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Atlanta

Monday, November 9 · From the posts of 78 Atlanta organizations

Atlanta
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LifeLine Animal Project has spayed or neutered over 60,000 community cats

The group launched metro Atlanta's first Trap-Neuter-Return program, which benefits 35 Georgia counties and gets 700 average monthly requests.

LifeLine Animal Project

Bagel Rescue volunteer William connected the group to new funding

Bagel Rescue

Rina saved $7,000 while living at The Drake Village

The Drake House says Rina also passed Phlebotomy and EKG certification exams and is nearing her Certified Clinical Medical Assistant credential.

The Drake House

Zoo Atlanta's Ping Ping shows how pandas break up bamboo

The zoo says specialized jaw and skull structure adaptations are what allow giant pandas to handle bamboo with ease.

Zoo Atlanta

For the Breast of Us lets Liz tell her MBC story

The group says living with metastatic breast cancer does not mean a woman stops having goals, ambition or a life she wants.

For the Breast of Us
✨ A New Tradition Is Coming to Light Up the Season ✨ Light Up the Season is getting even brighter this year with a new L

Piedmont Park Conservancy adds a lantern parade to its lighting ceremony

Lantern-making and live music start Nov 22 at 3:30 p.m., before the parade ends with lighting the Great Tree, Menorah and Kinara.

Piedmont Park Conservancy

Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce honors GCADV's Jim Mejia

The chamber named Mejia one of its 2026 Most Influential Latinos in Georgia, and the coalition lists its Georgia hotline as 1-800-33HAVEN.

Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence

The Atlanta Beltline passes some of the city's LGBTQ landmarks

The Beltline points to spots tied to generations of LGBTQ Atlantans who built community and advocated for change.

Atlanta Beltline

Furkids began 25 years ago with a stray cat family

The founder took in a mother cat and three kittens after animal control said they would be euthanized, and adopted the kitten Tortie.

Furkids

Coweta Force peer Anna completes CARES Academy recovery specialist training

CARES training, run by the Georgia Council for Recovery and the state behavioral health department, is for people who have lived recovery themselves.

Coweta Force
Wildlife and nature

Birds, rivers, forests and the animals in them.8 organizations

Open the Collection

Chattahoochee Nature Center's beaver stashed a watermelon chunk for later

The treat gave sensory, food and cognitive enrichment, and the center says donors fund this care because the team cannot accept payment for rehabilitation.

Chattahoochee Nature Center

Dunwoody Nature Center says Big Brown Bats are natural pest control

One colony of 150 can eat enough cucumber beetles in a summer to prevent 33 million crop-damaging rootworm larvae, the center says.

Dunwoody Nature Center

Birds Georgia restores grassland on a former Jekyll Island golf course

Director of Conservation Gabe Andrle has already spotted Bobolinks and hawks using the former Oleander Golf Course site.

Birds Georgia

Trees Atlanta picks American persimmon as October Tree of the Month

The group says the fruit tastes somewhat like dates when fully ripe, but picked too soon it can be very astringent.

Trees Atlanta

Atlanta Children's Shelter grew a volunteer project into a workforce program

Jason Patrick calls early childhood education an opportunity multiplier that gives parents time to pursue jobs and new skills.

Atlanta Children's Shelter

Georgia Aquarium shares progress on rescued Balor and Zephyr

The two came to the aquarium after a rescue from a marine park in Canada, and more updates are coming.

Georgia Aquarium

Burnaway visits weaver Dominique Muñoz in his Houston studio

May Howard and Muñoz talk about textiles inherited from loved ones, experiments with cyanotypes and what it means to weave an image.

Burnaway

Goodie Nation celebrates Bianca Millien as its Queen of Innovation

Millien, Director of Product Management at Cox Automotive, was an Equity Wings Fellow working on bringing ed tech to K, 12 students.

Goodie Nation

Southern Conservation Trust says turning off lights helps migrating birds

Millions of birds travel through Georgia at night each spring and fall, and home lights can draw them off course toward buildings.

Southern Conservation Trust
Mental health

Counseling and support when life gets heavy.5 organizations

Open the Collection

Former Skyland Trail client Lake shares his recovery story on video

George West Mental Health Foundation posted the video for World Mental Health Day, with Lake reflecting on the role treatment played.

George West Mental Health Foundation

Raksha wins two grants for survivor legal help and youth healing

The GAPABA Law Foundation chose Raksha among 8 grantees, and Community Corps among 22, funding the KHELA program for South Asian children.

Raksha

Georgia Trend named Vira Salzburn to its 40 Under 40

Salzburn, Director of Impact at the Mediation Center, works with Resilient Coastal Georgia, Resilient Georgia says.

Resilient Georgia
Hunger and food

Food banks, pantries, kitchens and farms.9 organizations

Open the Collection

Second Helpings Atlanta says best by dates often mean quality

The food rescue suggests checking the label and using your senses before throwing usable food in the trash.

Second Helpings Atlanta

Volunteer driver Chris F. delivers sandwiches for The Sandwich Project

Chris has volunteered for two years, taking sandwiches from the weekly collections to recipient locations across the community.

The Sandwich Project
September is Hunger Action Month 🧡 In Georgia, 1 in 6 people (including 1 in 5 children) are facing food insecurity. Fo

Global Growers runs a pay-what-you-can produce market for local families

The market at Indian Creek Market Farm offers culturally diverse produce from local growers and creates income for farmers in the network.

Global Growers

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