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Future to host annual Thanksgiving gala for Atlanta senior citizens

The dynamic duo. Photo: Robb Cohen Future received a warm welcome from fans at his Atlanta show with Drake. Photography & Video /www.RobbsPhotos.com

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

The dynamic duo. Photo: Robb Cohen Future received a warm welcome from fans at his Atlanta show with Drake. Photography & Video /www.RobbsPhotos.com
By Melissa Ruggieri
Nov 14, 2016

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

Future is spreading the philanthropic love with his fourth annual Golden Wishes Thanksgiving Gala.

The Atlanta rapper – who in September wrapped the three-month Summer Sixteen Tour with Drake – will hold the event on Nov. 19 in Atlanta.

The purpose of the Thanksgiving Gala, which Future offers through his charity, FreeWishes Foundation, is to provide senior citizens in Atlanta an evening of food, music and dancing as well as present the attendees with the ingredients for a “perfect holiday meal.”

Although the gala is closed to the public, those who want to participate as a sponsor or donor can email lisa@freebandz.com.

Future founded the FreeWishes Foundation with his mother, Stephanie Jester, and sister, Tia Wilburn.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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