Metro Atlanta church offers free Thanksgiving meal to hundreds
Duffie Dixon, WXIA3:04 p.m. EST November 26, 2015Campus Church of Christ in Norcross offers free community Thanksgiving meal(Photo: wxia)NORCROSS, Ga. -- Hundreds formed a line inside Campus Church of Christ Thursday for a free meal offered to everyone and anyone in the community.Minister Dusty Rush offered a prayer for the food in English and then had two others do the same in Spanish and Vietnamese.The community along Indian Trail that surrounds the church is diverse. While the church sits on ..>> view originalChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta patients say what they're
In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta asked some of their patients and their families to share what they’re most thankful for this year.Their responses were amazing.According toChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta's Facebook page, they weren't grateful for materialistic things -- but were thankful for things like, “Not dying.” “My new heart.” “Going home.”These children have spent much of 2015 away from their homes, schools and playgrounds to recover from things li..>> view originalDikembe Mutombo's time as an Atlanta Hawk was worthy of ultimate recognition
Jason Getz-USA TODAY SportsMan does not fly in the house of Mutombo.When it was announced that theHawkswere going to tear down their imaginary, deeply prohibitive, never focused boundaries around retiring awesome players' jerseys, I was super-stoked that it wasDikembe Mutombothat was the first to be honored. I wrote about it at the timeand had a list of reasons why I thought it was appropriate. Mutombo, by my own measures, admittedly, came in at #4 in the Greatest of All-Time Atlant..>> view originalMan wanted in infant death also sought in attempted homicide
A man wanted in the beating death of a 9-month-old Atlanta infant is also being sought by Florida authorities on charges of attempted murder and home invasion.Escambia County, Fla., authorities said warrants have been issued against Jaquest Deeric Norris in connection with an incident that took place in a home near Pensacola on Oct. 5. In the Florida documents, the man’s first name was spelled Ja’Quest.Atlanta police said Wednesday they were seeking Norris in connection with the death of Monte J..>> view originalPardon Our Interruption
Pardon Our Interruption... As you were browsinghttp://www.bizjournals.comsomething about your browser made us think you were a bot. There are a few reasons this might happen: You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed. You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser. A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. Additional information is available in thissupport article..>> view originalAnnual event to feed homeless underway in Atlanta | www
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. —Volunteers are spending Thanksgiving helping others by preparing thousands of meals for local families.The annual Hosea Helps event began at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Georgia World Congress Center.Nearly 6,000 people attended the event.Channel 2’s Audrey Washington was at the venue Thursday morning as preparations were underway by 7 a.m.Dinner began at 10 a.m. and went on until 3 p.m.The meals were prepared under the guidance of a professional chef.Organizers said the event is ..>> view originalT
ATLANTA | Rappers T.I. and Jeezy separately handed out hundreds of turkeys and meals in Atlanta.T.I. helped Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed helped hand out 500 turkeys at the Adamsville Recreation Center. The event was a part of Reed's and the Mayor's Office of Constituent Services' sixth annual turkey giveaway.Jeezy provided 200 boxes of food, including turkey or ham, corn green beans, stuffing, rolls and cranberry sauce at Mt. Sanai Baptist Church. He held the event through his Street Dreamz Foundati..>> view original12000 take part in Thanksgiving Day Half Marathon events
About 12,000 racers bundled up Thursday morning to take part in the Thanksgiving Day Half Marathon events in downtown Atlanta.The half marathon, 5K, one mile and 50-meter dash started and finished at Turner Field.Geraint Davis of Suwanee, who was last year’s second-place finisher, won the half marathon with a time of 1:10:54. Jill Braley of Rome broke the tape for the women in 1:18:47. She was also the female champion in 2013.The Thanksgiving Day races are put on by the Atlanta Track Club. Parti..>> view originalHoliday music makes its way into Falcons locker room
The Falcons’ offensive line are bringing Christmas cheer to the locker room, even if a little early.Some of the Falcons’ offensive linemen debuted the first locker room holiday jam session of the season before practice on Wednesday.“It’s close enough,” said left guard, Andy Levitre. “Some people wait until after Thanksgiving but we were talking about it and we just thought we’d go with it.”But don’t be fooled, center Mike Person is the ringleader of holiday music effort.“I was just supplying the..>> view original4 things to do in Atlanta this Thanksgiving Day: Holiday favorite | www
Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. Happy Thanksgiving! Here are four things to do around Atlanta on Thursday, Nov. 26:.>> view original
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