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Roads clogged as drivers line up for Tyler Perry Thanksgiving giveaway

Traffic backs up on Astor Avenue SW near the Tyler Perry Studios on Sunday, November 22, 2020. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Traffic backs up on Astor Avenue SW near the Tyler Perry Studios on Sunday, November 22, 2020. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Nov 22, 2020

Roads in East Point are clogged Sunday morning as hundreds of drivers are lined up for a food giveaway at Tyler Perry Studios.

The line for the drive-thru food giveaway, which is being held at 1 Tyler Perry Studios Way until noon, has Main Street backed up for more than two miles near Ga. 166.

Officials said they had run out of food boxes to give away before 10 a.m., Channel 2 Action News reported. However, they are still giving away gift cards.

“Although we wish that we could feed everyone in need, we will close the line at the 5,000th family,” the studio said on the flyer for the event.

ExploreTyler Perry Studios offering meals to 5,000 families for Thanksgiving

People were lined up as early as 3 p.m. Saturday, Channel 2 reported. The studio asked that attendees limit two families to one vehicle.

In order to avoid the area, drivers should use Campbellton Road as an alternate route.

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Asia Simone Burns is a watchdog reporter for the AJC. Burns was formerly an intern in AJC’s newsroom and now writes about crime. She is a graduate of Samford University and has previously reported for NPR and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR member station.

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