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Good Deeds International Scholarship Foundation

Good Deeds International has developed a scholarship foundation for High School Seniors in the poorest neighborhoods in the city of Atlanta. These High School students have to exhibit the willingness and desire to further their education, but fall short of the necessary grade point average to gain a full time academic or athletic scholarship. Through researching Atlanta’s Public School Directory’s website, we have identified 5 High Schools in the poorest communities. Poor High Schools are determined by the percentage of students receiving free lunch programs. Following is...

Who Are We?

Good Deeds International (GDI), LLC, intends to bring awareness to issues within our communities and to promote giving back to those who are less fortunate than us. We encourage you to become apart of our vision to reach out and touch someone. Collectively, we can make a difference in somebody's life, whether it’s helping the hungry, homeless, those suffering from drug abuse, or illiteracy. If you are aware of causes or family hardships, post it on our page so others can weigh in and hopefully give up their time, money and energy to aide others in need and become a part of the larger...

Heritage Ball 2010 Schedule of Events

Updates For HB 2011 Coming Soon!!!!!!!! Welcome to the beautiful Atlanta! Home of the Georgia Peach, the 1996 Olympics, and the home and resting place of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change. GDI has planned a fabulous “Heritage” weekend for our guests and we can reassure you there are many exciting activities on the schedule—a little something for everybody! We are especially proud of the fact all events are taking place in one centralized area—the beautiful and newly opened SpringHills Suites and the State of the Ar...

Heritage Ball 2010

Good Deeds International (GDI), LLC Presents Celebrating Our Heritage In Commemoration of Black History Month The “Heritage Ball” As a culmination of all our Good Deeds throughout the year, we come together in February in Commemoration of Black History Month. The “Heritage Ball” is fastly becoming one of the nation’s stellar and highly anticipated annual steppers’ weekend event and is an eloquent “All Black Attire” beautifully themed “Celebrating Our Heritage – In Commemoration of Black History Month.” It is a 4-day weekend affair consi...

Corporate Sponsors

GDI solicits sponsorships from our business associates to help us ensure we produce the greatest “Celebrating Our Heritage” Extravaganza ever. It is the assistance of our partners, be they large or small, friends or family, that will help us achieve our mission and goals of the “Heritage Ball 2010.” Sponsorship comes with benefits! As a “Celebrating Our Heritage” Sponsor, you will have an unprecedented opportunity to expose your business, products and services and to expand your customer base in a very affluent market that you would not ordinarily reach. Sponsorship with ou...

GOOD DEEDS INTERNATIONAL (GDI), LLC

Good Deeds International (GDI), LLC, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a Limited Liability Corporation as of November 2007. When formulating the “name” of this newly-minted organization, GDI focused on a “brand” that would epitomize our community and civic-mindedness of doing “Good Deeds” throughout the nation.

Mission

To bring like-minded people together through dance as a means of encouraging unity. We are committed to showcasing our heritage through dance and demonstrating our rich culture that has evolved over the years and across the nation. GDI focuses on celebrating and broadening the awareness of African American Heritage through a beautiful couple’s dance called Chicago-Style Steppin.’

Purpose

Uniting in the community, helping those who need a hand, rejoicing in our successes, uplifting in our failures and fostering unwavering solidarity. By actualizing our Purpose, we will fulfill our Mission .

Motto

“When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.” George Washington Carver

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