Health Briefs

e Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's sixth annual Uptown Rhodes Race 5K, presented by the Dewberry Foundation, will take place on Nov. 8 at 9 a.m. starting at Rhodes Hall, 1516 Peachtree St. e race will circle around the manicured landscape of Ansley Park golf course before returning to Rhodes Hall for the nish. "Pet pit stops" will be located along the route to provide dogs with drinking water and treats. A er the race, participants will enjoy a post-race party featuring barbecue sandwiches from LowCountry Barbecue, treats, drinks and music. Participants will receive race t-shirts and goodie bags from Big Peach Running Co. Awards will be given to the top three overall nishers, the top three male and female racers in each age group, as well as the rst stroller and rst canine nisher. Registration is available at active. com.

e Susan G. Komen Foundation has given $16.5 million in new grants to more than 50 early-career breast cancer researchers nationwide. e grants include $450,000 in new funding for research at Emory University, bringing Komen’s total research investment in Georgia to $2.8 million since 1982. Mylin Torres, MD, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, will use the funds to research ways to improve quality of life among breast cancer patients, speci cally as it relates to in ammation caused by treatment and cancer-related fatigue. For more information about Komen Atlanta, visit KomenAtlanta.org.

Kroger’s Atlanta Division customers donated more than $112,000 during the Great American Milk Drive supporting Feeding America in September. All proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated to local food pantries that provide essential food items to the more than 12.5 million families facing hunger and malnutrition in America.

Fi h ird Bank Broadway in Atlanta kicked o the engagement of the hit musical Mamma Mia! with a special charity check presentation at the Fox eatre. e donation was made to the e Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Georgia Chapter, a nonpro t health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, and providing education and patient services. A total of $9,450 was raised for the nonpro t organization.

Dr. Mark Sweatman, an amputee who lost his leg in 2010, will lead a 140-mile walk around and through Atlanta from November 8-16 to raise funds and awareness for Lost-n-Found Youth. Mark will post during the walk to wmarksweatman.org where all the maps are included, and welcomes volunteers who want to walk with him. Lostn-Found Youth Inc. is the only nonpro t agency that assists homeless LGBTQ youth in Atlanta. is is the second annual Mark Sweatman Inspirational Walk for charity. Last year Mark walked 120 miles from Atlanta to Birmingham to raise funds for Limbs for Life, a national nonpro t that provides prosthetic limbs for amputees who cannot a ord them.

e Georgia Center for Nonpro ts (GCN) announces the third annual Georgia Gives Day will take place on Nov. 13. is online fundraiser will drive awareness and donations for participating nonpro ts across the state, as Georgians come together for a 24-hour day of giving. Since the inaugural event in 2012, Georgia Gives Day has brought more than 1,700 participating nonpro ts together with nearly 19,000 donors to raise more than $2.5 million that directly bene ted these nonpro ts. Donors can give directly via the Georgia Gives Day website or through their mobile device. Learn more by visiting GAgivesday.org.

e Buckhead Coalition, Midtown Alliance and Central Atlanta Progress are trying a pilot program to provide eld trauma kits to Atlanta Police Department o cers patrolling those zones. e Trauma Plate Pack contains hemostatic gauze, tourniquet, compression dressing, gloves and more. e initial distribution will provide 30 kits for each zone.

Buckhead Alliance President Sam Massell led the e ort a er nding out about the eld kits through its sister community relationship with the British Island of Bermuda.

Police Chief George Turner has signed new policies aimed at establishing Atlanta Police Department procedures for interactions with transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming individuals

“ is important policy is a formal recognition that this community will be entitled to the same level of respect, courtesy and professionalism extended to all citizens with whom our o cers interact,” Chief Turner said. “We live in a diverse, major metropolitan city, and our policies must re ect the need to embrace, and work cooperatively with, every citizen we serve within that broad community.” All department personnel will receive training on the new standard operating procedure, which was developed in compliance with standards of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). e training will be held with the assistance of APD’s LGBT Liaison O cers, Senior Police O cer Brian Sharp and O cer Eric King.