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Tyler Perry donates truckload of food to charity
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For a few minutes on Tuesday morning, relief finally flickered across the face of Hosea Feed the Hungry executive director Elisabeth Omilami.
For weeks, the Atlanta charity started in 1971 by Omilami’s father, civil rights icon Hosea Williams, has battled bare shelves. There’s been a steady uptick in folks needing food from the nonprofit as the economy has headed further and further south.
But Tuesday morning, Atlanta director/writer/producer/actor Tyler Perry showed up with a Publix truck full of food to feed more than 1,000 families for two weeks.
“When you feed the hungry, you become that job,” Omilami told Buzz. “It follows you home every night. So many people are struggling just to pay their rent and put gas in their cars right now. It’s wonderful to have Tyler stand with us again as he did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He understands our needs because he’s been there.”
Perry joked with the assembled media pointing cameras at him as he maneuvered a large hydraulic hand truck loaded down with a pallet of spring water. “The Family That Preys” director was inspired to make the donation after seeing the empty shelves on TV during a report on the donation-challenged charity last week on WSB-TV’s news.
“[WSB reporter] Carol Sbarge just showed up last week,” Omilami recalled. “We didn’t call her. And then Tyler saw the piece and decided to act. It’s faith that gets you through situations like this.”
Perry, casually dressed in jeans, a blue shirt and matching Braves cap, gamely constructed boxes as he helped Omilami pack up the donations of green beans, stew and other staples.
The actor said the charity was close to his heart because he’s been out on the street himself.
“I can’t imagine being in that position right now, especially with children,” Perry said, shaking his head. “If more people who are in my position or corporations who are in an even better situation all do their share, we could help a lot of people in need right now.”
Still, Omilami knows one exceptionally generous donation won’t single-handedly solve the problem.
“People can’t forget about the working poor right now,” she said. “They need us more than ever.
If you’d like to make a donation: www.hoseafeedthehungry.com.
If you have a tip, call 404-526-2749. Or fax 404-526-5509. Or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
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