Churches distribute food in Downtown Augusta on Monday

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – A food giveaway was held at the Julian Smith Casino on Monday.

Several local churches came together for the event on Nov. 24, just days before the Thanksgiving holiday.

“We do this because we’re servants the churches of Christ. We want to serve the community,” said Johnny Kinsey of Churches of Christ. “We’ve been doing this for almost 19 years now and with that, we’re just grateful for the people who come out. You know there are a lot of folks and we take Thanksgiving for granted. There’s a lot of folks come out that don’t know where their next meal is coming from, so we invite them in to sit down and have a good meal and if they want some food to-go, we give them two plates to-go.”…

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