Organizers of the Georgia Legal Food Frenzy, which starts Monday, can boil the reasons to support the food banks across the state down to a handful of numbers:
- 1 in 5 Georgia children does not know when their next meal is coming;
- 73 percent of food bank clients say they have had to choose between buying food or medicine;
- Each $1 donated to a local food bank provides enough food for four meals; and
- Food banks can stretch each $1 into $8 worth of groceries.
The event is timed to restock food bank shelves for the summer school vacation, when parents of the 60 percent of Georgia children who rely free and reduced-cost meals at school have to look elsewhere for help.
