Tyler Perry, Atlanta Agencies and Maximum Impact Team Up To Give Back

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By Amanda Cooper

To help those in need and to bridge the gap between the community, The Office of the Atlanta City Solicitor has teamed up with Maximum Impact, the Atlanta Police and the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, to distribute 5,000 boxes of food.

Each household will receive fresh produce, 10-pounds of poultry, fresh milk, and water with every distribution. The no contact drive-thru food drives will occur during July and August from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m and no registration is required. In addition, media mogul Tyler Perry is gifting one thousand fifty dollar Kroger gift cards to the community. The Atlanta Police Department will be going door to door and throughout the neighborhood to hand out the gift cards. This will give them n opportunity to speak with residents directly.

In a statement Perry says, 

“This is about the community that I love, that I live and work in. This is about good people who are in need of a hand up, not a handout. This is about the good police officers who do their job well every day, some of which are my personal friends. This is about trying to bridge unity in a city that adopted me and held me up high enough to reach my own branch on the tree of success. I love Atlanta and its people!”

Residents will also receive a free face mask at each food distribution location. The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department will distribute face masks to residents as part of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Executive Order. Her Order mandates that all persons within the territorial jurisdiction of the city of Atlanta and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, to wear a mask or a cloth face covering over their nose and mouth while in a public setting.