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>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. IT IS A PLEASURE WHEN WE CAN
RECOGNIZE PEOPLE OR
ORGANIZATIONS DOING GOOD FOR
THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHAT THE NEXT SEGMENT
IS ALL ABOUT.
IT IS OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION
WITH OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION,
MYRA SKY.
MYRA SKY.
MYRA SKY. >> IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK .
>> I'M ABOUT TO BUST OUT OF MY
HEAD.
HEAD.
HEAD. >>
HEAD. >> I RAN INTO YESTERDAY IN THE
GREEN ROOM AND YOU ARE GETTING
READY TO HOST A FUN EVENT HERE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. TELLS ABOUT THAT.
>> IT WAS EXCITING.
11ALIVE AND THE TECHNET --
TEGNA CORPORATION.
TEGNA CORPORATION. THEY WERE DOING THIS FOR A WIDE
RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
WORKING TIRELESSLY EVERY SINGLE
DAY SHE WAS ABLE TO SHOW HOW
BRAVERY CONQUERS FEAR.
THEY TAUGHT CHILDREN SELF
DEFENSE.
DEFENSE.
DEFENSE. AND SUPPORTING LEGAL CHALLENGES
FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO AFFORD AN
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY. THESE COME FROM A WIDE VARIETY
OF PLAY SHINS -- OF PLACES.
THEY RECEIVE GRANTS.
THEY RECEIVE MONEY TO SUPPORT
THEIR MISSIONS AND WHAT THEY
ARE DOING.
ARE DOING. THEY ARE OUT HERE EVERYDAY
DOING THE WORK.
I SAID GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND
OF APPLAUSE, BECAUSE WITHOUT
YOU, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE
WOULD DO.
WOULD DO.
WOULD DO. >> GOING TO THESE EVENTS, I
KNOW WE BOTH DO.
WHAT YOU WILL REALIZE IS THAT
THEIR WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS
THAT MAYBE HAVE BIGGER BUDGETS
WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDRAISING OR
THE EVENTS CAN SOMETIMES NEED
$1 MILLION IN ONE NIGHT.
BUT THERE A LOT OF SMALLER ONES
TRYING TO DO GOOD RIGHT HERE IN
OUR COMMUNITY AND MAYBE IT IS
MORE OF A GRASSROOTS EFFORT AND
THEY ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES
THEY NEED.
THEY NEED. SO THEN TEGNA STEPS IN AND
HELPS.
HELPS.
HELPS. I'M SO PROUD OF TEGNA AND OUR
STATION, 11ALIVE, TO BE PART OF
AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS
PLANTING THE SEEDS.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE TO EVENTS.
THE FIRST EVENT THAT YOU WANT
TO GET TO IS FOCUSED ON
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. >> COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS IS
HOSTING A PANEL DISCUSSION ON
POVERTY AFFECTING OUR PUBLIC
EDUCATION SYSTEM.
EDUCATION SYSTEM. IT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING
THIS MONTH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28,
AT 6:30.
AT 6:30.
AT 6:30. IT WILL BE VERY COOL.
THERE YOU GO.
THERE IS ALL THE INFORMATION
YOU NEED TO KNOW.
THEY ARE DOING WITH THE HOST OF
THE SUPER BOWL COMMITTEE AND
THE WONDER ROUTE AND ADDRESS
WHAT IS IMPACTING THE SYSTEM
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. AFTER THEY ARE DONE, AND
MURALIST, WHICH IS PART OF THE
OFF-THE-WALL INITIATIVE WILL BE
USING THE MOTIVATION FROM THE
TOPIC.
TOPIC.
TOPIC. ALL OF THE DISCUSSION HE GETS
HE WILL BE INSPIRED BY AND USE
IT TO BE PAINTING MURALS ALL
OVER OUR CITY.
THEY WILL STAY HERE FOREVER.
>> WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE GEARING UP
HOSTING THE SUPER BOWL.
CITIES GET SO EXCITED ABOUT
WAYS TO GET BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. I WILL LOVE THAT.
>> IT IS AMAZING.
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE SUPER
BOWL A LOT.
THEIR PICKING INITIATIVES OUR
CITY NEEDS AND THAT ATLANTA
NEEDS INSPIRATION HELP FOUR.
THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, LEADING
UP TO THE DAY OF THE SUPER BOWL.
FOR THIS DISCUSSION IN THIS
COMMUNITY DISCUSSION, IT IS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO HEAR WHAT WE THINK
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. WHAT OUR NEEDS.
THEY WILL REVEAL IT LEADING UP
TO THE SUPER BOWL, I THINK THAT
IS A COOL WAY TO TURN A BIG
GAME INTO SOMETHING THAT IS
RELATED.
RELATED.
RELATED. >>> IS SOMETHING THAT IS BRING
A LOT OF PINK TO OUR AREA.
>> SO THE WALK FOR BREAST
CANCER.
CANCER.
CANCER. >> I DO THIS ALL THE TIME X MAC
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-- >> YOU
-- >> YOU SEE EVERYONE THERE.
>> EVERYONE IS WATCHING AND
THEY WERE WALKING FOR TWO DAYS.
I THINK IS CRAZY.
>> 30 MILES OF ATLANTA OVER THE
COURSE OF TWO DAYS, THESE
PEOPLE DO.
PEOPLE DO. MASTER, NEARLY 1000 WALKERS
COMMITTED TO THIS.
IT IS SUCH AN EXCITING DAY AND
WEEKEND TO BRING AWARENESS TO
BREAST CANCER.
BREAST CANCER. I LOVE IT BECAUSE IT IS LOCALLY
FUNDED.
FUNDED.
FUNDED. THE MONEY FROM THE EVENT WILL
STAY LOCAL.
STAY LOCAL. THE WOMEN HERE, THE GROUPS ANY
SUPPORT HERE, IT WILL ALL STAY
HERE GEORGIA.
HERE GEORGIA. >> THIS EVENT, YOU CAN SPOT IT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU GO OUT AND
SUPPORT THEM.
SUPPORT THEM. WE WILL CATCH YOU NEXT WEEK.
WE WILL HAVE MORE GREAT NEWS
ABOUT ORGANIZATIONS HELPING OUR
CITY.
CITY.
CITY. IF
CITY. IF YOU KNOW OF A GROUP, OR EVEN
AN ORGANIZATION, EVEN ONE
PERSON WHO IS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE, SHE WOULD LOVE TO