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Area food drive asks for donations
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The Georgia Mountain Food Bank is asking people to “Lend a Hand, Give a Can” and donate canned food at local grocery stores during the next two weeks. The “Lend a Hand, Give a Can” food drive began in 2012 to help the hungry in metro Atlanta and North Georgia. Gainesville City Councilman George Wangemann said the drive was planned and conducted by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to help those in need.
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Gainesville’s Ukrainian refugees fearful of future under Trump administration
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Ukrainian war refugees gather at Open Heaven Church Wednesday, March 13, 2025, to discuss their current plight in the U.S. and the possibility of their Temporary Protected Status being removed. - photo by Scott Rogers
When Yehor Kuznietsov speaks about the war, he stares pensively into the distance as if recounting a terrible dream.
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