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Delta Air Lines Presented Hosea Helps’ 15th Annual MLK Dinner to Honor the Late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“Living the Legacy of Service”
ATLANTA, GA – January 22, 2018 – On Saturday, January 20th, 2018, Hosea Helps hosted their 15th annual MLK dinner to honor the legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Held at the Georgia World Congress Center, over 3000 individuals received a full course meal and other traditional Hosea Helps services including a haircut and style, a hot meal, clothing, shoes and blankets, medical care, flu shots, fresh fruit and vegetables, free home delivery to seniors, sick and shut-ins, legal aid, free benefits applications assistance (SNAP, Medicare, WIC, Medicaid, etc.) and more.
For the third year in a row, Delta Air Lines has been the title sponsor for the annual MLK festival hosted by Hosea Helps. This event is made possible by Delta, Coca-Cola, 411 pain, Kaiser Permanente, and over 1000 volunteers. Atlanta’s premiere media outlets including Fox 5, CBS 46, 11, WSB-TV, 11Alive, V-103, and many others attended the event to help bring awareness to the annual celebration Dr. King and those who worked with him.
Since its inception, Hosea Helps, founded by Reverend Hosea Williams, has honored the legacy of Dr. King by doing endless work to help those in need and feeding thousands of destitute and homeless people throughout the year. “Maintaining unity in our community and helping those in need is our way of honoring civil rights icons such as Dr. King, Hosea Williams, and others who dedicated their lives to the movement,“ said Hosea Helps CEO, Elisabeth Omilami. The next major event held by Hosea Helps will be the annual Easter Dinner. For more details regarding the 2018 Easter dinner and to find out how you can get involved please call Hosea Helps at 404-755-3353. Hosea Helps will also be presenting its inaugural Hosea Heroes Award brunch on February 25, 2018. To join in the fight against poverty, anyone can give to Hosea Helps by using mobile giving by texting “4hosea” to 20222 or by going to www.4hosea.org. For media inquiries please email PRTeam@epimediagroup.com. |
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HOSEA FEED THE HUNGRY (HOSEA HELPS)
4215-I Wendell Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30336 PH: 404.755.3353 www.4HOSEA.org Follow us on IG and Twitter: @4HOSEA | Like us on Facebook: Hosea Helps MOBILE TEXTING: TEXT 4FEED TO 20222 TO GIVE $5, 4HOSEA TO 20222 TO GIVE $10 |
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About Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines serves more than 180 million customers each year. In 2017, Delta was named to Fortune’s top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the sixth time in seven years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented seven consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 314 destinations in 54 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry’s leading transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta, and Facebook.com/delta.
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