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Attending the groundbreaking for an education and therapy center called The Zone inside Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on Jan. 27: Front, from left: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta CEO Jim Tally, patient Dylan Debord and singer Garth Brooks, co-founder of the Teammates for Kids Foundation. Back: Rex Carpenter, vice president of HKS Architects, NHLPA Executive Director Paul Kelly, Atlanta Thrashers GM and coach Don Waddell, Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, Atlanta Thrashers forward Jim Slater and Thrash, the Atlanta Thrashers mascot.
Slick Ducks
Ducks owners Susan and Henry Samueli are flanked by the entire Anaheim Ducks roster at the club’s annual Casino Night, benefiting Orangewood Children’s Foundation on Jan. 21 at Honda Center in Anaheim.  The evening, titled “Center Ice Speakeasy,” raised about $170,000 for Orangewood, supporting its college scholarship and Peer Mentor funds to support former foster care youth. The 1933 Mercedes Benz 200 was on loan from a museum in Germany.
AT&T rides with Tour de Georgia
Officials unveiled the new branding for the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T on Jan. 23. From left:  Sylvia Anderson, president of AT&T Georgia; Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle; Gene Hayes, president of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation; Jim Mathis, president of AT&T Georgia Pioneers.

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