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Eastside Medical Center helps make wishes come true

Eastside Medical Center helps make wishes come true

Eastside Medical Center teamed up with Make-a-Wish Georgia September 30, 2016 for the grand finale to the hospital’s Make-A-Wish campaign. Members of the Eastside Leadership team and Tim Early, CEO of Make-A-Wish Georgia, blazed through the obstacle course during the tricycle race.

Georgia Angler Award Program celebrates your great catches!

Georgia Angler Award Program celebrates your great catches!

Each year, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division recognizes anglers for outstanding catches. Anglers who catch a fish that meets or beats a specific weight or length limit for that species are eligible for a free Angler Award. 

Burton Hatchery loading trout

Trout streams provide perfect fall fishing opportunities

The north Georgia mountains make a great fall destination, and what better excuse to plan a trip than to take advantage of the many available trout streams, including five delayed harvest trout streams that open Nov. 1?

Bobbie Menneg (Center) with two Paint Gwinnett Pink 5K participants/survivor.

Gwinnett Breast Cancer Awareness month kicks off in style

Lawrenceville – Saturday, Oct. 1 dawned sunny and a little cool, a perfect day for a walk. At least, that’s what more than 800 men, women and children thought as families and friends flocked to Coolray Field for Gwinnett County’s first annual “Paint Gwinnett Pink” 5K Run and Walk for Breast Cancer. Gwinnett Medical Center partnered with Paint Georgia Pink, Inc. to present this day of fellowship, exercise, celebration and honoring (and of course, some fundraising). 

Broadway in Atlanta offers discounted college student rush tickets for “Cabaret” at the Fox Theatre November 1 – 6

Broadway in Atlanta offers discounted college student rush tickets for “Cabaret” at the Fox Theatre November 1 – 6

Travel back in time to Berlin in 1939 with Broadway in Atlanta as it welcomes CABARET to the Fox Theatre for a limited one-week engagement of mesmerizing performances and Tony Award-winning talent. For any local college students looking to spend the evening dancing, singing and submerging into the culture that is CABARET, Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta presents a special $25 Student Rush Ticket price for the Atlanta engagement, playing at The Fox Theatre November 1 – 6 as part of the 2016/2017 season.