Gwinnett County And Goodr Are Tackling Holiday Hunger Relief With Pop Up Grocery Markets

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA —Gwinnett County has teamed up with Goodr for holiday hunger relief services now through December.

“We want all of our community members to thrive and our partnership with Goodr helps ensure residents facing food security challenges have happy and healthy holidays,” said Community Services Deputy Department Director Lindsey Jorstad in a news release.

Families are required to pre-register to participate. The pop-up grocery markets will provide residents with a week’s worth of groceries that will include meat or fish, eggs, breakfast meat, milk (or non-dairy substitutes), breakfast cereal, pantry staples and fresh vegetables. Each market is expected to serve about 300 families. People who want to help donate can visit https://goodr.co/foundation/.

Dates and addresses are below:

• Nov. 20, 10 a.m. -12 p.m.: OneStop Buford – 2755 Sawnee Avenue, Buford 30518
• Nov. 20, 2 p.m. -4 p.m.: OneStop Norcross – 5030 Georgia Belle Court, Norcross 30093
• Dec. 18, 10 a.m. -12pm: OneStop Centerville – 3025 Bethany Church Road, Snellville 30039
• Dec. 18, 2 p.m.-4pm: Bryson Park, Football Parking Lot – 5075 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn 30047

Gwinnett County Public School students have already benefited from 900 Snack Packs distributed across 40 GCPS campuses in November, according to the news release. Further assistance will include Pop-Up Grocery Markets in November and December for the county’s families and grocery deliveries aimed at helping Gwinnett veterans this holiday season.

Goodr and Gwinnett County have been partnering to combat hunger in the region for nearly 2 years. In that time, they have provided multiple services that served to bridge the gap between the end of the school year and the start of Gwinnett’s Summer Meal program as well as hosting Pop-Up Grocery Markets to help families stretch their holiday food budget. The goods provided at these activations are locally sourced by Goodr which has also provided a benefit to local businesses.

“Goodr is so excited to continue our partnership with Gwinnett County throughout this holiday season,” said Goodr CEO, Jasmine Crowe. “The holidays present a hardship for so many and we are honored to have the opportunity to serve some of our local veterans and lighten the burden for so many families.”

Patch has partnered with Feeding America to help raise awareness on behalf of the millions of Americans facing hunger. Feeding America, which supports 200 food banks across the country, estimates that in 2021, about 42 million Americans may not have enough nutritious food to eat due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. This is a Patch social good project; Feeding America receives 100 percent of donations. Find out how you can donate in your community or find a food pantry near you.