The Norcross Cooperative Ministry is trying to raise $4.2 million over the next five years.

The nonprofit will use the money to launch programs to help families break out of poverty, to increase food distribution and emergency housing assistance and to expand awareness of community needs in the Norcross area. For more information on the cooperative, visit www.norcrossco-op.org.

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A migrant farmworker harvests Vidalia onions at a farm in Collins, in 2011. A coalition of farmworkers, including one based in Georgia, filed suit last month in federal court arguing that cuts to H-2A wages will trigger a cut in the pay and standard of living of U.S. agricultural workers. (Bita Honarvar/AJC)

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