SOURCE: Saporta Report
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TOUR Championship announces record $3.56 million charitable donation from 2020 tournament
The TOUR Championship announced today that $3.56 million was donated from the 2020 tournament, breaking the previous record despite the absence of spectators at East Lake Golf Club for the … Continue Reading →
East Lake Foundation Welcomes Two New Members to its Board of Directors
Today, the East Lake Foundation’s Board of Directors welcomed two new board members: Marilyn Hack and Joyce Reto. These two leaders in the community have been associated with the Foundation’s … Continue Reading →
2020 graduation rates for every Atlanta public high school
Drew Charter School is one of six Atlanta public high schools to post an on-time graduation rate that exceeds 90%.
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Will fans return to Masters next April? And other pressing questions
East Lake certainly is a model and is an inspiration to not only us but to others who have undertaken sort of the re-development of underserved areas. I think it … Continue Reading →
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Drew Charter School Students Receive Invention Grant to Create Device to record police-civilian interaction in personal automobiles
Today the Lemelson-MIT Program introduces the 2021 InvenTeams: 13 groups of high school students from across the country who have been selected by a panel of judges to create technological … Continue Reading →
Sixth-annual East Lake Cup to air live on Golf Channel, Oct. 26-28
Eight of the top programs in college golf will gather in Atlanta next week for the sixth annual East Lake Cup presented by ZipRecruiter and Uber Eats. The competition will take place Monday through Wednesday (Oct. 26-28) and air live on GOLF Channel from East Lake Golf Club.
SOURCE: Golf Channel
The inspired, inspiring
For Christopher McCrary, laying the foundation to success for those who are following him is what drives him to continue being a prominent leader in his community.
SOURCE: PGA TOUR
TOUR Championship projected to break donation record with help from Atlanta’s top companies
No corporate suites. No vendors. No fans. The TOUR Championship got underway on Friday but it’s taking on a different look this year with no patrons allowed to attend due to ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
SOURCE: Atlanta Business Chronicle
‘East Lake is my story’ Shannon Heath-Longino lives a life of community activism
Someday when she has time, Shannon Heath-Longino just might write that book. She can tell about the time her grandmother rode in the back of a pickup truck, shouting into a bullhorn, ‘‘Y’all didn’t kill me. I’m still here,” after her apartment was firebombed. About attending rallies in Washington, D.C., and watching her grandmother get arrested as she watched in a stroller. Or, the President and Congressmen her grandmother befriended during her quest to bring change to Atlanta.
SOURCE: PGA TOUR