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Mental and Behavioral Health

June 10, 2021 by Mike

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Mental and Behavioral Health

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Chad Jones, Heather Loveridge and Farley Barge

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 uninsured, underinsured, low-income Medicaid, Medicare, war veterans, and some private insurance across multiple locations with a full continuum of behavioral health services and supports. The services provided by View Point Health contribute to the reduction in homelessness, reduction in crime and subsequent incarcerations, higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, decreased ER visits, and decreased inpatient admissions.

Farley Barge/Navigate Recovery

Navigate Recovery Gwinnett is a Recovery Community Organization (RCO) committed to supporting individuals and families in recovery from addiction. Safe Harbor is an Addiction Recovery Support Center. Services are provided at no charge. Their mission is to serve individuals and families impacted by addiction, connecting them to the resources they need and removing barriers that prevent them from getting and staying well. Their vision is a community that treats addiction as a chronic condition and those who are affected with dignity and respect.

Host: Heather Loveridge/Magnolia Media Group

At the heart of marketing is great storytelling – and that’s what they do at Magnolia Media Group. Whether it’s through social media, e-newsletters, websites, brochures or complete marketing services, they help organizations tell their story.

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Better Together: The Power of Collective Impact

May 13, 2021 by Mike

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Better Together: The Power of Collective Impact

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Randy Redner, Paige Havens, Renee Byrd-Lewis and Heather Loveridge

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 savings accounts. These funds are pooled for investment purposes and their income is used to make grants for a wide variety of charitable purposes.

But their goals expand far beyond managing funds. They desire to strengthen the communities they serve in Gwinnett, Northeast Georgia and beyond by providing leadership, addressing community needs, and assisting individuals and organizations with their charitable giving.

Renee Byrd-Lewis/Gwinnett Coalition

The Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services is a public/private partnership whose mission is to facilitate collaboration that improves the well-being of the community.

They accomplish this mission by identifying needs and resources, setting priorities, planning solutions, focusing on results, and educating and motivating the community to action.

Paige Havens/Gwinnett Cares

Gwinnett Cares is an online grassroots effort that’s spun from a large group of community stakeholders (citizens, municipalities, businesses, non-profits, schools, faith community, healthcare providers, civic clubs, etc.) to streamline communication to Gwinnett’s population of a million people about how to get and give help during COVID-19.

Their goal is to synchronize Gwinnett’s existing support services and infrastructure to effectively address real-time needs across the community. Response teams, made up of community leaders and subject matter experts, have formed in 5 key focus areas: Food Insecurity & Supplies, Homelessness & Housing, Healthcare Access, Educational Support, and Workforce Development.

Host: Heather Loveridge/Magnolia Media Group

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Peachtree Christian Health and Top Dogg K9 Foundation

February 11, 2021 by Mike

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Peachtree Christian Health and Top Dogg K9 Foundation

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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 diminished cognitive capacities. Whether you are caring for an older adult living with Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s or a physical injury, your loved one will receive quality care and attention from experienced and trained caregivers.

Participants are offered meaningful and therapeutic activities and enrichment programs such as arts, games, cooking lessons, special occasion parties, exercises, horticultural therapy, and much more. The goal is to keep the minds and bodies of all participants active and engaged and to keep caregivers and their loved ones living together at home for as long as possible.

Drop off your loved one and relax. At Peachtree Christian Health, they got this!

Blake “Top Dogg” Rashad/Top Dogg K9 Foundation

The Top Dogg K9 Foundation mission is to reduce the number of military families that are impacted by suicide due to mental illness each year. TDK9 Foundation stands on the principle that “Veterans Deserve Outstanding Generosity and Service” (VDOGS). They support this principle by rescuing, training and pairing suitable K9s with disable veterans for a happier and healthy life. Hit the donate button and make a difference today!

Heirborn Servants and Torn Pages

January 14, 2021 by Mike

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Heirborn Servants and Torn Pages

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Jon Lewis/Heirborn Servants

Heirborn Servants seeks to improve every aspect of life by providing women in need with transportation, mentorship, and bonding ties within their local communities. Their approach gives survivors of human trafficking, survivors of domestic violence, and single moms the support they need on every level to empower them to make lasting changes in their lives and the lives of their families. They want to help single moms and survivors find not only stability, but also passion and purpose.

Jay Gardner/Torn Pages

From the beginning. it’s been part of Jay Gardner’s vision to help prisoners transition back into society. Many prisoners are discharged with nothing more than $35 and a bus ticket. Building a new life on that basis is a brutal challenge that often turns out poorly. Recidivism hurts everyone.

All sales of Torn Pages jewelry go directly into supporting the great work of multiple organizations they have partnered with as well as in ministering directly to prisoners who are ready to learn life and vocational skills, be discipled into a life in Christ, and begin to live the new life of true freedom God has planned for them after serving their sentences.

