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Farmers to Families food giveaway

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Famers to Families food giveaway

State Rep. Mike Glanton, a native of Rome who currently represents a district on the south side of Atlanta, brought a pickup truck load of food boxes to Rome for distribution Friday. It was the second time this winter that Glanton has remembered his home folks with a USA Farmers to Families food giveaway.

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Venita Mathis (left), looks on as Rayshunda Garrett picks up a box of USDA Farmers to Families food given away by state Rep. Mike Glanton, D-Jonesboro, in Rome on Friday. Glanton is a Rome native and has brought boxes of food to Rome twice this winter.

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Famers to Families food giveaway

Jackie Jenkins loads a box of Farmers to Families food into a car at the parking library lot Friday. A pick-up truck load of boxes was brought to Rome by state Rep. Mike Glanton, D-Jonesboro, a native of Rome.

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Famers to Families food giveaway

Chicken, lettuce, milk, and other items were in USDA Farmers to Families food boxes distributed in Rome Friday by state Rep. Mike Glanton, a native of Rome.

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Famers to Families food giveaway

Venita Mathis, an RTD employee, took her lunch break Friday to help state Rep. Mike Glanton, D-Jonesboro but a native Roman, distribute Farmers to Families boxes of food in the library parking lot.

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Famers to Families food giveaway

State Rep. Mike Glanton, a native of Rome who currently represents a district on the south side of Atlanta, brought a pickup truck load of food boxes to Rome for distribution Friday. It was the second time this winter that Glanton has remembered his home folks with a USA Farmers to Families food giveaway.

  • Doug Walker
Famers to Families food giveaway

Venita Mathis (left), looks on as Rayshunda Garrett picks up a box of USDA Farmers to Families food given away by state Rep. Mike Glanton, D-Jonesboro, in Rome on Friday. Glanton is a Rome native and has brought boxes of food to Rome twice this winter.

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Famers to Families food giveaway

Jackie Jenkins loads a box of Farmers to Families food into a car at the parking library lot Friday. A pick-up truck load of boxes was brought to Rome by state Rep. Mike Glanton, D-Jonesboro, a native of Rome.

  • Doug Walker
Famers to Families food giveaway

Chicken, lettuce, milk, and other items were in USDA Farmers to Families food boxes distributed in Rome Friday by state Rep. Mike Glanton, a native of Rome.

  • Doug Walker
Famers to Families food giveaway

Venita Mathis, an RTD employee, took her lunch break Friday to help state Rep. Mike Glanton, D-Jonesboro but a native Roman, distribute Farmers to Families boxes of food in the library parking lot.

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