Community

Feeding Atmore


Members of the Yellow Hat Society and volunteers held a food giveaway Thursday, December 15, at Greater Mt. Triumph Missionary Baptist Church. Before the appointed hour (10 a.m.) more than 120 vehicles were in line to pick up boxes of food. The Yellow Hats had received enough food from Feeding the Gulf Coast for 300 families. Shown at the giveaway are, from left, Escambia County Deputy Renee Peebles, Doris Knight, Ruthie Adams, Atmore Police Officer Ryan James, Lucille Matthews, GMTMBC Pastor Willie Hawthorne, Vonda Bynum, Paulette Wynn, Lillie Johnson, Janice Reynolds, and Teresa Dees. Not pictured is Shelia Johnson Williams.