DeKalb, local churches announce next food giveaway

DeKalb County will distribute 5,000 boxes of food — which includes fruits, vegetables, eggs and chicken hindquarters — to residents on Saturday. Residents can also pick up cookies, fruit juice boxes and cereal.

The distributions start at 9 a.m. on June 24 at the following locations:

Saint Phillip AME, 240 Candler Rd. SE, Atlanta
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, 6400 Woodrow Rd., Stonecrest
Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, 2340 Clifton Springs Rd. Decatur
Shy Temple CME Church, 2030 Wesley Chapel Road, Decatur
Big Miller Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 3800 Big Miller Grove Way, Stonecrest
Berean Christian Church, 2201 Young Road, Stone Mountain
The Covenant Church, 1700 Corey Blvd., Decatur
Rehoboth Baptist Church, 2997 Lawrenceville Highway, Tucker

Since 2020, DeKalb County has held monthly food distributions to help alleviate hunger. They’ve distributed more than 114,700 boxes so far, paid for with money from federal COVID-19 relief funds.

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