Lilburn church distributing 100K pounds of food to needy

LILBURN—The line snaking around Lilburn's Faith Center church Sunday morning was as intent on real food as much as spiritual nourishment.
With church services canceled, there was a big turnout, nevertheless, for the church's annual food give-away.
More than 100,000 pounds of food, from cereal to produce to canned soup, was set up on tables for the thousands who filed into the church hall, located on the Berkmar High School campus.
The event ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., but many, like Norcross resident Juanita Kennemore showed up early.
"I got here at 6, because we have no food," said Kennemore, who is disabled and lives with her two children and two grandchildren.
Even before the distribution began, the sanctuary was packed with more than 400 people, and the line leading into the building stretched out the door, along a shaded breezeway and into the parking lot.
Volunteers were still serving into the early evening, and church Pastor Vincent Campbell estimated close to 9,000 people from Gwinnett, Cobb, Fulton and Douglas counties were served.
All the food is purchased by the church with donations from parishioners.

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