Southerners for Sandy to hold relief drive for hurricane victims

Georgia State Representative Joe Heckstall, Democrat from District 62, is sponsoring a "Southerners for Sandy" relief drive Saturday, November 10 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Starbucks, 3507 Camp Creek Parkway, in East Point, Ga. 

Free coffee will be given with each donation of canned foods, cereal, rice, beans, and pasta.

Heckstall, a native New Yorker, is partnering with Georgia State Senator Donzella James, State Representative-Elect LaDawn Blackett Jones, Capitol City Bank and Trust Company, Carmike Cinemas, Wayfield Foods, the American Red Cross, the Georgia Association of Black Elected officials, the Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, and Carol Blackman of Majic 107.5 to accept non perishable items, cash donations, and blood for the victims of the hurricane.

For more information, call 404-656-0220.

(Photo from Ga. House of Rep. website)