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Patricia Cowan

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Review for Urban Recipe, Atlanta, GA, USA

Rating: 5 stars  

Paradigm for food security best sum's up for me how this organization operate's. These dedicated members, volunteer's alike..have built through the year's a safe haven for families to garner the essentials, namely food, that would of been obsolete. Chad Hale, Director, has developed a food co-op that allow's low-income and less fortunate to come together, work side by side through food distribution, meal prep, discipline, and respect for of community. A non-denominational concept, everyone is welcome is the core practice of this team! Whether weekday lunch [free], giving consul, or linking recipient's to opportunitie's they may have never had...the mission is boundless. Testimony to this is the ongoing start-ups throughout Georgia and now out of state. How exciting! The friut of the spirit lives through Georgia Ave. Community Ministry!

I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...

Attended a one day workshop to successfully go out and develop my own food co-op in the community. Also, was fortunate to capture the the spirit of maintaining the integrity of their mission through compassion, patience and love of their community!!

If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...

..Find a larger facility for them to operate out of!...Amazing how much and how many they service out of a church basement. They deserve and certainly work for this.

Role:  General Member of the Public & Contractor for United Way, Atlanta. Introduced to GACM through a national event, National Day of Homelessness {Fannie May} based in Washington, DC. This agency was participating and I helped assist linking them to our then Mayor, Shirley Franklin. Aided i.