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Family Food Fest Father's Day Tasting With 70 Plus Men Cooking

Colgate Palmolive Bright Smiles Bright Futures will bring its 35-foot van to provide Free Dental Screenings for Kids 12 and under

Family Food Fest Atlanta, a Multicultural Father's Day Food Tasting Celebration debuted in 2015 at the Georgia Aquarium. This year we are at the Georgia Freight Depot. The producers of Family Food Fest Atlanta produced Real Men Cook Atlanta for 14 years. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children 12 and under. They are $5 more at the door.
The Colgate Palmolive Bright Smiles Bright Futures 35 foot van will be there with local dentists doing free dental checkups for kids 12 and under.
Highlights for 2019 include performances by Recording Artist Bishop William Murphy III Lead Pastor of dReam Church of Atlanta and The Boykin Girls. Guest Hosts include Egypt Sherrod and DJ Fadelf on the music, Stepp Stewart, WSB TV 2 Reporter Tom Jones, Kiss 104.1 FM's & Art Terrell.
Sponsors include Georgia Power, The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Arby's, WSB TV 2, Kiss 104.1 FM, WCLK FM, Rolling Out, UPS. Atlanta Inquirer, Waffle House, Fulton Dekalb Hospital Authority, Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken and MARTA.
Honorary Chairmen include Fulton County Sheriff Ted Jackson, Howard Grant, Atlanta Housing Authority and Dr. John Lipman, Atlanta Fibroid Center, Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore, Fulton County Commissioners Natalie Hall and Marvin Arrington, Dekalb County Commissioners Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and Larry Johnson..
Atlanta Culinary Charities, a 501.c3 nonprofit takes it chefs into the after school programs of the Atlanta Public Schools to teach culinary skills.
Communities in Schools of Georgia, a nonprofit organization that works with students to stay in school, is the community partner.
For more information visit www.familyfoodfestatlanta.com. For tickets go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-food-fest-atlanta-tickets-60201101114 or purchase them at Medu Bookstore at Greenbriar Mall, Who's Got Soul Southern Cafe in Decatur and Lawrenceville, FootFittr n Brookhaven/Emory, Jan's Flowers & Gifts in Fayetteville and Nancy's Pizza Camp Creek and Midtown.

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