After initially running their own food pantry one weekend a month, the members of the Junior League of Gainesville-Hall County found that they were unable to reach as many people as they would have liked due to the fact that families had to find transportation to the Junior League lodge, which could prove to be […]

Kelsey Podo The Times Updated: March 19, 2020, 3:40 p.m. Art Gallegos with the Georgia Mountain Food Bank, stood outside Melrose Apartments in Gainesville on Thursday, March 19, to feed over 46 families. Since the COVID-19 outbreak touched Georgia, the food bank hasn’t stopped serving the community through its outreach programs like Neighborhood Fresh and […]

This holiday season, we have an activity for your whole family that encourages working together to FEED HOPE by providing food for those who need it. Designate a box in your home to collect food items during December. Then, each day leading up to December 25, place the item for that day in the box. […]

By Joy Holmes Multimedia Journalist Congressman Doug Collins of Gainesville and his team painted empty bowls Tuesday for Hunger Action Month’s upcoming Empty Bowl Luncheon hosted by the Georgia Mountain Food Bank. The Empty Bowl Luncheon is a fundraising event where community members take part in a lunch, a silent auction and a presentation highlighting the impacts […]

Georgia Mountain Food Bank neighborhood fresh coordinator Art Gallegos joins University of North Georgia Gainesville students and volunteers setting up a mobile food pantry Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, in the parking lot. The event, while in the school parking lot, is welcoming students, faculty, staff and community members. – photo by Scott Rogers Kelsey Richardson Updated: […]

GAINESVILLE, Ga.— The Georgia Mountain Food Bank received the Distinguished Service Award at the 2019 Georgia Restaurant Association Crystal of Excellence (GRACE) Awards gala on Sunday in Atlanta. Nominated alongside Helms College—Edgar’s Hospitality Group and Tropical Smoothie Café, Georgia Mountain Food Bank was chosen by the GRACE Academy as the recipient of this year’s award. […]

By Joy Holmes Multimedia Journalist The day photographer Al Clayton died, he left behind a legacy. Clayton captured moments of A-list celebrities and musicians, but the work he was most proud of was the images compiled into the 1969 book called “Still Hungry in America,” Clayton’s daughter, Jennie Clayton, said. “He said ‘I hope I […]

By Joy Holmes Multimedia Journalist Kay Blackstock with Georgia Mountain Food Bank looks at a face of hunger captured by photographer Al Clayton at the Quinlan Arts Center Thursday. A collaboration among the Quinlan Arts Center, Georgia Mountain Food Bank and The John Jarrard foundation kicked-off hunger action month with the opening of the “Still Hungry in […]

By AccessWDUN Staff (Courtesy Georgia Mountain Food Bank) What do you imagine when you picture the faces of hunger? Photographer Al Clayton did not have to imagine. He saw the faces of hunger in the subjects of his photos, now part of an exhibit “Still Hungry in America,” which will be on display at Gainesville’s Quinlan Arts Center […]