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#SignalBoostSunday: Free or Low Cost Local Resources

September 9, 2018September 10, 2018by Anita GeorgeLeave a Comment

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***This blog post is part of a weekly series titled #SignalBoostSunday. This series will highlight organizations and social causes that are of importance and provide assistance to the Greater Atlanta area. ***

This week’s #SignalBoostSunday will be a bit different from our previous installments. This week, instead of highlighting two or three local philanthropic organizations, we’ll be giving you a quick reference list of five free local resources and services.

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#SignalBoostSunday: Local Resources for Low-Income Communities

September 2, 2018September 4, 2018by Anita GeorgeLeave a Comment

This week’s #SignalBoostSunday post will focus on two local organizations that provide assistance for low-income communities in the Metro Atlanta area.

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#SignalBoostSunday: Local Urban Agricultural Resources

August 26, 2018by Anita George1 Comment

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For this week’s #SignalBoostSunday, we’re focusing on two organizations that support and provide access to fresh, local and healthy foods to the Atlanta area by either helping the city develop its own urban agriculture or by simply providing its residents access to food grown by local farmers.

The first organization is a year-round farmers market and the other is a local nonprofit that works to develop Atlanta’s urban agriculture by educating the community about gardening and urban farming and providing farmers markets.

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