Greater Atlanta Telangana Society kick started 2023 with a food drive

Greater Atlanta Telangana Society (GATes) has been working towards uniting Telugu people in the Atlanta area by doing service-oriented community outreach activities such as food drives. For January 2023, Mr. Anil Kusunapalli and his family generously donated food items and GATeS passed them on to The Place of Forsyth County.

GATeS volunteers Janardhan Pannela, Chalapathi Vennamaneni, Ramana Gandra, Ramakrishna Gandra, Anil Kushnapalli, Arun Kavati,  Vijaykumar Vinjamara, Prabhakar Madhupati, Aashrit Marripelli, Harish Kamal Kishore, Prem Salida Kumar Marripelli, Vishwakteju Pannela, Ritvik Chennamaneni, Geethika Chennamaneni, and Vikhyathrana Pannela were all present at the event and dedicated their valuable time for this cause.

GATeS could accomplish this work with continuous support and guidance from the board of directors and advisors. GATeS 2023 team is planning to do one such food drive each month in several places in Atlanta and back home in Telangana and seeking donors and volunteers to take part in this initiative. Students can earn volunteering hours by participating in this cause as told by the food drive chair and board of director Ramakrishna Gandra.

The Place at Forsyth thanked GATeS President Mr. Janardan Pannela, Chairman Mr. Srinivas Parsa, executive committee members Sandeep Reddy Gundla, Naveen Battini, Ramana Gandra, Kirthidhar Goud Chekilla, Chalapathi Vennamaneni, Ganesh Kasam, Naveen Vujjini, Raghuveer Reddy and board of directors Prabhakar Madupathi, Ramachary Nakkerty, Jyothsna Palakurthi, and Geetha Narannagari for their continuous support. Anyone willing to donate or participate in this food drive can contact the volunteer wing coordinator at the Greater Atlanta Telangana Society.