Sunday, February 13, 2011
Henderson Park Community Garden plays vital role in local organizations devoted to spreading the gift of food
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- Alicia Araya
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Two weeks ago I wrote a piece about the beginnings of Tucker’s first organic community garden venture, the Henderson Park Community Garden. In a follow-up article I described how the garden’s by-laws and structure make sharing, caring, and community-building an integral part of HPCG’s existence. The fact that DeKalb County’s Natural Resources Management Office decreed that any community garden must adhere to organic methods of fertilization and pest control have helped to create a culture that prizes education, cooperation, and community capacitation. How-to classes are available to all members, besides which HPCG’s website makes resource materials freely available. Volunteer work is another indispensable facet of HPCG’s mission. Members …
Thursday, February 3, 2011
AARP Tax-Aide is a volunteer corporation administered through the AARP Foundation in cooperation with the IRS. Their mission is to help regular people prepare their taxes, free of charge.
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- Alicia Araya
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
For many of us, the prospect of April 15th brings memories of a long-ago Beatles song and a large collective headache: Should five per cent appear too small, Be thankful I don't take it all. 'Cause I’m the taxman, Yeah, I’m the taxman. But a local group of AARP volunteers happen to love tax season, and they’re ready to share that love with you – in an incredibly generous way. Starting today, Thursday, Feb. 3, at 10:30am, a small army of volunteer tax preparers stand ready to take your W2’s and 1040A’s and transform them, free of charge, into a document that will please the IRS and most likely save you money to boot. From now until tax season closes, Tucker residents can find the AARP Tax Aide volunteers on Mondays and Thursdays at the …
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The school and Hands On Atlanta teamed up on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday to gather volunteers and paint the school's walls
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- Kate Awtrey
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was to bridge barriers and give strength and power to self and communities. Henderson Middle School did just that as it teamed up with Hands On Atlanta and the community in order to work together as part of the MLK Day of Service on Monday. Jon McKenna, co-chair of the school's PTA grounds committee, asked Principal Terese Allen what she needed done if volunteers were brought into the school to work. The biggest need, Allen said, was to have the halls painted. Hands on Atlanta supplied hundreds of paintbrushes and paint as well as volunteers from Georgia Perimeter College and Starbucks. “We started at 8:30 in the morning, and we are planning on going until the paint is through,” McKenna said. By 11 a.…
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Potential pet adopters are encouraged to visit Northlake PetSmart on January 22
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- Alicia Araya
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
A previous article introduced Royal Potcake Rescue, a rescue group that helps local animals in dire straits as well as those in the Great Abaco Islands, an island paradise with a serious animal overpopulation problem. Many animals are in urgent need of foster care as well; curious readers and potential pet adopters are encouraged to visit Northlake PetSmart on January 22 from 11 - 3:30 p.m. or contact potcake_rescue@bellsouth.net for more information. This small animal advocacy group is supported solely by adoption fees and donations, and all funds raised go directly toward paying vet bills, medicines, dog and cat food, and financing spay and neuter clinics in the Bahamas. In this article I want to describe these clinics and share some end…
Friday, December 31, 2010
Local residents' vocation to animals gave rise to a cross-continent pet rescue mission
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- Alicia Araya
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Friday, December 31, 2010
Not many of us can claim we're helping to make the world a better place with each trip to the glorious Bahamas. Yet, this is precisely what Nancy Kluisza and Judy Marshall have set about doing, with their Royal Potcake Rescue effort, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to rescue, spay and neuter Potcakes from the Great Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. RPR is also actively involved in pet rescue, fostering, and adoption efforts in Tucker and the metro Atlanta area. They have funded this great effort out of their own pocketbooks – no government funding or grants aids either their Bahamas Islands or local efforts. "I will do my best to help every homeless animal that crosses my path, no matter where my path leads... It just so …
Alicia Araya
12:21 am on Tuesday, February 15, 2011
very true! more ›