GOOD NEWS! Third-Grader Saves Life, Free Santa Photos, Free Babysitting, Local Fundraises

From a drive to save a piece of Civil War history to new business openings and hirings, here are some good news stories from Georgia’s Patch sites.

• Sixes Elementary Student Saves Classmate From Choking
• Fireside Chat Allows Soleil Laurel Canyon Veterans To Share Stories
• Gwinnett Public Schools Names Teacher of the Year
• Cumming School Seeking Donations to Send Christmas Trees to Local Bases
• Smoke Alarm Alerts Cherokee Resident To House Fire
• Resident Brings Little Free Library To Founder’s Oak Park
• New Cumming Restaurant Provides Meals for Public Safety Employees
• Toys For Tots Campaign Starts Monday in Johns Creek
• Teacher Wins Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Educator Award
• Suspicious Pharmacy Clerk Helps Nab Man Attempting Prescription Fraud
• Dunwoody Nature Center Kicks Off Fundraising Campaign
• Athens School Named Top Career Academy in Georgia
• Buckhead YMCA Receives Art Supplies, Healthy Snacks
• Smyrna Students, School Staff, Volunteers to be Honored at Mayor’s Education Awards
• Roswell Schedules Annual Holiday Celebration on the Square
• Elegant Elf Marketplace Brings Holiday Shopping To Sandy Springs Residents
• Cricket Wireless Relocates to Buckhead, Now Hiring
• Decatur International School Embraces its Diversity on UN Day
• Jewish Community Center Dedicates Gymnastics Pavilion to Local Donor
• Roswell’s Caroling on Canton Will Fill the Air With Holiday Tunes
• Roswell Offers To Babysit While Residents Do Their Black Friday Shopping
• Canton Residents Asked To Submit MLK Unity Award Nominations
• Roswell Arts Commission Awards Cultural Services Contracts
• Adairsville Taps Gillman To Serve As Police Chief
• Reinhardt Earns StormReady University Designation
• Acworth Police Officer Recognized for Apprehending Theft Suspect
• Sprouts Looking for Employees for New Cumming Location
• Tickets on Sale for Decatur Sports Fundraiser
• ‘Because of Winn Dixie’ Author Visiting Decatur Students
• National Guard Airman Surprises Daughter at Buckhead School
• Meals on Wheels Program Seeks Donors to Aid Cumming’s Homebound Seniors
• Software Company Bringing More Jobs to Buckhead
• Roswell Cultural Arts Center Receives $10,000 Grant
• Residents Can Take Free Photos With Santa in Alpharetta
• Roam Opening Buckhead Location Next Year
• Residents Hope to Save Civil War Era House Slated for Demolition

Photo: from left to right, Principal Cindy Crews, students Bailey Johnson and Gia DiCarlo and lunch monitor Gloria Szopinski. Credit: Cherokee County School District