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): 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:
- Make a financial donation online
- Donate to an Amazon Wishlist
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:
