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Have you given blood lately? Georgia communities in urgent need as winter threat continues
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ATLANTA — February is the month of love. In a month filled with gifts and gestures, another way to show someone that you care: donate blood.
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According to the American Red Cross, weather systems can disrupt blood drives and the ability to provide critical blood products to hospitals.
While thousands have donated, blood supply is needed now more than ever.
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The Red Cross states that people of all blood types–especially type O blood donors are the most needed blood group by hospitals.
Platelet donors are needed daily to ensure blood products are available for hospitals at a moment’s notice.
Citizens who donate in February will receive a $20 Amazon.com gift card by email.
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For the full list of counties’ dates and availability or to schedule an appointment to give blood or platelets, click here. Citizens can also download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, or call 1-800-RED CROSS.
Here are a few upcoming blood donation opportunities beginning Feb.12 throughout metro Atlanta:
Clayton County: Morrow
- 2/15/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., City of Morrow, 1500 Morrow Rd
- 2/28/2024: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Morrow High School, 2299 Old Rex Morrow Road
Riverdale
- 2/16/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Clayton County Fire Department, 7810 Highway 85
Clayton County: Jonesboro
- 2/20/2024: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Perry Career Center, 137 Spring St
Cobb County: Acworth
- 2/12/2024: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m., St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church, 6301 Cedarcrest Road
- 2/13/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Freedom Church, 3611 Cobb Parkway
- 2/14/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Freedom Church, 3611 Cobb Parkway
- 2/16/2024: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Georgia Fitness, 3362 Acworth Summit Blvd
Atlanta
- 2/15/2024: 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Atlanta Braves, 755 Battery Avenue Southeast
- 2/15/2024: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Atlanta Braves, 755 Battery Avenue Southeast
Austell
- 2/19/2024: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Wellstar Cobb Hospital/Women’s Center, 3950 Austell Road
Kennesaw
- 2/15/2024: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Bullard Elementary School, 3656 Old Stilesboro Road
- 2/22/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Legacy Park, 4201 Legacy Park Circle
- 2/29/2024: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Northwest Family YMCA, 1700 Dennis Kemp Lane
Marietta
2/12/2024: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cobb Blood Donation Center, East Lake Shopping Center, 2145 Roswell Road Suite 250
2/13/2024: 1 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Cobb Blood Donation Center, East Lake Shopping Center, 2145 Roswell Road Suite 250
2/13/2024: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., St. Paul UMC, 244 Kurtz Road
2/14/2024: 1 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Cobb Blood Donation Center, East Lake Shopping Center, 2145 Roswell Road Suite 250
2/14/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority, 1170 Atlanta Industrial Drive
Powder Springs
- 2/12/2024: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Macland Presbyterian Church, 3615 Macland Rd
- 2/13/2024: 3 p.m. – 8 p.m., Church of Latter Day Saints – Powder Springs, 2595 New Macland Rd.
Smyrna
- 2/12/2024: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m., Smyrna Community Center, 200 Village Green Circle
- 2/13/2024: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Wellstar Vinings Health Park, 4441 Atlanta Rd
DeKalb County: Decatur
- 2/12/2024: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m., North Decatur UMC, 1523 Church Street
- 2/21/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., First Christian Church of Decatur, 601 West Ponce de Leon Avenue
- 2/23/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore Street
- 2/27/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Dekalb Medical Center Women’s Center, 2701 N. Decatur Road
Tucker
- 2/20/2024: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., City of Tucker Parks and Recreation, 4898 Lavista Rd
- 2/22/2024: 2:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Tucker First United Methodist Church, 2397 Fourth Street
DeKalb County: Clarkston
- 2/27/2024: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., CN-Bookstore, 555 N Indian Creek Dr
Decatur
- 2/25/2024: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., House of Hope Atlanta, 4650 Flat Shoals Pkwy
Douglas County: Douglasville
- 2/13/2024: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Douglasville Public Safety Complex, 2083 Fairburn Rd
- 2/14/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Douglasville First United Methodist Church-Tidwll Hall, 6167 Prestley Mill Road
Peachtree City
- 2/26/2024: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Keller Williams Peachtree City, 1200 Commerce Drive, Suite 110
Fulton County: Alpharetta
- 2/12/2024: 1 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Alpharetta Blood Donation Center, 3000 Old Alabama RD, Suite 110
- 2/13/2024: 12:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Alpharetta Blood Donation Center, 3000 Old Alabama RD, Suite 110
- 2/14/2024: 12:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Alpharetta Blood Donation Center, 3000 Old Alabama RD, Suite 110
- 2/14/2024: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, 5555 Windward Parkway, Mail Stop A3D702C
Atlanta
- 2/12/2024: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Midtown Blood Donation Center, 1955 Monroe Drive
- 2/13/2024: 1 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Midtown Blood Donation Center, 1955 Monroe Drive
- 2/13/2024: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Urban Life Building, 140 Decatur Street
- 2/13/2024: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Piedmont Atlanta Hospital 1984 Building, 1968 Peachtree Road, NW
Duluth
2/12/2024: 1 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Duluth Blood Donation Center, 3090 Premiere Pkwy, Suite 500
2/13/2024: 12:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Duluth Blood Donation Center, 3090 Premiere Pkwy, Suite 500
2/14/2024: 12:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Duluth Blood Donation Center, 3090 Premiere Pkwy, Suite 500
2/15/2024: 12:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Duluth Blood Donation Center, 3090 Premiere Pkwy, Suite 500
2/16/2024: 9:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m., Duluth Blood Donation Center, 3090 Premiere Pkwy, Suite 500
2/17/2024: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Duluth Blood Donation Center, 3090 Premiere Pkwy, Suite 500
Suwanee
2/15/2024: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Riverwatch Middle School, 610 James Burgess Road
2/15/2024: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Gwinnett County Public Schools Instructional Support Center, 437 Old Peachtree Road NW, Instructional Support Center
2/22/2024: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., City of Suwanee, 330 Town Center Ave
2/29/2024: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Richland Community Clubhouse, 2074 Quinton Place
Gwinnett County: Lawrenceville
2/28/2024: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, 970 McElvaney Ln NW
Henry County: McDonough
2/27/2024: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., McDonough Presbyterian Church, 427 McGarity Road
2/27/2024: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Henry County Academy for Advanced Studies, 401 East Tomlinson Street
Stockbridge
2/28/2024: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Piedmont Henry, 1133 Eagles Landing Parkway
Rockdale County: Conyers
2/12/2024: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m., Conyers Blood Donation Center, 2445 Salem Road SE, Suite 206F/207G
2/13/2024: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m., Conyers Blood Donation Center, 2445 Salem Road SE, Suite 206F/207G
2/14/2024: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m., Conyers Blood Donation Center, 2445 Salem Road SE, Suite 206F/207G
2/16/2024: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., Conyers Blood Donation Center, 2445 Salem Road SE, Suite 206F/207G
2/17/2024: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., Conyers Blood Donation Center, 2445 Salem Road SE, Suite 206F/207G
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Georgia football future SEC opponents, schedule announced

The SEC has announced the future Georgia football conference opponents for the 2026 through 2029 seasons.
