Annual Legal Food Frenzy Raises Money for Summer Meals
Monday, June 26th, 2023
11 law organizations across the CSRA partnered with Golden Harvest Food Bank to collect funds to help combat summer hunger through the 12th annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy.
Each year, legal groups across Georgia join together in friendly competition to raise funds for their local food banks. The goal of the Legal Food Frenzy is to collect donations in an effort to provide meals for children during the summer months that schools are closed.
“In our service area 1 in 6 children struggle with hunger and the summertime is extremely hard because there are no school breakfasts or lunches for kids to depend on,” said Amy Breitmann, President & CEO, Golden Harvest Food Bank. “We are thankful for our local legal community and their efforts to raise money to help provide meals for the children that we serve.”
Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office; Augusta Judges; Burroughs Elijah Attorneys; Columbia Judicial Circuit; Durham Bray Law Firm; Fulcher Hagler LLP; Georgia Legal Services Program – Augusta; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP; Law Offices of Nathan M. Jolles, P.C.; Richmond County Civil and Magistrate Court; and USBC – Augusta Office, came together to raise a total of $30,526, which equals 91,578 meals.
“The Legal Food Frenzy is important when families in this economy are feeling the effects of inflation and having to cope with high food prices,” stated Nathan Jolles, sole proprietor at the Law Offices of Nathan M. Jolles. “By us having this food drive at the end of April going into May it stocks up the food shelves for the summer months for children, so the timing is very, very important.”
The Georgia Legal Food Frenzy is an annual two-week fundraising competition created in partnership with the Georgia Attorney General, the State Bar and Young Lawyers Division, and the Georgia Food Bank Association. This year the contest ran from April 15th to April 26th.
