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Nov. 26, 2015 – Atlanta – Volunteer Archel Bernard (left), from Atlanta, works her way down the food line, filling her tray to serve in the dining room. With the help of hundreds of volunteers, Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless expected to serve as many as 6,000 Thanksgiving day meals at the Georgia World Congress Center Thanksgiving day. Free services included cooked meals, barbers and hair stylists, medical screenings and care, clothing, legal aid, live music performances, prayer and counseling. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

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The Give Back: Hosea Helps Hosts Annual Holiday Festival of Services In Atlanta

December 21, 2021·By Erikka Yvonne

Erikka Yvonne

December 21, 2021

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Tis’ the season to spread joy and give back. According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, Georgia has over 2.4 Million children with 49% living in low-income households. This includes over 400,000 children under the age of six whose families struggle to provide healthy meals and quality educations for them.

Hosea Helps, Inc. is in full swing with its 2021 Annual Holiday Festival of Services that include Thanksgiving, Christmas, and MLK Day. This year’s holiday events are another historic first for the organization battling against the covid-19 pandemic. 

Hosea Helps, Inc.  will hold this year’s annual Christmas food distributions and toy giveaway one week before the holiday on Sunday, December 19, 2021, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM adjacent to the Yellow Lot at the Georgia World Congress Center. 

This historic pivot helps to empower parents facing financial challenges to provide a happy dignified Christmas filled with hot, wholesome food and toys for their children on Christmas Day.

Hosea Helps, overall mission is to investigate and then raise public awareness about the many problems that are facing families and individuals that are at risk of slipping into poverty or that are living in poverty, and then to mobilize financial resources, products and volunteers to solve those problems and stabilize those households.

Get involved by visiting 4hosea.org.

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