Feeding the need

Community effort provides meals for 500 residents

  • Cynseria Jenkins serves up food at the Thanksgiving meal Thursday at Cornelia Community House. TOM ASKEW/Special
    Cynseria Jenkins serves up food at the Thanksgiving meal Thursday at Cornelia Community House. TOM ASKEW/Special
  • Savannah Bethea (middle left) and Louann Duckett (middle right) were among many volunteers serving up hot meals at the Community House in Cornelia on Thanksgiving Day. TOM ASKEW/Special
    Savannah Bethea (middle left) and Louann Duckett (middle right) were among many volunteers serving up hot meals at the Community House in Cornelia on Thanksgiving Day. TOM ASKEW/Special
  • Billy Jenkins, Cornelia’s fire chief (right), also was one of the lead organizers of the event. TOM ASKEW/Special
    Billy Jenkins, Cornelia’s fire chief (right), also was one of the lead organizers of the event. TOM ASKEW/Special
  • Doris Negron hands a meal to a guest at the community meal Thursday in Cornelia. TOM ASKEW/Special
    Doris Negron hands a meal to a guest at the community meal Thursday in Cornelia. TOM ASKEW/Special
    The goal for the community meal on Thanksgiving Day was to serve 500 people, and the group of volunteers at Cornelia’s Community House reached that goal. They also expanded the area ser...

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