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Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Feeding the Hungry

It's not a secret that many of our areas residents are in a tight spot this year, especially this time of year. Therefore I am listing places you can give and receive food.

Donate food and money at:

~Any Kroger store
~Contact local churches to see if they are collecting food
~*North Gwinnett Cooperative Ministries 70 Wiley Drive, Buford. 770-271-9793, www.northgwinnettcoop.org.
~*Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry 1200 Athens Highway, Grayson; 770-885-5229.
~*Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry 176 Church St., Lawrenceville; 770-339-7887;www.lawrencevilleco-op.org.
~*Norcross Cooperative Ministry Contact information: 2275 Mitchell Road, Norcross. 770-263-0013, www.norcrossco-op.org
~Gwinnett Senior Services 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville. 770-822-8837, www.gwinnettcounty.com.

* you should also be able to get food at any place that is starred (*). The other places will distribute food to these places.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

500 more jobs at Scientific Atlanta

If news about the drought and record lforeclosures are getting you down, here is some news to pick you up. Scientific-Atlanta is bringing 500 more jobs to the area.

Scientific Atlanta plans to add 500 jobs to its Lawrenceville headquarters campus as part of a planned expansion, according to documents filed with Gwinnett County planners.


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