Holidays come early for hundreds in need
More than 450 people lined up Tuesday night outside Macon’s Christ Episcopal Church downtown to receive a free meal, clothes, toiletries and children’s toys at the annual Mentors Project Christmas event.
The crowd, the largest in the event’s nine-year history, reflected an ever-varying melting pot of midstate residents who are feeling the impact of the tough economy and worsening job market — part-time employees, large families, teenagers caring for young siblings, college students, senior citizens and the homeless, who rely on help from others that is increasingly sparse.
Throughout the Walnut Street church, volunteers manned charity stations, passing out bowls of soup and sandwiches in a large auditorium and donated women’s and men’s clothing and toys for kids in three smaller back areas.
June O’Neal, who organized the event this year, worked a moving line where adults waited to take a bag with two blankets, a flashlight and thermos, hats and gloves, fruit and other items to make do in the cold.
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