Georgia will face Florida, South Carolina and Auburn every season. The SEC announced on Friday that the annual opponents will be revisited every four seasons.
Georgia football future SEC opponents, schedule
- 2026: Florida (Atlanta), at South Carolina, Auburn, at Alabama, at Ole Miss, at Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Vanderbilt
- 2027: Florida (Tampa), South Carolina, at Auburn, at Kentucky, at Texas, at Texas A&M, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee
- 2028: Florida (Jacksonville), at South Carolina, Auburn, Alabama, Ole Miss, Arkansas, at Oklahoma, at Missouri, at Vanderbilt
- 2029: Florida (Jacksonville), South Carolina, at Auburn, Kentucky, Texas, Texas A&M, at LSU, at Mississippi State, at Tennessee
“it’s hard. I mean, it’s brutal. And everybody’s the same,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said on Tuesday night. “I mean, we all gotta play each other. It’s really tough, highly ranked teams, physical teams. It’s just going to continue to be a grind. I mean, looking forward with the nines coming, it’s going to be scary because you just don’t have enough. Nobody has enough depth.”
Dates for the 2026 schedule will be announced in December, according to the conference. The schedules will be flipped in 2028 and 2029 from the home-road splits in 2026 and 2027.
In its scheduling outline, the SEC made it clear it wants competitively balanced schedules, which will be determined using the entire schedule and not just the annual opponents. Tennessee reportedly will face Alabama, Vanderbilt and Kentucky in each of the next four years. The latter two are not exactly football powerhouses.
According to the SEC, the highest opponent average winning percentage for any school in the 2026-29 schedules is 55.67% while the lowest is 46.65%, a difference of only 9.02%. From 2020 through 2023 — when the league still used the divisional format — the highest winning percentage was 61.32% and the lowest was 39.76%.
In addition to nine conference games, the SEC stipulates that schools face one Power Four in its nonconference scheduling.
Georgia’s game against Georgia Tech satisfies that requirement. Georgia has future nonconference games against Louisville, Florida State, Clemson and Ohio State on its schedule for the time being.
As it stands, Georgia has 13 games scheduled for the 2025 season. The Bulldogs have nonconfernce games against Tennessee State, Western Kentucky, Louisville and Georgia Tech.
“We’re working through that right now, and a lot of that’s going to be determined as we learn when and where our schedule is going to be in the next few weeks,” Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks said. “But that’s something we’re attacking right now to see what our options are going to be in 2026. So we’re going to take it one year at a time right now. The first focus is going to be on 2026 and then 2027 and moving on. So still a lot of work to be done, and I work closely with Coach Smart and Mark Robinson and the league to kind of figure out what is that going to mean for our schedule moving forward.”
Georgia takes on Alabama this week, with the game scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
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We’re back for another week of college football action and the slate is loaded, including three games between ranked opponents.
Here’s how to watch in Week 3. Scroll down for live scores, highlights and more.
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Here are the best games this Saturday:
Clemson at Georgia Tech (+3), Noon ET, ESPN: The Tigers are just 3-point favorites ahead of their first road game. It’s a sign that expectations for Clemson have been way off. With Haynes King back, the Yellow Jackets will want to keep it on the ground.
Georgia at Tennessee (+4), 3:30 p.m., ABC: Has Georgia’s offense been good enough ahead of this pivotal SEC game? Saturday is the day to air it out as Tennessee will be without its top two corners again.
South Florida at Miami (-17.5), 4:30 p.m., The CW: The Bulls are the surprise team so far this season. Can they pull off a third straight upset, or will the ‘Canes handle business?
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Florida at LSU (-7), 7:30 p.m., ABC: This game was going to be the day’s marquee matchup before Florida’s loss to USF. A Florida victory would certainly quiet the idea that Billy Napier is on the hot seat.
Texas A&M at Notre Dame (-6.5), 7:30 p.m., NBC: Aggies QB Marcel Reed has thrown for seven TDs so far and A&M’s offense has racked up 953 total yards. The Irish will surely try to get the ball to their star running backs after a subpar opener.
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