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Hike With Your Hound

Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation and the City of Lilburn are teaming up to present "Hike with your Hound"! Walkers can start their hike at either the Camp Creek Greenway parking lot near Lilburn City Park or at Lions Club Park and travel along Camp Creek Greenway Trail. Event includes hike, vendors, activities and more! Food will be available...
Join us for the pARTy of the season and opening reception of our blockbuster exhibition, The Art of Elizabeth Catlett: Selections from the Collection of Samella Lewis, comprised of 38 works by Elizabeth Catlett, her husband, Francisco Mora, and artist-historian, Samella Lewis, Ph.D. The installation celebrates seven decades of Catlett’s career as a sculptor and printmaker; it is also...
The City of Suwanee is currently accepting event applications for community events to be hosted at City of Suwanee parks during 2018. The deadline for applications is November 30. Once the City's event schedule is approved after the first of the year, no additional events may be added. Each year, the City of Suwanee hosts - primarily at Town Center Park...
Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC) today unveiled the newest addition to its community outreach and patient care facilities. The Mobile Sports Medicine and Concussion Care-A-Van is the first unit of its kind anywhere in Georgia, if not the first in the United States. The Care-A-Van includes a concussion education and baseline testing center, as well a full-service athletic training room equipped...
Saturday's Drug Take Back event yielded 243 pounds of unwanted or expired prescription medication keeping them out of the hands of children and addicts. The event continues to be heavily supported by the community. At the spring event there were 300 pounds of unwanted drugs collected from residents and discarded safely, bringing the yearly total to 543 pounds. The U.S. Drug...

Why Mammograms Matter

While mammograms cannot prevent breast cancer, they do help to detect breast cancer in the earliest stages. Detecting breast cancer early means it will be easier for physicians to treat. Did you know that an estimated 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer over the course of their lifetime? Despite common assumptions, the large majority of women with...
It's the giving time of year again, and North Gwinnett Co-Op has a few great ideas for how you can help your community this holiday season. 2017 HOLIDAY MEAL BOX PROGRAM For the 2016 holiday season, the North Gwinnett Co-Op distributed over 1,500 holiday meals to our community. Pre-approved families of the North Gwinnett Co-Op are offered a holiday meal box...
Dozens of middle school students in Gwinnett County are a step closer to an affordable college education. Thursday, November 2, at 9:15 a.m., Bernard Watson, the founder and President of the S.T.E.P.P. (Success Through Education Preparation and Perseverance), Foundation, will launch the Barbra Watson-Riley Striving Students Scholarship Program at Moore Middle School in Lawrenceville. The program will provide college...
Yvonne Antinazi, owner of the North Georgia Academy of Dance, describes the goal of her dance school as making dance available to all. It's the kind of thing you hear from business leaders, who don't necessarily take a lot of direct action to make it happen. Not so for Yvonne. "We are continually offering new classes and experiences for children of...
The Dawg House is serious about educating marketing students.