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The Feed the Need, a monthly feeding event hosted by Fly Philanthropy and Citty Angels, partnered with The Faith Project’s Feed the Streets campaign to make a bigger impact to homeless men, women and children in Atlanta.
The local nonprofit organizations came together at Woodruff Park on Nov. 23 to kick off a collaborative Feed the Need event that provided the homeless with hot meals, winter clothing and personal care items to help them as much as possible.
“We do the Feed the Streets every week, and Feed the Need is hosted every month,” said Lakeisha Johnson, founder of The Faith Project. “We are passionate about our goals to combat hunger and homelessness so we decided to bring all of our resources together and host a big event to make a bigger difference in the community we wanted to serve.”
The inaugural event served about 150 people with the help of volunteers and local businesses.
Hosted by Fly Philanthropy, Feed the Need started in April with founder Della Williams and Citty Angels founder Antonio Eagle to start giving back to the community. “We just wanted to give back and Woodruff Park is a very saturated location that has people in need,” said Eagle. “People are struggling and anything we can do to help them makes a big difference.”
The goal for the partners is to host the event once a month and to make it success, Johnson emphasizes the need for volunteers and community’s help. “Everyone who can offer their time or resources to make this event impactful is already a huge help.” she said. “These men, women, and families are very appreciative. It puts a lot of things in perspective and it’s a great way to share your blessings to those who are going through a rough patch.”
In other news: Delta Community Credit Union, Georgia's largest credit union, announced its pledge to donate $70,000 to 15 organizations in metro Atlanta. In 2014, the donations will be distributed amongst the Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Brain Tumor Foundation, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Reach Out and Read Program, the Cobb Schools Foundation, Cool Girls, Fayette Youth Protection, Georgia Health Sciences, the Georgia Center for Non-Profits, Girls, Inc., the Joseph Sams School, North Fulton Community Charities, Rocky Mount Elementary School, Sara Harp Minter Elementary School, St. Vincent de Paul and the YWCA of Greater Atlanta.
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