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Girl Power: Cool Girls help fight poverty, provide education
Tuesday, 1 Nov, 2011 – 5:00 | One Comment
Girl Power: Cool Girls help fight poverty, provide education

By Ana Laura Araya
It might be a surprising fact – and a sad truth – that there are more girls living in poverty in Atlanta than in any other city in the United States.
Fortunately, there is …

Living By Giving: Sue Payne of Girls on the Run
Wednesday, 26 Oct, 2011 – 5:00 | No Comment
Living By Giving: Sue Payne of Girls on the Run

By Kate Atwood
Run, Sue, run!
Sue Payne runs a lot in her life. She runs a household, she runs for a hobby, and she runs a unique program for young girls in Atlanta called Girls on …

Higher Learning: KIPP opens Atlanta Collegiate
Monday, 1 Aug, 2011 – 5:00 | No Comment
Higher Learning: KIPP opens Atlanta Collegiate

By Sydia Bell
KIPP, Knowledge Is Power Program, recently opened their first high school, Atlanta Collegiate. With a current enrollment of 130 students in the initial 9th grade class, this marks KIPP’s fifth public charter school …

Backpack in the Park fundraiser July 30 at Piedmont
Friday, 29 Jul, 2011 – 16:00 | No Comment
Backpack in the Park fundraiser July 30 at Piedmont

Presented by For the Kid in All of Us (www.ForTheKid.org), the Atlanta-based non-profit organization whose mission it is to brighten the lives of Georgia’s children in need, will present the 6th annual Backpack in the …

CNN hosts student leadership event
Tuesday, 21 Jun, 2011 – 16:15 | No Comment
CNN hosts student leadership event

High school students from around Georgia have converged on CNN Center at the Georgia Tech campus for the sixth annual Leadership Unplugged: A CNN Experience for a weeklong series of training sessions and discussions focused …

Living by Giving: Kilpatrick helps girls dream, succeed
Wednesday, 1 Jun, 2011 – 23:00 | No Comment
Living by Giving: Kilpatrick helps girls dream, succeed

By Kate Atwood
I was 23 years old when I started Kate’s Club. Today, eight years later, I look back and reflect upon just how young I was to be taking on such a task. But …