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The Manna Scholarship Fund and Gwinnett Building Babies’ Brains

December 10, 2020 by Mike

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The Manna Scholarship Fund and Gwinnett Building Babies’ Brains

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Kim Holland, Stacy Lord and Dr. Genie Burnett

Dr. Genie Burnett/Manna Scholarship Fund

The Manna Scholarship Fund, aka Manna Fund, is a 501c3 organization that has been operational for 15 years. Their mission statement is dedicated to providing hope and financial assistance to individuals who need eating disorder treatment scholarships. Manna provides funding for inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient eating disorder treatment for individuals lacking insurance coverage or for those with inadequate insurance coverage. Manna Fund grants scholarships to recipients by providing direct payment to partnering eating disorder treatment facilities for the highest levels of care. However, the local program, Manna Treatment, provides direct client treatment in the Gwinnett area. Manna has expanded its definition of treatment services to include those who have experienced trauma and have trauma-based issues. Manna Treatment also provides outpatient therapy for individuals with varying issues and needs such as anxiety, depression, marital issues, and family therapy.

Kim Holland & Stacy Lord/Gwinnett Building Babies’ Brains

The Gwinnett Building Babies’ Brains initiative is a community collective is comprised of over 40 business, community, education and non-profit leaders who have come together to tackle the school readiness crisis in Gwinnett.

Their mission is to ensure that all children in Gwinnett are ready to thrive in Kindergarten. Their strategy is to ensure that all parents have access to the information and tools they need to be their child’s first and best teacher so that all children have access to high quality early learning at home or elsewhere.

Why Does Early Learning Matter? Did you know that 52% of Gwinnett children are not ready for Kindergarten according to the GCPS Kindergarten Readiness Entry Profile? Awareness of the importance of early learning starting at birth and having access to the tips and tools needed to teach children is key to changing this number.

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Atlanta Harmony Celebration, Jambos and Boy With a Ball

September 10, 2020 by Mike

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Atlanta Harmony Celebration, Jambos and Boy With a Ball

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Rebekah Black, Kathy Stone and Anna Currie

Kathy Stone/Atlanta Harmony Celebration!

Atlanta Harmony Celebration! is a non-profit, women’s acappella organization promoting community through singing and education.

Rebekah Black/Jambos

Jambos is a local nonprofit on a mission to bring comfort to kids in foster care by providing them with brand new pajamas.

Anna Currie/Boy With a Ball

Boy With a Ball transforms communities by equipping and unleashing the young people within them. They turn vulnerable youth populations from being a city’s problem into the solution. Although disconnected and disengaged youth may damage a city’s future, they have found a way to turn these young people into the heroes their city needs.

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Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett

August 13, 2020 by Mike

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Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett

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Jamie Hamilton, Tom Sheldon and Mike Maloney

Mike Maloney & Jamie Hamilton/Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett

For more than 30 years, Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett (SNS) has been educating and empowering children and young adults in Gwinnett, DeKalb, Newton, and surrounding counties who need a dedicated and flexible school setting to maximize their potential. They nurture and challenge each student at their own level while instilling a positive self-image and love for learning that will last a lifetime. With a unique individualized education and behavior model, cross category and severity grouping, parent driven planning, and a dedicated team of educates, they have created the premier special needs educational experience in the region.

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Kidney Donor Match and Feed The Streetz Foundation

May 14, 2020 by Mike

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Kidney Donor Match and Feed The Streetz Foundation

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Jariel Jones, Tom Vooris, Amanda Hayhurst

Amanda Hayhurst/Kidney Donor Match

The goal of Kidney Donor Match is to tell the personal story of every person on the kidney wait list. They believe there is great power in stories. Connections are built and empathy is born. They are passionate about helping patients find their life-saving kidney donor and raising living kidney donor awareness so that others not only feel more comfortable with donating, but excited to donate. As fellow kidney donors, they know how extraordinary it is for both the donor and recipient when someone steps up to give this incredible gift of life.

Jariel Jones/Feed The Streetz Foundation

Feed The Streetz Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Atlanta, GA. Their mission is to fight homelessness hunger, help homeless people come out of poverty, change people’s lives for the better, and change the world for the better.

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North Georgia Bearded Villains and Positive Impact

March 12, 2020 by Mike

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North Georgia Bearded Villains and Positive Impact

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Jeremy Durkin, Tom Vooris, Tami Wilder and Billy Brown

Jeremy Durkin & Billy Brown/North Georgia Bearded Villains

North Georgia Bearded Villains (NGBV) is a brotherhood of good-hearted, charity minded gentlemen from North Georgia. They are dedicated to changing the public perception of men with beards, through charity, family, respect and loyalty to Bearded Villain brothers from all over the world. They align themselves with the Mission Statement of the Brotherhood: “To unite bearded men of all cultures, races, creed and sexuality in a brotherhood devoted to loyalty, honor and respect toward all people, dedicated to the betterment of mankind through fraternity charity and kindness.

Tami Wilder/Positive Impact

Positive Impact provides life-impacting social services including performing arts and sport programs to children and families throughout economically challenged communities across Metro Atlanta. Positive people create positive impact. Stay positive!