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School

Hess Students Complete Six Flags Read to Succeed

Six Flags promotes literacy by rewarding students for hard work. Over the school year the entire student body at Hess Academy successfully completed the Six Flags Succeed to Read program and earned tickets to Six Flags by completing 6 hours of recreational reading.

Local Connections

RENTERS IN EAST ATLANTA ARE FRANTICALLY CLEANING UP THEIR APARTMENTS, TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND MAKING DELICIOUS MEALS AS THEY PREPARE TO SHOWCASE ROOMMATE GREATNESS IN THE FIFTH ANNUAL APARTMENTS.COM ROOMMATE OF THE YEAR SEARCH

One Lucky and Deserving Roomie Will Receive Free Rent for a Year Plus $10,000; and the Roommate Video Shorts Contest Returns with $250 Weekly Prizes   Apartments.com celebrates the fifth year of its popular Roommate of the Year video contest -- launched at  http://www.roommateoftheyear.com --  as …

Awareness

WIRELESS LEADERS UNITE FOR ‘IT CAN WAIT’ CAMPAIGN TO CURB TEXTING WHILE DRIVING

AT&T Joined by Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and 200+ Other Organizations; Multi-Million Dollar Ad Campaign, Major Retail Presence and Expanded Texting-While-Driving Simulator Tour Planned AT&T’s It Can Wait® campaign to end texting and driving was significantly bolstered today by the commitment of …

Awareness

Gifted Foundation Helps Atlanta Students Acquire $2.2 million in College Scholarships

Atlanta, Ga. April 26, 2013 - Students enrolled in the Gifted Education Foundation’s College Access Program (GCAP) have received $2.2 million in scholarships and subsidized funding. Out of 29 students in Gifted’s first cohort of graduating high school seniors, 20 students have received college …

Awareness

AT&T PREPARED TO KEEP CUSTOMERS CONNECTED DURING HURRICANE SEASON

Company’s disaster response program first in country certified by federal government AT&T is committed to providing its customers reliable communications during the upcoming hurricane season - before, during and after storms - and has one of the industry’s largest and most advanced disaster …

Patch Reads

BBB Warns of Charity Scams, Offers Giving Tips in Wake of Boston Marathon Bombing

At least one poorly-conceived charity scam has already emerged in the wake of the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday, and more are likely. BBB Wise Giving Alliance (“Alliance”), the national charity monitoring arm of the Better Business Bureau, and BBB Serving Eastern …

Awareness

Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia to Sponsor the Dash4Dad Prostate Cancer 5K Run/Walk, June 15th

Nationwide Event Raises Funds for Prostate Cancer Testing, Research and Treatment ATLANTA, GA – According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 238,590 new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed in the US and an estimated 29,720 deaths in 2013. In its continued efforts to increase …

Social Notes

Care2Call Outreach Program A "Home-Run" with Charities

VoiceNation, a full service voice communication solution provider and preferred call center partner for thousands of businesses nationwide, has officially announced their unique Care2Call voice communication solution for non-profit, tax-exempt charities. VoiceNation's Care2Call provides free access…

School

Free Summer Program to Prevent Summer Learning Loss in East Atlanta

Most students lose about two months of learning over summer break.  By high school, the accumulation of lost months can mean students have fallen behind grade level an entire year or more.  LearnBop’s new program offers a solution to this summer learning loss. LearnBop focuses on learning math.  …

Promotions

Comcast partners with Matt Ryan to announce "Huddle Up with Matt" Contest

Atlanta Falcons All-Pro quarterback Matt Ryan has teamed up with Comcast to announce the new Xfinity Triple Play bundle – which includes home security for the first time and features protection, vision and speed – three qualities that mirror Matt’s game. In conjunction with this, Comcast and Matt …

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