\u201cWhen your income is not that great, and prices are going up, how are people supposed to survive?\u201d<\/p>\n
For the last year, Charles Johnson and his family of five have been caught in an insecure no man\u2019s land. Their family\u2019s low income can\u2019t always stretch to cover everything they need, yet they don\u2019t qualify for public assistance in Georgia. So in his words, \u201cWe\u2019re trying to look for any kind of help we can get.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s where Hillside Presbyterian Church comes through. Whoever said small churches can\u2019t do big things?<\/p>\n
This small church in the Atlanta area has found its calling in Decatur, Georgia, by meeting tangible needs of people in the community. Over the last 20 years, this church of 124 members\u201480 active members, most of them between the ages of 50 and 90\u2014has distributed around 800,000 pounds of food to nearly 145,000 people. Hillside has become well known for its food pantry, and people from outside its service area\u2014often sent by other churches\u2014come looking for help.<\/p>\n