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Kelly Klein with Food Bank of Northeast Georgia

November 8, 2023 by Tom Sheldon

Northeast Georgia Business Radio

Kelly Klein with Food Bank of Northeast Georgia

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Kelly Klein

Kelly Klein/Food Bank of Northeast Georgia

The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia is a 501(c)3 organization, existing for the sole goal of food security for everyone in our 14 county service area. They work as a distribution center, procuring, storing and distributing food. Swerving children, seniors, families, individuals, and anyone experiencing food insecurity. More than 65,000 neighbors in the region are facing food insecurity; a third are children. Even one human going hungry is too many!

The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia was founded in 1992 in an effort to end hunger in fourteen counties. Their first home was on Prince Avenue in the building that is now The Grit. In that first year, the Food Bank distributed approximately 350,000 pounds of food to 36 partner agencies.

In 1997, the organization relocated to their permanent home on Newton Bridge Road, which has since been expanded to continue meeting the needs of our community. In 2016, the Food Bank added a second location in Rabun County. This distribution center enables the organization to better serve the counties of Georgia’s mountain region. This expansion included a state of the art facility complete with a teaching kitchen, commercial kitchen, and frozen food processing line.

With more than 28 years of experience serving the community, the Food Bank now distributes more than 13 million pounds of food to our fourteen county service area through the help of around 200 partner organizations every year.

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Jessica Wade with Jessica Wade Real Estate and Kay Blackstock with Georgia Mountain Food Bank

September 3, 2019 by Beau Henderson

North Georgia Business Radio

Jessica Wade with Jessica Wade Real Estate and Kay Blackstock with Georgia Mountain Food Bank

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Beau Henderson, Jessica Wade, Kay Blackstock, Dr. Bill Lampton

Jessica Wade/Jessica Wade Real Estate

Jessica grew up in Gainesville, graduated from North Hall and them Kennesaw State University with a degree in marketing. Jessica has been in real estate for 6 1/2 years. She has been involved in hundreds of real estate transactions learning many of the ins and outs when it comes to buying and selling real estate. Let Jessica’s expertise and personality work for you!!

Kay Blackstock/Georgia Mountain Food Bank

Georgia Mountain Food Bank’s (GMFB’s) mission is to address hunger, health and quality of life by serving those in need. An affiliate of Atlanta Community Food Bank, they provide a vital link between sources of food supplies and hardworking community-based partner agencies who help get the food into the hands of families and individuals in need.

Tom Balog with The Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry

August 28, 2019 by Mike

Case In Point

Tom Balog with The Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry

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Tom Balog/The Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry

The Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry is a Christian organization that has been serving those in need in the Lawrenceville and Dacula communities since 1995. Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry assists by providing food, limited financial assistance, and connections to other resources with the goal of self-sufficiency.

Palm Valley Church and Community Impact with Tere Tucker and Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank with Leanne Leonard E17

March 21, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Palm Valley Church and Community Impact with Tere Tucker and Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank with Leanne Leonard E17

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Palm Valley Church and Community Impact with Tere Tucker and Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank with Leanne Leonard E17

Palm Valley Church created a non-profit entity, Community Impact. Community Impact exists to work together with their neighbors, local government, businesses and schools to build relationships by bringing all together for the good of the community. Their goal is to discover the assets, talents, gifts and passions in the community to meet the needs for transformation and hope by creating those partnerships. Palm Valley Church is a PEACE Plan Church which means that there are five giants that bring chaos in the world in various degrees locally and globally; they are spiritual emptiness, corrupt leadership, poverty, disease and illiteracy. If the Church can begin to take steps in addressing these giants it will bring peace to the world and will bring about a servants heart, actions and the important of serving others.

Tere Tucker has been a member of Palm Valley Church for over 6 years and the Director of Local Missions and Community Impact for 2 years. She comes from a background of owning her own software business where she has semi-retired and is now more available for volunteer work. Her passion is helping to make life a little easier and giving hope to those struggling, by looking at what the specific needs are in the community, and working with the community partners to bring about sustainable change. Since Palm Valley Church is a “PEACE Plan” Church it gives her this chance to be used by God to make these changes.

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For the past 23 years the Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank has been faithfully serving the people of the southwest valley. Their mission, as a faith based non-profit organization, is to provide services to families and individuals in the southwest valley who are hungry, in need, or facing crisis. AFFCB has two locations, Avondale and Tonopah, with a variety of programs and services, some shared, some unique. At each location, they offer monthly emergency food boxes and access to their clothing bank. In Avondale, they also provide monthly food boxes for seniors and infants, they have a shower on site for bathing, and they offer hygiene products and daily lunches for
individuals.

Each year, AFFCB partners with other local agencies and churches to collect and distribute school supplies (Backpacks & More) in July, Thanksgiving meals in November, and Christmas food and gifts (Toys & More) in December. All their programs and services are only contingent on need and residency. Individuals seeking assistance at the Avondale or Tonopah location must have proof of residence in a neighboring city (Avondale, Goodyear, Buckeye, Tolleson, Cashion, or Litchfield Park – or – Tonopah, Arlington, Palo Verde, or Harquahala, respectively).

The Agua Fria Food & Clothing Bank is a community supported organization. They rely heavily on in-kind and monetary donations, as well as grants. They are also an approved AZ charitable tax credit organization. Their day to day operations are possible only through the thousands of generous hours served by volunteers.

Leanne Leonard has served as the Executive Director of the Agua Fria Food & Clothing Bank since August of 2015. Prior to coming to AFFCB she worked for Ottawa University’s Arizona campus for eight years. She was serving as the Director of Business Program’s for their four Arizona locations, and was a full time faculty member teaching courses in business, communications, and liberal arts.

Leanne earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Psychology from Ottawa University, and a Master of Science in Leadership from Grand Canyon University.

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