The Georgia Mountain Food Bank celebrated the opening of its new 20,000-square-foot facility in Gainesville Friday with an open house. The Boomershine Family Logistics Center was built with the support of numerous donors including the building’s namesake, the Boomershine family, and the Medical Center Foundation. A crowd of about 300 people attended the event, including Gov. Nathan Deal and first lady Sandra Deal. Deal thanked the many supporters for helping the food bank get to this point and for continuing to sustain it as it grows. He said the food bank is a prime example of what can be accomplished with a public and private partnership. “The cooperation that has been put in place to make this possible and build this facility is of course very significant,” Deal said. He said it can sometimes be hard for people who have never been hungry to understand that there are Article source: http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/71501/
Food bank gets spacey new home
Posted on August 18th, 2012 in Athens/Gainesville
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