Detling Cole Collects More than Two Tons for Georgia Legal Food Frenzy

MARIETTA, Ga. – May 19, 2015 – Detling Cole, LLC is thrilled to announce that the firm collected more than two tons* of food in this year’s Georgia Legal Food Frenzy, an annual statewide food drive benefiting the Georgia Food Bank Association and its local partners. Nonperishable food and funds were collected from April 20 through May 1, 2015 and were personally delivered to the Atlanta Community Food Bank upon completion of the drive.

1 in 7 people in metro Atlanta and north Georgia depends on food pantries and meal service programs to feed themselves and their families each year; this figure includes more than 164,000 children who will rely on food bank assistance when school is out for the summer. Detling Cole, LLC and more than 275 firms statewide joined forces to raise the equivalent of 1,181,412 pounds ($289,242.50 in funds + 24,442 pounds of food) to stock the shelves of Atlanta Community Food Bank and its partner facilities.

“We’re sincerely appreciative of those who donated food and funds and helped us spread the word. Everyone’s contributions will go a long way towards fighting hunger across the State of Georgia and in the communities we serve,” said Mackenzie Cole, a Partner in the firm.

* Calculated based on number of pounds of food collected and the food equivalent of number of dollars raised, with $1 = 4 pounds of food

About Detling Cole, LLC

Detling Cole, LLC is a Marietta, Georgia-based civil litigation firm serving victims of personal injury, medical malpractice and dental malpractice. For more information, visit www.detlingcole.com.