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Ga. SPCA holding vaccination clinic

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, January 21st, 2013, 12:28pm
Ga. SPCA holding vaccination clinic

SUWANEE, Ga. -- The Georgia SPCA will hold a low-cost vaccination clinic this weekend.

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Rabies, distemper and bordetella shots will be $10 each from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26.

The clinic will also offer microchipping and heartworm tests for $25 each.

The SPCA asks that all dogs arrive on leashes and all cats stay in carriers.

Proceeds from the clinic will benefit homeless animals in Georgia.

The Georgia SPCA is located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109 in Suwanee. Learn more at georgiaspca.org.

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Learn how to attract birds to your backyard

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Thursday, January 17th, 2013, 11:13am
Learn how to attract birds to your backyard

ATLANTA -- Pike Nurseries is holding a free class to help homeowners learn ways to draw birds to their backyards.

According to Pike Nurseries, roughly 350 species of birds live in Georgia. The birding class will teach participants the types of seed that are best for attracting birds, the three essentials needed to draw birds and how to provide for birds during the cold winter months.

The Attracting Birds to Your Backyard class will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 at all metro Atlanta Pike Nurseries locations. Visit pikenursery.com to find your closest location.

Pike Nurseries will also offer 20 percent off all birding accessories from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

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AKA holding peace rally for middle school students

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, January 7th, 2013, 10:28am
AKA holding peace rally for middle school students

ATLANTA -- Members of metro Atlanta's chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will hold a peace rally and workshop for middle school students over the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend.

The event will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Ivy Community Center in southwest Atlanta. It is part of the 40 Days of Peace project, which aims to spread service and kindness through the country.

The peace rally and workshop will aim to teach young people about Dr. King's mission, and to raise awareness of crime and crime prevention strategies. Law enforcement members will also give an interactive presentation to encourage children to stamp out gangs and bullying.

Middle school students from several metro Atlanta counties -- Cobb, Cherokee, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Paulding and Rockdale -- are expected to participate.

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Shop with a Jock takes kids on Falcons shopping spree

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012, 8:55am
Shop with a Jock takes kids on Falcons shopping spree

ATLANTA -- Forty kids from the Odyssey Villas apartments in Vine City get a chance to go on a shopping spree this week with some of their football heroes.

The Shop with a Jock program pairs Atlanta Falcons players, including tight end Tony Gonzalez and wide receiver Julio Jones, with disadvantaged children for a Christmas shopping trip to Walmart.

The Walmart on Lawrenceville Suwanee Road in Suwanee has agreed to host the Shop with a Jock kids at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Participating children are selected through Odyssey Villas' Action Ministries Atlanta program.

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Ga. SPCA holding vaccination clinic

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, December 10th, 2012, 9:53am
Ga. SPCA holding vaccination clinic

SUWANEE, Ga. -- The Georgia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will hold a low-cost vaccination clinic this weekend.

The clinic will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.

Rabies, distemper and bordetella shots will be $10 each. Heartworm tests for dogs will be available for $25 each. Microchipping will also be $25.

Clinic employees ask that participating pet owners have their dogs on leashes and their cats in carriers.

All proceeds from the clinic will directly benefit the SPCA and its mission to find good homes for deserving pets.

The clinic is located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109 in Suwanee. Learn more at georgiaspca.org.

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Lambert HS dancers present showcase

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, December 3rd, 2012, 9:45am
Lambert HS dancers present showcase

SUWANEE, Ga. -- The dance company at Lambert High School will perform its fall showcase this weekend.

The show, Dance in Cinema, will take place at 7 p.m. on Dec. 6, 7 and 8.

Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. All performances are held in the school auditorium.

Lambert High is located at 805 Nichols Road in Suwanee.

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Look for JROTC cadets collecting for the Empty Stocking Fund Nov. 3-4

Submitted by msleff on Friday, November 2nd, 7:02 am
Look for JROTC cadets collecting for the Empty Stocking Fund Nov. 3-4

More than 2,000 JROTC cadets from 30 metro Atlanta high schools
to participate in historic fundraising effort

On Saturday, November 3rd and Sunday, November 4th, visitors to metro Atlanta Kroger stores are likely to be met by a smiling, uniformed JROTC cadet with an Empty Stocking Fund logo, as more than 2,000 cadets representing 30 metro Atlanta high schools’ JROTC programs will be working outside metro Kroger stores to raise awareness of and contributions for The Empty Stocking Fund, an Atlanta-based, Atlanta-serving non-profit organization that has been providing holiday gifts to Atlanta’s neediest children since 1926. 

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