Local Salute
Sips of friendship. When Kaye Jackson was diagnosed with Stage 2B breast cancer for the…
Honoring entrepreneurs with disabilities! When Sandy Springs residents Aarti Sahgal and her husband, Amit, were…
Stepping up to the plate. According to Rich Valladares, administrative shareholder and chair of litigation…
Saving a historic landmark! The abrupt closing of the Tara Theatre by Regal Cinemas last…
Care for the wounded in Ukraine. When John Daniel, co-founder of ProgenaCare Global, and Kristopher…
Eat, drink and raise funds for childhood diabetes research. Whenever David Abes and his family…
Bring on the funk! The annual Artistic Affair at the Spruill Center for the Arts…
Bring on the bands! At 29, Atlanta singer/songwriter Vince Zangaro became a full-time caregiver to…
All in the family. Diamond dust must course through the veins of the Geller family,…
Preparing students for leadership. Mentoring thousands of students in the Cecil B. Day School of…
Education pioneers! Sixty years ago, David Schenck founded the first school in the U.S. to…
Bentley Motors honors iconic CNN sportscaster. NBA sportscaster Craig Sager was known for his considerable…
Food for the soul. Calisha Smith, executive chef at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center in…
Best in class. Brookhaven resident Tim Ayres fell in love with Eagle Ranch in 1997…
Reducing frustration and giving back. Stuart Poole had an “aha” moment after he spent frustrating…
Comfort food! When Claire and Nick Mracek’s 3-year-old daughter, Millie, had unresolved swelling on one…
Donation transforms collection. When Claudia Einecke became the Frances B. Bunzi Family Curator of European…
Bank and nonprofit share goals. Along with providing loans and investments to local small businesses,…
Program gives students a boost. Buckhead’s Atlanta International School Head of School Kevin Glass was…
Removing barriers to medical care! Angel Flight Soars, a nonprofit that coordinates free air transportation…
Filling empty tummies! After leaving an acting career, Jenny Levison wanted to go into the…
Of like minds… While their daughter, Audrey, was growing up, Natalie and Doug Herndon of…
Keep it local. A child of Iranian immigrants, Dr. Andrew Kokabi of Brookhaven Family Dentistry…
Broadening kids’ horizons! The late Julie Muir Harlan was passionate about nonprofits such as Agape…
Financial education is key. In 1987, a group of Atlanta churches came together to form…
Turning a negative into a positive! When Zeus Luby was 17, he was falsely arrested…
Stemming the tide. Eating disorders became personal in 2016 for Sandy Springs resident Marci Soran…
