Athenians Helping Athenians: Neighborhood Raises 7,000 Meals
Friday, November 21st, 2025
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, a neighborhood on the East side of Athens surpassed their goal of raising 500 pounds of food.
Longtime Athens resident Leara Rhodes started the Waverly Woods neighborhood food drive during the pandemic. Rhodes decided to set a new goal for their fifth year. “I decided we’d have a goal of five hundred pounds!,” she said.
Read More at The Universty of Georgia.
