(Courtesy photo)Habachy Overtakes Tech; Serta Springs Into Top 10
The Atlanta food bank reports that 819,000 people in the 29 counties around the city meet the standard for "food insecure." One in five children in the state live in that category.
April 30, 2019 at 04:43 PM
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The defending champion of the Georgia Legal Food Frenzy gained the top spot of the Atlanta branch of the competition Tuesday.
Joe S. Habachy held a $360 lead over the Georgia Tech legal department at of 3:30 p.m., $13,045 to $12,685. Serta Simmons Bedding was a big mover in the past 24 hours, jumping from 20th place to sixth with an $3,825 increase.
Overall, the event had raised $140,759 for the Atlanta Community Food Bank—or 46% of the $300,00 goal organizers hope to reach by the end of the day Friday. The Atlanta food bank and its counterparts around the state can turn each $1 donated into four meals for the hundreds of thousands of people who don't know how they'll get their next meal.
The Atlanta food bank reports that 819,000 people in the 29 counties around the city meet the standard for “food insecure.” One in five children in the state live in that category.
The Top 10 team teams in Atlanta were, as of 4:30 p.m. on Monday:
- Joe S. Habachy PC (Joe Habachy), $13,045;
- Georgia Institute of Technology Office of Legal Affairs (captains Susann D. Estroff and Kate Wasch), $12,685;
- King & Spalding (no captain listed), $7,365;
- Troutman Sanders (James Stevens), $6,631;
- Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton (Karen Robinson-Salley and Jennifer Deal), $5,755;
- Serta Simmons (Lynn Carrico), $5,675;
- Baker & Hostetler (Emily Spiller), $5,090;
- Alston & Bird (Cheryl Naja), $4,855;
- Office of Attorney General (Katelyn Byrd), $3,822;
- Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele (Leslie Neubauer), $3,315.
The next 10 teams were:
- Squire Patton Boggs (Deborah Lempogo), $3,250;
- Lueder, Larkin & Hunter (Cynthia Hodge), $3,016;
- Fisher & Phillips (Katherine Sottile), $2,785;
- Arnall Golden Gregory (Winifred Rice), $2,710;
- Hudson Parrott Walker (Laura Desautel), $2,675;
- McGuireWoods (Elizabeth Arnettt Buckley), $2,630;
- Taylor English Duma (Jonathan Boros), $2,626;
- Paul Hastings (Sara Weed), $2,400;
- Chick-fil-A (Holly Buth), $2,350;
- Jones Day (Ashley McClung), $2,339.
Information about starting a team, donating to a team or other topics can be found here. (If you don't know which team to support, the Daily Report team will gladly accept your donations here.)
The event is co-sponsored by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr—who has challenged lawyers to donate the price of one billable hour—the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia and the Georgia Food Banks Association.
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