In the middle of Atlanta, a unity garden is born!

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More than 400 Carver High School students performed Thursday in a music video celebrating a new partnership between GivingPoint and the State Farm Youth Advisory Board. The students performed the modern unity theme “Changing this World Together!” as part of the announcement that State Farm has awarded a $70,200 grant to build a unity garden and courtyard for more than 1,000 underprivileged students at Carver High School.

“State Farm and GivingPoint are making it possible for students from the New Schools at Carver and teens from the YMCA of Atlanta to participate in a united effort to transform our school’s grounds and help the community at-large, too,” notes Dr. Darian Jones, Principal at the Health Sciences and Research School at Carver. “Throughout the project, we will focus on teaching the students teamwork, service leadership, environmental stewardship, and the value of uniting to help others for a common cause.”

“Students across America are using GivingPoint’s innovative technology that matches a young person’s interest with a non-profit’s needs to help make an impact through volunteerism,” according to Executive Director Ansley Jones Colby. “We are grateful to State Farm for partnering with GivingPoint and giving Atlanta’s at-risk students the opportunity to make our community stronger.”

The celebration was held on the grounds of the Carver Health Sciences and Research School, located at 55 McDonough Street, Atlanta, GA, 30315, on Thursday October 27th at 11:00a.m., in partnership with U Hatin? University, a Georgia-based anti-violence group.

“This is going to be one of the most impactful events to happen in Atlanta for at-risk youth,” says U Hatin? University Chairman Lance Silver. “Teens from diverse backgrounds that rarely come together will join in a peace effort to stop hate, promote environmental stewardship and engage positively in the community. Who better than State Farm and GivingPoint to make this happen?”