Just in time for the start of the new school year, Booker T. Washington High School was selected as the Hank Aaron All-Star School by the Atlanta Braves Foundation and received several much-needed upgrades to its baseball and softball facilities. “We’re proud to have Hands on Atlanta here, Home Depot and the Atlanta Braves,” Booker […]
Allstate Insurance Company and former UGA football players participated in a community service project at Booker T. Washington High School during the fourth annual “Allstate Good Works Day” in Atlanta. Former UGA football players, Matt Stinchcomb, Jon Stinchcomb, David Greene, and D.J. Shockley, are all former members of the Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good […]
The Atlanta Public Schools Project GRAD program celebrated its 12th Annual Walk for Success on Saturday, September 17, 2011 with the collaboration and support of Communities in Schools of Atlanta (CISA), Project GRAD Atlanta, Inc. and Hands on Atlanta (HOA). During the Walk, over three hundred volunteers participated in conducting visits to the homes of students […]
“It’s amazing what can happen when people come together on behalf of students.” With those words from Thomasville Heights Elementary Principal Charles Penn, the school celebrated its new KaBooom! playground and outdoor classroom. Foresters, a Toronto-based insurance company, funded the project and provided about 200 volunteers who helped pour concrete, rake mulch and erect a […]