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11Alive: Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia raise $1M for Coronavirus Relief Fund

Author: Brittany Kleinpeter Published: 5:01 PM EDT June 3, 2020 GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia has raised $1 million in response to needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Relief Fund was created on… Continue reading

Helping our Community: Brookwood High raises more than $5,200 to address needs increased by COVID-19

[Gwinnett Daily Post article by Chamain Cruz] The Brookwood High School community is doing its part to help families impacted by COVID-19. Brookwood High students, staff and community members raised more than $5,200 for the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia.… Continue reading

Helping our Community: Meals by Grace

Wondering if your giving to our Coronavirus Relief Fund makes a difference? You’ll want to read this note we received from Meals by Grace. “We wanted to send our heartfelt thank you for your generous and timely grants in support… Continue reading

Help Make Masks for Our Front-Line Workers

Masks for our health care professionals, first responders, and non-profit workers are in peak demand. To combat this issue, we are calling all sewers to help make reusable, cloth masks for our heroes on the front lines helping care for… Continue reading

Doing Good Celebrated at 4th Annual Good2Give Celebration

What’s the Good2Give Celebration like? It’s the biggest party in town celebrating all our nonprofits! The moment event attendees walked in the doors to the Infinite Energy Forum’s Grand Ballroom on August 17th they were surrounded by nonprofits. From Hans… Continue reading

Record $425,000 Awarded to 24 Gwinnett/Forsyth Nonprofits!

We recently awarded 24 grants to area nonprofits at our annual grant awards celebration. Held on June 4th at The 1818 Club, the event was one of the highlights of the year. Twenty-four grants were awarded, totaling a RECORD $425,000!… Continue reading

Q&A with Board Member Sloan Jones

She’s the associate vice president of communications at Georgia Gwinnett College and one of our newest board members. For Sloan Jones, changing her community through education is one of her passions. Read more about her in our Q&A! CFNEG: Why… Continue reading

Know Before You Vote: Gwinnett Transit Referendum

In Gwinnett County there is an important vote coming up on March 19th. We encourage all of you to educate yourselves about the referendum and then go vote! On March 19th a special election will be held in Gwinnett presenting… Continue reading

Meet Michael Park

We recently chatted with Michael Park, business development/agent at The Whitlock Group and one of our new board members. Michael is heavily involved in our community and has a heart for helping others. Along with being on our board, he… Continue reading

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