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Start collecting your canned goods for the 42nd annual 11Alive Holiday Can-A-Thon!

The 42nd annual 11Alive Holiday Can-A-Thon will be Friday, Dec. 6, 2024 and will benefit The Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta.

ATLANTA — Imagine having to decide whether to purchase food or fill your gas tank, or whether to buy food or pick up a prescription. These aren’t hypothetical scenarios: they are the daily decisions that 1-in-8 families in metro Atlanta make each day. 

You can make a difference by helping The Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta and 11Alive re-stock the Army’s 13 food pantries for the 42nd Annual 11Alive Holiday Can-A-Thon.  Your donations help ease the burden of food insecurity for thousands of our neighbors, many of whom suffer in silence.

Here’s how it works: Collect canned goods and non-perishable food items (no glass or baby formula) this fall.

Then, on Friday, Dec. 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., drop off your donations at one of five convenient locations in metro Atlanta:

  • Salvation Army of Gwinnett County (Gwinnett): 3455 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville
  • Salvation Army of Marietta (Cobb): 202 Waterman Street, SE, Marietta
  • Salvation Army Kroc Center (Fulton): 967 Dewey Street, Atlanta
  • Salvation Army Peachcrest (Dekalb):  3500 Sherrydale Lane, Decatur
  • Trilith Town (Fayette): 210 Trilith Parkway, Fayetteville

Click here to register to drop off goods for the Can-A-Thon. 

If you'd like to participate as a volunteer for this year's Can-A-Thon, you can sign up with The Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta.

Because hunger never takes a holiday, there are more opportunities to join the fight against food insecurity if you can’t attend the drop-off event on Dec. 6. Through Dec. 31, donors can help fight hunger virtually:

11Alive is grateful to Publix Super Markets, which have been a Can-A-Thon partner and sponsor for almost two decades, for providing logistical support as well as the donation of food items to The Salvation Army.  

Visit 11Alive.com/canathon for more information, or to register a school, business, or organization to participate in the Can-A-Thon on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.

See coverage from last year's 41st annual Can-A-Thon: 

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