Doug and Fran Cameron have a knack for finding out what people need and then delivering.
This may explain why their garage is filled with hand-me-downs.
Donations of children’s toys, books, winter coats, housewares, and bins of seasonal clothing have piled up in their east Cobb home.
“It’s stacked and stacked and starting to look like the Goodwill,” quipped Doug. “We had a gentleman come a few months ago with his entire SUV filled with his daughter’s clothing that she had outgrown.”
Credit: Phil Skinner
The items will find new homes with Cobb County families served through the McCleskey-East Cobb Family YMCA Hunger Relief program.
Fran and other volunteers help set up free popup markets with commodities, fresh fruits and vegetables at four apartment communities each week. Fran has been helping for almost five years and has gotten to know the residents and their needs.