{"id":16115,"date":"2020-06-24T17:32:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T21:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=16115"},"modified":"2020-06-24T17:32:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T21:32:20","slug":"dekalb-county-will-distribute-2400-bags-of-chicken-and-produce-to-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=16115","title":{"rendered":"DeKalb County will distribute 2,400 bags of chicken and produce to residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DeKalb County is continuing its popular food distribution program, giving residents chicken and Georgia Grown produce Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The county will host its third food distribution event at three drive-thru locations at which 2,400 DeKalb residents will receive one 20-pound box of Georgia Grown fruit and vegetables and a 10-pound bag of frozen chicken hind quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning at 10 a.m., COVID-19 Care Baskets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at three locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Buck Godfrey Stadium, 2817 Clifton Springs Rd., Decatur, GA 30034<\/li><li>James R. Hallford Stadium, 3789 Memorial College Ave., Clarkston, GA 30021<\/li><li>New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, 6400 Woodrow Rd., Stonecrest, GA 30038<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDeKalb County is continuing its initiative to turn the tide against food insecurity for our residents,\u201d said DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond. &nbsp;\u201cWe have built unprecedented cooperation with the state Department of Agriculture and local nonprofits and given hope to those who have less.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The COVID-19 Care Basket distribution is a partnership between DeKalb County Government and the Georgia Department of Agriculture\u2019s \u201cBuy Georgia Grown, Now More Than Ever\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The county has budgeted $3 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funding to underwrite the initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about DeKalb County\u2019s response to COVID-19, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dekalbcountyga.gov\/coronavirus\">www.dekalbcountyga.gov\/coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DeKalb County is continuing its popular food distribution program, giving residents chicken and Georgia Grown produce Saturday. The county will host its third food distribution event at three drive-thru locations at which 2,400 DeKalb residents will receive one 20-pound box of Georgia Grown fruit and vegetables and a 10-pound bag of frozen chicken hind quarters. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3651],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}