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GA Good News: Helping Women In Poverty, KY Tornado Donation Drive

Good news around Georgia this week included a program helping low-income Black women, restoration of the Black Pioneer Cemetery and more.

Relief supplies are given out at the Dawson Springs High School on Dec. 16 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. The school has been turned into a donation distribution center, distributing food, clothes, medicine, children's toys and other supplies.
Relief supplies are given out at the Dawson Springs High School on Dec. 16 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. The school has been turned into a donation distribution center, distributing food, clothes, medicine, children's toys and other supplies. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

GEORGIA — Amid the bad news, there's still good news to be shared, including a pilot program to financially help Black women living below the poverty line in Atlanta; the restoration of the Black Pioneer Cemetery in Euharlee; free little libraries in Canton; a donation drive for Kentucky tornado victims and more.

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