Lots of food at a Georgia Avenue Food Cooperative Meeting!
Sometimes our boxes are overflowing! We are providing food, but not just food--FOOD SECURITY! What does that mean? It means our families do not just get a little food for a day or two; we endeavor to provide enough supplemental food that when the end of the month arrives, there is still food on the table--their stress is relieved from worrying about whether they or their children will be hungry! We are blessed to have a good and low-cost source of food in the Atlanta Community Food Bank, for which we could not be more thankful. We have also been the recipient of items from the Target Corporation, with a variety ranging from foods, paper products, furniture, coffee pots--you name it. See more about our amazing and unique program on our food co-op page.
This video will give a sense of how different food co-ops are as opposed to food pantries: dignity, community and fellowship, food security... in the words of our members.
The Georgia Avenue Community Ministry has a rich history of reaching out to and responding to people in need in such a way as to create cooperation, build community and honor the gifts, abilities and talents that people bring with them into GACM. This Christian ministry will serve anyone in need regardless of religious affiliation or any other difference. Our desire is to work WITH people as opposed to "helping," so that relationships are formed, community grows and people gain what they need as well as helping others to have the same. The Georgia Avenue Community Ministry strives to be an asset building community development ministry.
OUR MISSION: To provide food for those in need in a way that affirms dignity and builds community
As of July, 2011, GACM has formed a collaborative relationship with FCS Urban Ministries. Focused Community Strategies (FCS) can be found at this link on the web:
http://fcsministries.org/
Georgia Avenue Community Ministry, Inc.
645 Grant St., Se
Atlanta, GA 30312
404-688-0871
chadhale@gacm.org