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Congratulations for 10 great years of snacking! Feeding the hungry Photos by BARRY WILLIAMS Special Feed the Hungry Foundation worker Kimberly Tworek sorts through food donations at the warehouse. Publix helps with Food for Sharing campaign Reggie Adams, an associate at the Publix Northeast Plaza store, assembles food bags for the Food for Sharing campaign. By Pamela A. Keene For Publix Super Markets early 46 tons of canned green beans, English peas and chicken soup, plus cereal, macaroni and cheese, pasta and canned meats will fill the warehouse belonging to the Feed the Hungry Foundation at the end of this Food for Sharing campaign. Sponsored by Publix, WXIA-TV, Quaker Oats and B98.5 radio, the annual food drive collects more than 46,000 non-perishable food items from mid- November until late December in barrels placed at Pub- lix stores throughout metro Atlanta.

food we collect through the campaign will help us feed more than 15,000 families across north said the Rev. Mack Barnes, executive director of the Feed the Hungry Foundation. package and deliver boxes of food all year long, and since Publix has been involved, the program has really taken The program began eight years ago as a Christmas ministry. Over the years, it has grown into a year-round program. Families in need of food come to the organization through referrals from the United 211 Help Line.

Each recipient is eligible to receive a box of food once per quarter, filled with enough food to feed a family of four for an entire week. Food is delivered to homes throughout North Georgia. realize that sometimes people just have the money to feed their Barnes said. because a lag time between applying for food stamps and actually receiving them, or maybe single mothers or the elderly get out of their Whatever the case, Barnes said involvement has helped the program reach out to many families who make ends meet. has truly been a blessing for he said.

stores collect the food and put it on pallets, then they ship full pallets to the Publix warehouse. Once a full trailer load has been collected, Publix provides the transportation to bring the food to our warehouse in Cobb Collection barrels at the front of each store are generally filled with boxes of cereal, cans of fruits and vegetables and jars of pea- nut butter or jelly. Several years ago, Publix began to pre-package nonperishable items in brown paper bags with a shopping receipt stapled to the top to make it easier for customers to make a donation. the stores started packaging items, donations really Barnes said. and our other partners, have been a real Barnes said that the Feed the Hungry Foundation also puts a Bible in each box of food delivered.

all part of our he said. feed people physically and AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT RXPLX1219OS8 PUBLIX ANNIVERSARY Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 Page 8 Zone.