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Congregations open their doors to host homeless families

DUNWOODY, Ga. -- More than 150 volunteers from Dunwoody United Methodist Church welcomed four homeless families to live in the church last week as part of a national program called Family Promise.

Dunwoody UMC is part of a local network that consists of 12 host congregations: Temple Sinai, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church, St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Roswell UMC, Northminster Presbyterian Church, Temple Beth Tikvah, Roswell Presbyterian Church, Kingswood UMC, St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, Alpharetta Presbyterian Church and Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church.

The host congregations provide rooms for the homeless families four weeks out of the year, once per quarter.

A total of four single mothers and seven children, ranging in age from 7 months to 12 years, arrived at Dunwoody UMC on Sunday, April 28 and stayed until Sunday, May 5. This week, they're in the care of St. Dunstan's.

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Fulton County senior multipurpose facilities to host Community Days

Fulton County senior multipurpose facilities to host Community Days

Seniors can enjoy entertainment, food and fun, while taking advantage of health screenings

Fulton County’s Older Americans Month celebration continues with “Community Days at the Harriett G. Darnell Senior Multipurpose Facility, the Helene S. Mills Senior Multipurpose Facility and the Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex.  Community Days will feature food, fun and health information for seniors and will be held on the following days:

Saturday, May 11, 2013 – Community Day – 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Harriett G. Darnell Senior Multipurpose Facility
677 Fairburn Road, NW
Atlanta, GA

  • features food, fun, health screenings and entertainment

Saturday, May 18, 2013 – Community Day – 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex
6500 Vernon Woods Drive
Sandy Spring, GA

Urban Youth Harp Ensemble to play Spring Concert Finale

Urban Youth Harp Ensemble to play Spring Concert Finale

ATLANTA -- The Urban Youth Harp Ensemble will hold their Spring Concert Finale on Thursday, May 16, and is inviting all residents to hear them play. 

The Southwest Arts Center is the venue of the concert, located at 915 New Hope Road. Showtime is set for 7:00 p.m. in the Performance Center. 

The Urban Youth Harp Ensemble is directed by Carolyn Lund, and is made up of 50 African American harpists. Those who attend the performance can enjoy light concert pieces and movie themes. It is free admission for the public. 

Man clings to woman's windshield after argument

ROSWELL, Ga. -- A woman took a man for a wild ride as he held onto her car for dear life after an argument.

It happened Saturday, April 13th, as Elton Kim was washing his car outside of his workplace, Ellard Cleaners in Roswell.  According to the police report, a woman hit his car as she was backing out of another parking space.

Kim called police and stood in front of the woman's car so she could not drive away as he waited on officers to arrive.

The car drove closer to Kim, so he jumped on the hood and stayed there as the woman left the dry cleaner parking lot and began driving eastbound on Holcomb Bridge Road.  

Kim stayed on for the ride, as the woman made a U-turn in front of Fire Station 7 and continued westbound on Holcomb Bridge Road. When the vehicle reached Holcomb Bridge and Barnwell roads, Kim let go.

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Fulton County Cooperative Extension participates in Pizza Farm 2013

Fulton County Cooperative Extension participates in Pizza Farm 2013

How do you expose urban youth to Georgia’s agriculture? You open a Pizza Farm!

The Cooperative Extension Metro Collaborative of Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton counties have invited 4th and 5th grade students to visit Pizza Farm 2013 on May 8 and 9, 2013 at the State Farmers Market Exhibit Hall located in Forest Park, GA. Attendees will learn how dairy, vegetables, grains and meats come together to make the perfect pizza, as well as about good health and nutrition. 

“We are excited about the Pizza Farm!” states Menia Chester, Director of Fulton County Cooperative Extension. “Many children think their food comes from the grocery store.  The Pizza Farm will teach them that every pizza starts at the farm.”

Exhibits on the origins of pizza ingredients will be presented in a circuit of stations set up around the State Farmers Market Exhibit Hall.

Chipotle offers BOGO special for teachers

Chipotle offers BOGO special for teachers

ATLANTA -- Chipotle Mexican Grill is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Day by offering buy-one-get-one menu items for educators.

On Tuesday, May 7, a teacher who shows a valid school ID at any U.S. Chipotle restaurant will receive a free burrito, burrito bowl, salad or order of tacos when they buy another menu item.

The promotion is available from 4 p.m. to close.

"We are changing the way people think about and eat fast food. This means going beyond our commitment to better food from more sustainable ingredients and working hard to engrain our restaurants in the communities that they serve," Chipotle communications director Chris Arnold said in a statement. "Connecting with educators and other key community groups is part of who we are, and we're always happy when our work makes an impact upon the communities where we operate."

Atlanta runner finds suspected Boston bomber's face in personal picture

ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- It was already enough stress to bear, knowing she was minutes away from where a bomb went off at the Boston Marathon.

But Diane Seale had told her two children to wait for her near where the smoke was rising. They'd surprised her by driving up to see her run her first Boston Marathon.

"My first thought was, where are my children," Seale said. "And then I thought, they came up here to surprise me, to give me something, and if they were taken away I don't know what I would do."

As she started dialing her phone, she heard her daughter yell for her.

"I jumped the police barricade and just hugged them," Seale said.

As she went home and counted her blessings with her kids, Seale watched the coverage of the search for the two suspects along with the rest of the country. Days later, her son was looking at his only photo of the race at home in Florida. Then he saw it.