News Articles About Our Priorities

 

Better Beginnings

2012:

Zeist Foundation Grants $75,000 to Birth Through Five Program

2011:

Portland Tribune: Preschool in the woods: New approach extends outdoor education to 4- and 5-year-olds

Quality Care for Children: 2011 Impact of Economic Downturn on Child Care

AJC Op-ed: Invest in pre-k for long-term gains

 

Pathways / Education

2012:

U.S. Department of Labor: Obama administration announces $500 million in community college grants to expand job training through local employer partnerships

AJC: APS to close 10 schools under plan for new boundaries

AJC: Atlanta backs off small-school initiative

APS Schools: Twenty-Four APS students were awarded Posse Foundation Scholarships

2011:

DMLcentral: Young Black Males, Learning, and Video Games

 

Inspiring Spaces

2012:

Cascade Patch: Perkerson Park Welcomes a Brand-New Splash Pad this Weekend

2011:

Atlanta Business Chronicle: Atlanta BeltLine tour reveals the opportunities for transit in our city and our region

New York Times: Cities See the Other Side of the Tracks

ArtsCriticATL.com: Preview: Historic Fourth Ward Park, an exemplary greenspace courtesy of Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

Midtown Patch: BeltLine Bus Tours Help People Better Know Atlanta

 

Art of Change

2013:

INOCENTE has been nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Subject

2012:

Atlanta Business Chronicle: Urban Atlanta youth use muscle, risk to master complexities of the harp

Artist Kyle Brooks Blog: City of Refuge Mural – Phase 2 & 3

 

Mountain Sky Guest Ranch Fund

2011:

Philanthopy Northwest Blog: Strengthening Local Community Foundations

Philanthopy Northwest Blog: Montana Community Foundation Convening

 

Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation

2013:

PreventObesity.net: Blank Foundation Lauded for Helping Atlanta Kids Get Active

Georgia PHWEEK: Georgia SHAPE Partner Honored for Dedication to Youth

FOX 5: Falcons donate equipment to youth (video)

PreventObesity.net: Up and Running

2012:

Examiner.com: Georgia leaders launch new team effort to tackle childhood obesity

U.S. Soccer: Creating Chances - Saveair Kemp

AJC: Bike-sharing plans get traction in Atlanta

ATL 26: City Health Check-School Nutrition (Video)

Georgia Department of Education: Annual Fitness Assessment Program Report

USA Today: Childhood obesity declines in several states, cities

Fox 5 Atlanta: Falcons' Babineaux serves lunch to middle school students (Video)

APS Schools: A Day of Play for Girls (Video)

CBS Atlanta: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation combating childhood obesity (Video)

CBS Atlanta: Annual Salsa, Salsa Competition (Video)

GPB News: Schools Hungry For Local Produce (Audio)

See The Good: The Big Assist

The Cooper Institute: FitnessGram - Assess, Report, Educate (Video)

GPB: Schools Hungry For Local Produce

Chicopee Woods students get kick out of fitness: Falcons visit to salute school for earning gold medal in SHAPE

Perspectives Episode 4: APS Presents Salad Bowls (Video)

CNN: Food deserts find help in mobile markets (Video)

11Alive.com: Fulton Fresh Mobile Farmer’s Market begins 2012 season June 13 with 2 mobile units 

AJC: School lunches require more vegetables and fruits this year

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Families - Piedmont Park's Camp Fit (Video)

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Families - C.H.O.I.C.E.S. We Can Summer Camp (Video)

MyFoxAtlanta.com: Falcons GM cycles at East Point Velodrome (Video)

PreventObesity.net: Getting into SHAPE

Womenetics: With Energy and Focus, "Bike Czar" Nicole Freedman Transformed Boston

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Families - Health Benefits of Swimming (Video)

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Familes - Olympic Day Celebration (Video)

Loganville-Grayson Patch: Salad Bars Donated to Local Schools

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Families - Atlanta Falcons Bring Healthy Foods to Schools Across Georgia (Video)

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Families - Lady Deal Starts 10-Week Fitness Program (Video)

NPR: What's Inside The 26-Ingredient School Lunch Burger? (audio)

11 Alive: Need a number for the Peachtree? Support Kilometer Kids (Video)

The Evangelical Covenant Church: Atlanta Congregation Puts Faith into Practice

Coosa Valley News: Atlanta Falcons to Serve Salad at Model High

AJC: Salad bars promote healthy eating in schools statewide

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Families - Be Healthy Georgia Day (Video)

WSB-TV: Atlanta Track Club Kilometer Kids (Video)

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Families - Fun, healthy family activities at Be Healthy Georgia Day (Video)

U.S. Soccer Foundation: U.S. Soccer Foundation Awards $3.6 Million in Social Innovation Fund Sub-Grants to Community Organizations Nationwide

Atlanta INtown: Moving in the Spirit honored by city council

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Families - Piedmont Hospital Move & Groove (Video)

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Families - Urban Perform (Video)

WABE 90.1 FM Public Radio: More Atlantans Taking Their Bikes to Work (Audio)

The Packer: Falcons score for salad bars

CBS Atlanta: Fit Kids Fit Families - Let's Move Salad Bars (Video)

Atlanta Bicycle Coalition: Atlanta records highest increase in bicycle commuting of U.S. cities, report shows

PreventObesity.net: A Culinary Artist Comes to the School House

PreventObesity.net: Football Foundation to Donate Salad Bars to Schools

US News: How Social Health Games Can Make You Trimmer and Fitter

CBS Atlanta: CBS Atlanta Launches Fit Kids, Fit Families™ Campaign

VOX: Skin I'm In by Courtney Farmer

 

PGA TOUR Superstore

2012:

The First Tee: PGA TOUR Superstore Donates $25,000 to Support The First Tee

Naples News: ACE Group Classic: First Tee of Naples/Collier making strides entering fourth year

 

Atlanta Falcons Phyiscal Therapy Centers

2012:

 

Foundation Practices

2011:

Council on Foundations: The Council's Next Generation Task Force

 

Additional Articles of Interest

2013:

FOX 5: Atlanta Falcons pitch in to rebuild school (video)

Saporta Report: Muhammad Yunus wants closer ties with Atlanta — a bank and more

One office, multiple generations: How millennial women are winning the age game

2012:

Atlanta Business Chronicle: Arthur Blank intends to ‘make a difference’ in Vine City, English Avenue

AJC: Falcons want fans to 'Rise Up' and do community service

2011:

Neighborhood Nexus: Millennials in Metro Atlanta

PreventObesity.net: Pushing Apples in the Big Apple

NY Times: High Line (NYC)

Atlanta Falcons: Falcons, Publix Team Up To Fight Hunger

AJC: Hosea Feed the Hungry moves to GWCC for Thanksgiving

Real Clear Markets: Investing In America's Families, Communities, and Economy

Washington Post: A movement to reclaim the American Dream

Southeast Education Network: New Adventures at Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Urban Land: From Public Housing to Private Enterprise

 

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