. The awards are named for Philip Trammell Shutze, revered as one of America’s greatest Neo-classical architects. Reservations for the Shutze Awards Dinner, at $150 per person for institute members and $200 for non-members, may be made by emailing icasoutheast@gmail.com. From left, Barry Hutner, owner of Parc Monceau Antiques and an Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Southeast chapter board member; 2016 Shutze committee member Rachel Baydar of Insidesign; institute Southeast chapter board member Wes Vawter and Nancy Izlar of Nancy Izlar Interior Design. / Special - Kim Link

Fashion Show

Feb 08, 2016

The Forward Arts Foundation, in partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue, featured Carolina Herrera’s spring 2016 collection in its 23rd annual Fashion Show, held recently at the at the Ritz-Carlton in Buckhead. This event was part of foundation’s ongoing celebration of its 50th anniversary. It is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the visual arts in Atlanta. From left, honorary chair Fay Howell and Jan Bennett. / Special Photo

‘The Nutcracker’

Feb 08, 2016

Rotary Club of Atlanta's holiday party

Feb 08, 2016

The Rotary Club of Atlanta recently hosted its annual holiday party at Cherokee Town Club in Buckhead. The event included a buffet dinner, dancing and holiday music by Christmas carolers dressed in 19th-century style attire. From left, Robert Balentine and his wife Betty. / Special - Kim Link

Six Weeks of Giving

Feb 08, 2016

Aaron’s Inc., a Buckhead-based a lease-to-own retailer specializing in the sales and lease ownership of furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, recently completed its Six Weeks of Giving campaign in which it partnered with the Action Ministries Atlanta Women’s Community Kitchen and Children’s Program. Action Ministries Atlanta is a nonprofit that uses community partners and volunteers to lead residents out of poverty. Aaron’s employees, with help from Sherwin-Williams’ paint donations and Shaw Industries’ carpet gift, renovated its computer room, now called the Aaron’s Technology Center. Employees also wrapped gifts, prepared and served lunch and prepped to host the Christmas party for women and children there. In addition, Aaron’s executives delivered 200 turkeys to the nonprofit to help low-income and homeless families celebrate the holidays. Pictured are Aaron’s employees wrapping presents for the Action Ministries Atlanta Christmas party. From left, Natasha Holland, associate manager for customer relationship management; Elaine Shelnutt, assistant manager for administrative services; Andrea Freeman, vice president of marketing; and Sandi Murnane, creative manager./ Special Photo

Girl Scouts Badge & Sash Store opens

Feb 08, 2016

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta recently opened the Sandy Springs Badge & Sash Store. It is located at 7878 Roswell Road, Suite K and is one of five locations in Georgia. The new store location carries a full assortment of Girl Scout merchandise, including uniforms, program materials, accessories, gifts, program partner tickets and more. From left, Sandy Springs Police Sgt. Shane Barkley, Sandy Springs Police Capt. John Mullin, Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta CEO Amy Dosik, Sandy Springs Deputy Fire Chief Mark Duke and Girl Scout Troop 15023 Leader Diane Miller at the ribbon-cutting ceremony that officially opened the store. / Special Photo

Hugs and Subs

Feb 01, 2016

In association with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, in September, Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman recently teamed up with metro Atlanta Subway restaurants for the second fundraising initiative called Freddie Freeman’s Hugs and Subs. Freeman used this opportunity to help patients in the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Throughout September, more than 550 Subway restaurants rewarded customers making an in-store donation to the Aflac Cancer Center with an “I hugged Freddie” paper icon which can be personalized with the customer’s name and includes a discount coupon. Freeman, right, signs a jersey for a cancer patient at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta during a kickoff event at the hospital system’s Child Life Zone at Scottish Rite in Sandy Springs. / Special Photo

Atlanta Fine Homes' holiday party

Jan 25, 2016

During the season of giving, the Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty Holiday Party, held recently at the Cherokee Town Club in Buckhead, benefited three Atlanta charities: Jerusalem House, the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Greater Atlanta affiliate and Lighthouse Family Retreat. The Buckhead-based company by donated $5,000 each to these nonprofits. The event included Christmas carolers, dressed in 19th-century Victorian attire, a dinner buffet and dancing to the popular and 1960s music of the band Moxie. From left, Jeff Ellis, intown office agent Patti Ellis, intown office Vice President Lisa Johnson and Brett Johnson. (Special / Kim Link and Ross Henderson)

