by SWG Staff | Feb 17, 2023 | Doing Good
For the fifth year in a row, Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful (GC&B) has been honored as Best of Gwinnett in the Charitable Organization category. Chosen by a combination of readers’ votes and editors’ input, the nationally recognized Keep America Beautiful...
by SWG Staff | Feb 17, 2023 | Around Atlanta, Doing Good, Feature
This year’s Sip & Swine BBQ Festival will take place March 3 and 4 — 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday — at Coolray Field. Organizers are already predicting that it will be their largest event to date. Amateur and professional BBQ competitors from...
by SWG Staff | Feb 6, 2023 | Doing Good
The 9th annual “Doing the Most Good” Luncheon, presented by the Salvation Army, will be held at the Crowne Plaza in Norcross on March 7, starting at 11:30 a.m. Scheduled speakers Chad Gundersen and Chris Juen are executive producers of the hit series “The Chosen.”...
by SWG Staff | Jan 24, 2023 | Doing Good
Clyde and Sandra Strickland’s generosity to be celebrated during a ceremony in March. The 2022 Georgia Public Library Awards are honoring Gwinnett County philanthropists Clyde and Sandra Strickland as Public Library Champions for their support of the Gwinnett County...
by SWG Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Doing Good, Education, Feature
For the past six years, Pinecrest Academy in Cumming, Ga. has hosted the annual “Elves for Shelves” food drive. The service initiative began years prior but gained momentum in 2017 when the lower, middle and high schools began competing to see who could stock the most...
by Glenn Boylan | Dec 4, 2022 | Community, Doing Good, Feature
Assembling an electric train set to go around the Christmas tree is a long-standing tradition for many families. But the Neighborhood Christmas Train Experience in Norcross takes that tradition to a whole new level — all to help raise money for the Neighborhood...
