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The Empty Stocking Fund Announces Search for Next Executive Director

 The Empty Stocking Fund (ESF), a nearly 100-year-old Atlanta-based nonprofit serving disadvantaged youth, today announced that its board of directors has formed a nationwide search committee to find a new executive director. Manda Hunt, who has served as ESF’s executive director since 2010, will be stepping down from her leadership role later this year to allow her to focus more time and energy on meeting her family’s needs. She will continue to lead the organization as its executive director while the search for her replacement is underway and throughout the leadership transition. “I am incredibly grateful to have had such ... Read more

Empty America, Winner of 6 Festival Awards, Poised for “Breaking Big”

 Empty America the winner of 6 film festival awards (i.e. Mindfield Film Festival, Golden Wheat Awards, Cooper Awards, Only the Best Awards, American Golden Picture Film Festival, and Florence Film Awards) is quickly becoming a rising star on the film festival circuit. Captured, by underdog filmmaker Barry Walton, the documentary is a snapshot of America during the early days of the pandemic’s national shutdown. A mix of time-lapse photography, aerial drone footage, and organic hand-held shots of the roadside emptiness. The film shows America in a way never before seen and hopefully never to be seen again. Driven by sound ... Read more