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Food and PPE giveaway at Hammonds House

The national nonprofit Social Change joins with others to distribute food and and masks to those in need.
The national nonprofit Social Change joins with others to distribute food and and masks to those in need.
By Shelia Poole
Feb 27, 2021

The pandemic has created hardships for a lot of metro Atlantans.

To help, the nonprofit Social Change will hold a free food and personal protection equipment giveaway from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at Hammonds House, 503 Peeples St. S.W. in Atlanta. Access is from the parking lot on Lucille Avenue.

Additionally, residents can get a free, confidential HIV test and enter for a chance to win a $50 Kroger gift card.

Other sponsors include the Atlanta chapter of the Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition, the Hammonds House Museum, Ga. Familias Unidas, Everyone Eats Foundation, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office and Congresswoman Nikema Williams.

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Shelia has worked at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than 30 years. Previously, she worked at The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Louisville Defender. Her beat is a bit of a mixed bag that includes religion and spirituality, culture and trends, race and aging. She earned degrees from Spelman College and Northwestern University.

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