Contest Challenges Residents To Collect Food For CAC

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Sandy Springs residents are being put to the test to see how much food they can collect for the Community Assistance Center.

The Food ’n Fun Challenge, the largest community-wide food drive for the Sandy Springs-based organization, will pit rival schools, businesses and organizations against each other. These entities will enter into a friendly competition to see who can collect the most food during the last two weeks of April.

The food drive is critical to aiding local families in the summer, the time of year when the organization sees the greatest need and its food pantry inventory is at its lowest, CAC said.

Teams are encourage to challenge their rivals on video and post those call-outs on social media.

CAC also encourages teams to consider creating a food drive theme (i.e. eat your veggies), take part in the can construction contest and send your pictures to CAC to be judged.

Winners will be announced at CAC’s third annual Food ‘n Fun Festival, which will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2 at North Springs Charter High School. The festival is an outdoor family festival activities and games for residents of all ages. Admission is free to the event, but attendees are encouraged to bring a canned food or nonperishable food item for the organization’s pantry.

For more information, visit www.ourcac.org/foodnfun or contact Pam Jones at Pam.Jones@ourcac.org.

Photo credit: Community Assistance Center’s Facebook page