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Newspaper Page TextLIFESTYLE 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 O 0 THECHAMPIONNEWSPAPER.COM 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

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The champion newspaper. (Decatur, GA) 19??-current, August 02, 2018, Image 1