🌱 Volunteers Package 100,000 Meals + Giants Cut Local Football Player

Morning, friends! It's me, Dan Casarella, your host of the Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in town today...

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 86 Low: 67.

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Here are the top three stories in Johns Creek today:

1. Volunteers from Johns Creek's United Methodist Church helped package 100,000 meals with the non-profit Rise Against Hunger. The meals will be shipped internationally to communities facing hunger. Gogo Her, the Rise Against Hunger Area Manager, said “Hunger is one of those things that definitely can be eradicated and we believe that through meal packing events like this. We like to say it starts with a meal, we’ll empower people to become citizens who can actually sustain themselves.” The event also marked one million meals packaged with Rising Against Hunger since 2010. (CBS 46 News)
2. Three weeks before the new NFL season kicks off, Christopher Hinton of Johns Creek was cut by the New York Giants on Friday. The undrafted defensive tackle signed a training camp deal with the Giants last April. Hinton started 19 games at Michigan from 2019 to 2021, receiving honorable mention all-Big Ten honors last season during Michigan’s run to the Big Ten championship and College Football Playoff. (MLive)
3. Local volunteers cleaned up 353 pounds of trash at Autrey Mill Nature Preserve's annual Creek Crawl event over the weekend. The most common garbage found included beverage bottles, tennis balls, and pieces of plastic/foam packaging. More surprising items included a suitcase, a plastic toy oven, and a rusted wheelbarrow. (City of Johns Creek, Georgia - Government via Facebook)

Today in Johns Creek:

• Summer Serendipity Art Exhibition At Johns Creek Art Center (9:00 AM)
• Canasta At Newtown School's Park Place (12:00 PM)
• Calm Coloring At Ocee Library (2:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Looking for a new job or trying to make a career change? There are currently multiple full-time openings in and around Johns Creek. Available openings include customer service, sales, and marketing. (Johns Creek Patch)
• JCPD Officer Locklear located a white and tan bulldog Monday morning on McGinnis Ferry Rd by Riverwalk Landing. If anyone is or knows the owner, the bulldog can be picked up at Fulton County Animal Control. (JCPD via Instagram)
• On Thursday, you can support the Wilson Creek PTO at Culver's Spirit Night from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. 15 percent of all orders go to support the school. (Wilson Creek ES PTO via Facebook)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! See you tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Dan Casarella

About me: Dan Casarella is a writer, podcast producer, and small business development specialist who formerly worked in late-night television. He’s produced many talk segments, including with President Joe Biden, Kobe Bryant, and Chadwick Boseman. Dan studied Media Studies and Production at Temple University. He also enjoys running, painting, and the highs and lows of Philadelphia’s sports teams.