Talk & Taste

Jan 25, 2016

MedShare, an Atlanta-based national nonprofit that works to strengthen health systems in the developing world and to improve the environment through the efficient collection and redistribution of surplus medical supplies and equipment, recently welcomed more than 200 supporters to its second Talk & Taste fundraising event at SweetWater Brewing Co. in Buckhead. From left, MedShare founder A.B. Short, Chris Isenberg and MedShare CEO Charles Redding. (Special / Kelly Gray)

Ben Franklin Academy hosts food drive

Jan 25, 2016

The Ben Franklin Academy Philanthropy Club recently hosted a food drive, collecting donations of both food and money that total over six tons of food. The school’s advisory groups competed in the fundraising/food drive effort. The food was distributed through the Action Ministries hunger relief program that helps people shed the burden of searching for their next meal. From left, Sophie Morris, Benjamin Chen, advisor Edward Ellis and Declan Greenwald. (Special Photo)

The Franklin Players perform 'Inside Al'

Jan 25, 2016

Ben Franklin Academy in DeKalb County recently had two events. First, its resident theatre group, The Franklin Players, recently opened their 2015-16 season, with a poignant play about intolerance, kindness, and the road between the two. Winner of the 1987 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Young Playwrights Award, ‘Inside Al,’ by David S. Baker, is the story of a 39-year-old man with cerebral palsy who has been targeted by three competing classmates to be the subject of their required high school kindness project. The Franklin Players next will participate, for the second year, in a five-week new play developing a creative response to the novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ with 7 Stages Theatre in Little Five Points, in February. From left, Samantha Pinheiro, Paul Marozeau, Wright Howell, Sophie Braxton and Bella Braxton. (Special Photo)

Odyssey Brunch

Jan 25, 2016

Odyssey, an educational nonprofit that serves students in grades one through 12 from economically disadvantaged communities, will hold its annual Odyssey Brunch at the St. Regis in Buckhead Feb. 8 at 9:30 am. The brunch is Odyssey’s primary fundraising event of the year, and is always well attended by several hundred Atlantans who share a commitment to educational access for all of Atlanta’s youth. The event makes it possible for 350 students to attend Odyssey’s life-changing program for free. The 2016 brunch will feature a keynote address by UCLA education professor Pedro Noguera. Noguera is a renowned expert on public education and the ways in which social and economic conditions impact urban schools. As in past years, guests will also have the opportunity to hear directly from an Odyssey graduate about how the program has influenced his or her life. Odyssey’s six-week, summer, project-based learning program focuses on students with unmet potential, preparing them for academic success, high school graduation and supporting them on their path to college. The program is a partnership between Atlanta Public Schools and The Westminster Schools and is held on Westminster’s campus in Buckhead. Tables for the brunch are nearly sold out, so interested parties are encouraged to secure them as soon as possible. For ticket and sponsorship information, contact Tara Sweeney at (404) 367-5149 or TaraSweeney@odysseyatlanta.org or visit www.odysseyatlanta.org. Brunch leaders and committee members recently gathered at Ashley Miller’s home in Buckhead to prepare for the event. Front row from left, honorary chair Lindsey Kamin, co-chairs Molly Caine and Mary Ann Groton and honorary chair Jennifer Kellett. Second row from left, Cara Isdell Lee, Sheetal Dube, Amy Kim, Caroline Willis, Angela Bromenschenkel and Miller. Third row from left, Veronica Morriesette, Helen Stewart, Catherine Flynn, Alden Potts, Christina Whitney and Catherine Jaxon. (Special / Ben Rose Photography)

Language & Literacy Gala

Jan 25, 2016

Howard's Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day

Jan 25, 2016

The Howard School in west Midtown recently hosted its annual Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day. About 350 students and guests filled the school’s gymnasium for the event. Grandparents and special friends were encouraged to visit their student’s classroom and to shop in the 2015 Scholastic Book Fair. Howard student Emily Taylor, 13, of Marietta, second from right, with, from left, grandparents Linda Taylor, of Avondale Estates, and Jenny and Bob Pruitt, of Vinings. (Special Photo)

Shutze Awards

Jan 25, 2016

Art of Nature Gala

Jan 22, 2016

Locust Grove renames street for MLK

Jan 19, 2016

A new street sign honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands Monday in Locust Grove. (Staff / Noreen Cochran)

Henry County NAACP presents the 2016 MLK Day Celebration

Jan 18, 2016

McDonough paraders mark MLK Day 2016 in Henry County

Jan 18, 2016

The Henry County NAACP MLK Day Parade float by church of the year Tabernacle of Praise. (Staff / Noreen Cochran)

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