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Southeast region that was awarded funds from
the USDA to distribute food boxes. Jessica
Brantley, director of purchasing for Athena
Farms, explained why they reached out to
Cobb Community Foundation.
“We really liked that they are working to
help resource nonprofit food providers serving
Cobb, so working through them is helping to
feed much more than just the clients of a single
organization,” she said. During the last week
of May, Athena delivered 2,000 boxes of
produce, and even larger shipments were
coming through the end of July. As is the case
for many farms, Athena’s primary customer
base is restaurants. “The Farmers to Families
Food Box Program has put all of our employees
back to work,” said Brantley.
“While at least some of the immediate
food shortage challenges have been resolved,
we had to resolve the storage issue if food was
going to make its way to those who need it,”
Martin said. “Our mission statement includes
the phrase, ‘Connecting donors who care with
causes that matter.’ The Atlanta Braves stepped
up to provide the refrigeration space that avails
all of Cobb’s nonprofit food providers of the
produce coming in, at a time when members
of our community need it most.”
The one remaining need, however, was to
be able to accommodate the scarcest item of all
right now: meat. Poultry, pork, beef and fish all
require a freezer, and the Atlanta Braves’
storage space was already full. What was not
full, however, was their loading dock. Enter
Kim Gresh, owner of S.A. White Oil Company
and Cobb Community Foundation board
member.
“So many of our customers want to help
right now, so we reached out to one that we
knew would want to be involved,” Gresh said.
Huddle House and one of their vendors, Ryder
Trucks stepped up to the plate. Ryder made
available a 53-foot freezer container and
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