Atlanta<\/a>, the City is shifting the conversation to shine a light of remembrance on the thousands of Atlantans who face food insecurity and hunger every day. In partnership with Kroger and The Atlanta Community Food Bank, Bottoms is asking Atlantans citywide to \u201cput your macaroni where your mouth is\u201d and participate in the City of Atlanta More Than Mac food drive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cMany struggle daily to find adequate food for their families and themselves,\u201d said Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. \u201cIt is my hope that our More than Mac campaign will help bring awareness to the disparities facing our communities and serve as a step toward eradicating hunger in Atlanta.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This weekend, as Atlanta welcomes visitors from across the globe for Super Bowl LIII, Kroger customers will have the opportunity to get involved by rounding up at the register. From Feb. 1 through Feb. 16, visit one of the 28 Kroger stores to begin donating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2018, Kroger launched the #ZeroHungerZeroWaste Donation Challenge to educate customers and communities across America to tackle hunger and waste. By donating groceries to their local food bank, customers shared their generous actions via social media for a good cause. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2017, Kroger has donated more than 325 million meals through Feeding America and aims to donate three billion meals by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn Atlanta alone, more than 800,000 residents face food insecurity. The \u201cMore than Mac\u201d round-up is a testament to Kroger\u2019s commitment to our Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative \u2013 and our vision to end hunger in the places we call home by 2025,\u201d said Felix Turner, corporate affairs manager for Kroger\u2019s Atlanta Division. \u201cWe are pleased to partner with Mayor Bottoms and metro-Atlanta communities on this critical endeavor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kroger proceeds from the More than Mac campaign will support the Atlanta Community Food Bank. At present, the food bank supports 29 counties across metro Atlanta and north Georgia distributing over 60 million meals to more than 755,000 people annually. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food pantries, community kitchens, childcare centers, night shelters, and senior centers are among the agencies that receive products from ACFB. In turn, these partner agencies provide food and other critical resources to food insecure residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are thrilled to be able to work with Mayor Lance Bottoms, Kroger, and other Corporate Partners as we work to end hunger in our community,” said Kyle Waide, CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank. “It takes lots of food, people and big ideas working together to end hunger, so that no one in our community worries about where their next meal is coming from. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get connected and donate by visiting your local Atlanta Kroger store. For more information and store locations visit:www.AtlantaGa.gov\/MoreThanMac<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A photo of some questionable mac and cheese that went viral over the holidays led to a new campaign to fight hunger in Atlanta. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined Kroger and the Atlanta Community Food Bank Thursday to launch the \u201cMore than Mac\u201d campaign created to fight food insecurity and hunger. What started off as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"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":[4295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-heroes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7777","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=7777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}