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Sandwich Project grows to feed area’s needy By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — What began as a pair of Dunwoody neighbors making sandwiches to help feed the hungry has grown a thousandfold. The Sandwich Project, an organization that began in April 2020 in Dunwoody, now has volunteers and recipients across Metro Atlanta. The goal is simple: to provide nutritious, filling food to any who may need it. It started when neighbors Marcy Louza and Lisa Hiles began making sandwiches with a church group to feed the food insecure. The effort quickly expanded to a core group of 12, who put their talents together to spread the word further. Less than two years later, The Sandwich Project now boasts 2,500 volunteers working to feed Metro Atlanta’s hungry and has distributed more than 320,000 sandwiches. “This is the definition of grassroots,” Louza said. “It was the right combination of people, everybody coming in with a unique skillset.” The Sandwich Project’s volunteers buy bread, lunch meat and cheese to make into sandwiches. The project doesn’t add condiments or other toppings. Volunteers then pack the sandwiches in individual zip-close bags and gather them back in the bread bag. Once they’re packed, volunteers drop them off at any of the Sandwich Project’s more than 25 collection locations around Metro Atlanta. Certain collection points also collect peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, kept separate from meat and cheese sandwiches. The
Dunwoody officer arrested for DUI after crashing car DUNWOODY, Ga. –– A Dunwoody police officer is in jail after an arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol. Sgt. Robert Parsons was charged Jan. 26 with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on roadways laned for traffic, according to DeKalb County Jail records. The Dunwoody Police Department reported that late Tuesday night Parsons was involved in a single-car crash on Sumac Drive in Dunwoody. When Dunwoody police officers arrived on the scene and determined that Parsons was a member of the department, Georgia State Patrol was asked to investigate. According to the statement, Parsons was driving his personal vehicle and off-duty when he crashed. Georgia State Patrol arrested Parsons at the scene and transported him to DeKalb County Jail. Jail records indicate he remains incarcerated as of Thursday afternoon. Parsons is the City of Dunwoody’s police information officer and has served on the force for since 2009.
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The Sandwich Project volunteers make sandwiches for the food insecure. The project began in early 2020 and now boasts 2,500 volunteers. project also takes donations of fruit and calorie-dense protein bars. Expanding the focus The project has firm cleanliness guide-
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lines. When making sandwiches, volunteers are required to disinfect their working surface and wear a mask and gloves.
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