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Did you know that every nine seconds a woman is beaten in the United States? Or that people between the ages of 12 and 24 are at higher risk for sexual assault and rape? Do you know how to recognize the signs of domestic violence? And what do to help someone who's been a victim [...]

For the last episode of 2022, the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia will take you behind the scenes and talk with some of the "givers" – those helping make their nonprofits' work possible – and share some stories of how lives are being changed through that giving. This episode includes inspiring stories from Good Samaritan [...]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's National Survey of Children's Health, more than 1 in 4 children have been exposed to at least one adverse event in their lives. In Georgia, 18% of children have experienced at least one adverse event and 10% have experienced two or more. Today’s episode discusses what children and young [...]

Jace Brooks/Director, Better Work Gwinnett Better Work Gwinnett began as part of the Gwinnett Cares initiative and the Georgia Center for Opportunity's Hiring Well, Doing Good initiative. The goal is to foster a local solution that supports business efforts to find workers while doing good in the community. Brian White/Director of Community Engagement, First [...]

Muriam Nafees/Project Coordinator, Volunteer Gwinnett Volunteer Gwinnett is a county-wide volunteer program designed to involve residents in volunteer activities. Gwinnett County depends on volunteers to help provide residents with the best services and programs possible. Their volunteers directly contribute to the excellent quality of life residents enjoy in the community. Ryan Jones/Director of Community Development, [...]

Kristina Blum/Gwinnett Chief Magistrate Judge Gwinnett County Magistrate Court‘s jurisdiction encompasses civil claims of $15,000 or less, county ordinance violations, applications for and issuance of arrest and search warrants, preliminary hearings, dispossessory writs, and distress warrants. No jury trials are held in this court. Appeals from decisions in landlord, tenant and civil cases are made [...]

Kim Holland/Director of Early Learning & School Readiness at Gwinnett Co. Public Schools The Office of Early Learning and School Readiness strives to ensure that all students enter Kindergarten ready to learn at high levels. In creating partnerships with parents, public and private organizations as well as businesses, they are able to align developmental and academic standards [...]

Chad Jones/View Point Health View Point Health is a community behavioral health center utilizing a team of psychiatrists, nurses, licensed counselors and social workers, as well as other professionals, to provide services to individuals who need treatment and support to cope with mental illness, substance abuse, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. View Point Health serves [...]

Randy Redner/Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia At the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, everything they do centers around one purpose - improving our world through the power of philanthropy. On a fundamental level, they do that through managing funds held in trust, donated by individuals, organizations and businesses. Most funds are donor-advised funds, similar to [...]

Will Atkins/MARR Addiction Treatment Centers Established in 1975, MARR Addiction Treatment Centers is a private, non-profit organization that provides long-term residential addiction treatment to men and women. They are dedicated to bringing lasting recovery through intensive, high-quality, gender-specific rehab programs. They understand that the process of you or someone you love starting addiction treatment can [...]

Andy Helmer/Shelters to Shutters Shelters to Shutters is a national 501c3 organization that transitions individuals and families out of homelessness to economic self-sufficiency by educating and engaging the real estate industry to provide employment and housing opportunities. Jonathan "JT" Wu/Preface Founded in 2019, Preface is a national public-private philanthropic initiative dedicated to fostering Equality [...]

Christi Heidt/Peachtree Christian Health Peachtree Christian Health, a Life Enrichment Center, is where older adults and those living with dementia can find the safe and engaging care they need to stay happy and healthy during daytime hours, providing peace of mind to their caregiver. Their 25,000-square-foot facility is fully-equipped for participants with physical conditions and [...]