News Update: Free food gone - Regions Bank robbed

[gpatt0n]

Free food proves popular

 

Helping Hands, which had initially expected to give away five dozen eggs and ten pounds of cheese to five hundred families over a two day period Wednesday and Thursday discovered early Wednesday afteroon that the demand was far greater than the supply. By about 2:40 PM the charitable group was already packing up shop having provided 750 families with five dozen free eggs and cheese. The distribution originally scheduled on Thursday from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. was canceled and the volunteers and staff alike were ready to call it a day ... until a mother with cancer and a child showed up totally busted, in ill health and out of food. The director for the agency Andrea Watson told her how to apply the next day and then realized that the family had no food for today, chased after her and made sure that the mother and son had food for the evening. The woman spoke of her travail in hushed terms to protect her son from not only the news there was no food and the family had lost all its possessions but that she was suffering from cancer. After canceling the free distribution this month, Ms. Watson said that Browns Foods had offered to host the cold storage for next month's distribution, which is rumored to be chicken.

 

 

Authorities investigate bank robbery

 

 

Hiram police report that no one was hurt in a robbery of the Regions Bank in the Paulding Commons Shopping Center just west of the intersection of GA 92 and US278. Police said the robber was a light complected Black man who escaped with an unknown amount of cash in the robbery, which occurred shortly before 2 p.m. today.

 

According to a scanner report the robber escaped in a van. Pcommer's discussed this event in this topic. We'll have more on it in Friday's news.

 

 

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[michelay1000]

PUBBY, does anyone have that womans contact information? I'd like to bring her family some food. Thank you.

[solosoul]

PUBBY, does anyone have that womans contact information? I'd like to bring her family some food. Thank you.

See I was thinking the same thing... please let me know

[treasure]

With tears in my eyes I am thanking God for how truly blessed I am.

I will be praying for this woman tonight and thank you ladies for jumping in to offer to help her.

[lotstodo]

What a sad situation. I am glad that someone was there to help for today and I sincerely hope that that family finds a more permanent solution to their problems. It is sometimes easy to forget how blessed we truly are.

[Mrs G]

I have posted a new topic (below) on this subject, if anyone would like to donate please pm me. This "HAS" been approved by the Community Chest

 

 

PCOM Community Chest

[Mrs G]

This was copied & pasted from the other thread Yes, I am being lazy...We have to be in Villa Rica at 6:45 but,................I am NOT good at writing so please read this, with that in mind......Caped Crusader called me today and told me that some pcommers had dropped off some food for this lady and we went to pick it up and OMG, it was a lot of food. WE HAVE SOME HUGE HEARTS IN PAULDING COUNTY!!!. This is what makes a "community"!!! Everyone coming together and pitching in, when one of our own is in dire need and this lady just cried. Honest to God.....all the food that was collected, filled the trunk of her car, it was NOT a big car but, the trunk was still a good size. The General said it was at least 100 lbs of food. She should have enough food to last her for a week, at least. I will keep in touch with her and update when I can. But, she gave her sincerest Thanks and cried just about the whole time, we were loading her car. May God Bless You All and may the reward be tenfold!!!

 

Mrs G