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LIFESTYLE FEATURE: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GETS OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AND GREENHOUSE 6B
CHAMPION
1ST PLACE
General Excellence
award Winner
Georgia Press Association
'Better Newspaper Contest’
2007, 2009-2017
SECTION A: VOL. 28 *Nl
The Official Legal Organ ofDeKalb County, GA. Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Tucker, Stonecrest and Stone Mountain.
THURSDAY, AUGUST2-8,2018 THECHAMPIONNEWSPAPER.COM I f 1581 DEKALBCHAMPNEWS
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DEKALB'SOARING'
INTO NEW SCHOOL
YEAR
PAGE 2A
Generous’ donation
could save lives
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN
horace@dekalbchamp.com
S ome callNarcan the “opioid overdose
antidote” and thanks to a donation from
Aetna Foundation, DeKalb County first
responders will have 408 doses of Narcan to
potentially save lives.
On July 26, Aetna Foundation officials
announced a donation of $15,000 ofNarcan kits
to DeKalb County at the second annual Opioid
Summit, hosted by DeKalb Commissioner Larry
Johnson.
The kits were donated to DeKalb County
Department of Health and will be distributed to
DeKalb first responders.
“It is my honor to present the first of these
kits here today to be used by our wonderful first
SEE OPIOIDS ON PAGE 9
Aetna Foundation donated $15,000 worth of Narcan kits to DeKalb County at a second annual opioid summit
in Decatur.
GOODWILL MORE THAN A DONATION CENTER
DEKALB OFFICIALS
TAKE PROACTIVE
APPROACH TO
OPIOID ADDICTION
PAGE12A
QOICK FINDER
Opinion 5A
Business 8A
Sports 11A
The Decatur location has a drop off center.
Alex Balia came to Goodwill for assistance 11
years ago after moving to the United States from
Romania. He now works for Goodwill as a job coach.
BY CARLA PARKER
carla@dekalbchamp.com
Eleven years ago, Alex Balia and his
family moved to the United States from
Romania after winning a visa lottery.
Balia could not read or write in
English and did not know how to get
around. He went to Goodwill for help
in adjusting to his new home. He now
works for Goodwill and helps those
who seek assistance just as he did 11
years ago.
Balia is one of millions of people
who have gone to Goodwill to help
find work and earn a paycheck to
SEE GOODWILL ON PAGE 9
