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Editorial: Offering more than just a handout

Nonprofits examine how to change focus by helping Hall County’s poor help themselves

“Toxic Charity" author Bob Lupton delivers the keynote address Sept. 7 during the United Way of Hall County annual campaign kickoff at the First Baptist Church banquet hall. Lupton, a Christian community developer and entrepreneur who “brings together communities of resource with communities of need,” also works in inner-city Atlanta. - photo by Scott Rogers

09082017 United 1.jpg — “Toxic Charity" author Bob Lupton delivers the keynote address Sept. 7 during the United Way of Hall County annual campaign kickoff at the First Baptist Church banquet hall. Lupton, a Christian community developer and entrepreneur who “brings together communities of resource with communities of need,” also works in inner-city Atlanta. - photo by Scott Rogers

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