ATLANTA — Imagine having to decide whether to purchase food or fill your gas tank, or whether to buy food or pick up a prescription. These aren’t hypothetical scenarios: they are the daily decisions that 1-in-8 families in metro Atlanta make each day.

You can make a difference by helping The Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta and 11Alive re-stock the Army’s 13 food pantries for the 43rd Annual 11Alive Holiday Can-A-Thon . Your donations help ease the burden of food insecurity for thousands of our neighbors, many of whom suffer in silence.

Here’s how it works: Collect canned goods and non-perishable food items (no glass or baby formula) this fall.

Then, on Friday, Dec. 5 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., drop off your donations at one of five convenient locations in metro Atlanta:

Salvation Army

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