The Places and Events Around Atlanta To Help You Be Your Best Self

Check out these local events and businesses that help you be your best self this season. Best Self Atlanta’s Local Biz Love features five businesses and events in Atlanta!

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk

This October, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Oct. 4 in Downtown Atlanta. This free 3-mile event unites nearly 10,000 survivors, families and supporters to honor those impacted by breast cancer. Lend a hand by registering to walk, donating or volunteering.

Details: 1 Backyard Way, makingstrideswalk.org/atlanta

The LOVETRAIN

All aboard! Children Helping Children (CHC), a youth-led nonprofit inspiring kids to help their peers, has unveiled its renovated Airstream and mobile hub, the LOVETRAIN. Touring Atlanta schools, festivals and wellness centers, the LOVETRAIN will collect donations for nonprofits while engaging kids and teens in art therapy and wellness activities. See more about the transformation and CHC by flipping over this magazine p. 19 to My Home Improvement.

Details: chcatlanta.org

Lostintheletters

Always had a dream to write your own book? Lostintheletters is here to help. The Atlanta nonprofit dedicated to creative writing and literacy is set to open its first brick-and-mortar writing studio, bookstore and reading lounge in Candler Park this October. Tap into your creativity and get that passion project moving during writing studio hours or refine your craft and find inspiration during quarterly workshops and live readings from emerging and renowned authors. 

Details: 1530 DeKalb Ave. NE., lostintheletters.org/studio-store

Westside Stride

Westside Stride, Atlanta’s biggest block party, is back Oct. 5. Stroll
car-free along Howell Mill Road from 8th to 17th Street and enjoy live music on multiple stages, a bustling market, delicious eats and
activities for all ages, including a pumpkin patch, petting zoo and bounce houses. Celebrate local businesses, art and community all in one unforgettable afternoon.

Details: Howell Mill road between 8th and 17th streets, westsidestride.org

Uncle Shuck’s

Get lost in fall family fun at Uncle Shuck’s. Explore a 15-acre corn maze, snag a photo opp in the pumpkin patch, roast marshmallows on the bonfire or enjoy a scenic wagon ride to celebrate the season. Little ones love the kiddie maze, while thrill-seekers can brave the haunted trail after dark.

Details: 125 Bannister Rd., uncleshucks.com