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Surprise Squad spotlights assisted living senior center caregivers

Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 6:31 PM EDT

By Gurvir Dhindsa and Miles Montgomery

Several people dancing at the Orchard senior living community are celebrating culture.

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Surprise Squad spotlights nonprofit supporting gun violence survivors

Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 6:23 PM EDT

By Gurvir Dhindsa

One Atlanta woman is turning her pain from gun violence into hope. Aaliyah Strong lost her fiance in a shooting. She keeps his memory alive by helping others.

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Woodstock Police Officer LeDarrion Poole plays Pokemon with a young girl

Surprise Squad honors police officer who kept young girl company

Updated: Aug. 21, 2022 at 8:07 AM EDT

By Gurvir Dhindsa

CBS 46′s Surprise Squad is celebrating Woodstock Police Officer LeDarrion Poole, who kept a young girl company after she was in a car accident.

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Unexpecting metro Atlanta teachers surprised just days before new school year

Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 5:44 PM EDT

By Catherine Catoura and Gurvir Dhindsa

The CBS46 Surprise Squad made their way to Tucker to give a little helping hand to local teachers preparing to head back to school.

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Man bikes across country to raise money for special needs, receives big surprise

Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 11:11 PM EDT

By Catherine Catoura and Gurvir Dhindsa

At 63-years-old, Doug Freeland cycled from one end of the country to the other.

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63-year-old Gwinnett County man surprised after biking from west to east coast

Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 6:23 PM EDT

By Miles Montgomery

How many times have you thought, ‘I would love to do that and decided either you couldn’t, or it was simply too hard?

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One promise became a lifelong mission for this Atlanta family advocate

Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 9:02 PM EDT

By Gurvir Dhindsa

A metro Atlanta woman is fighting to keep loving families together.

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Cobb teen receives a huge surprise after mowing one single mother’s lawn for free

Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 10:41 PM EDT

By Catherine Catoura

One Cobb County teen accepted the challenge to give something back to his community, and now the CBS46 Surprise Squad is giving him something special.

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Mother of teenage son killed by gun violence turns her pain into purpose

Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 9:13 PM EDT

By Gurvir Dhindsa

Four years ago, an east point woman’s life took a devastating turn. But she has taken her pain and turned it into purpose. Now, the CBS46 Surprise Squad is making sure her journey can continue.

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