Lutheran Towers: Recipient of the Senior Hunger Initiative Senior Hunger Rising Star Award, 2022 and the ADRC Senior Hunger Leadership Award, 2023

Nichelle Mitchem • Aug 15, 2022

An Award-Winning Free Feeding Program

For 50 years, Lutheran Towers has been dedicated to improving the quality of life for its residents. Towards that end, it offers an array of health and well-being programs as well as recreational activities. In 2018, Lutheran Towers conducted a client needs assessment which found that over 90% of its residents were food insecure.

In response to this finding about the prevalence of food insecurity within their HUD subsidized independent living community, Lutheran Towers leadership launched free onsite feeding programs for its residents starting in 2018. Year over year, the number and type of free feeding programs offered to Lutheran Towers’ residents have grown. In 2021 alone, Lutheran Towers disseminated more than 75,000 pounds of free food to its residents.

In January of 2022, Lutheran Towers launched, the first of its kind in the nation within a HUD subsidized senior independent living community, a “no charge” grocery store for its residents. Lutheran Towers “no charge” grocery store offers both consumable and non-consumable items to its residents. The store allows Lutheran Towers to notably grow its free food dissemination to its residents. To sustain the store, Lutheran Towers secures grants and receives donations from individuals and churches.

In June of 2022, Lutheran Towers’ commitment to eliminating food insecurity within its senior community was recognized by the Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services at the 2022 Senior Hunger Summit. Each year, since 2016, the Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services has sponsored a Senior Hunger Summit. The 2022 summit covered the five focus areas of the State Plan to Address Senior Hunger (published December 2017).

The Senior Hunger Summit focus areas were today’s seniors, health impact of senior hunger, food access, food waste as well as reclamation and meeting the community needs. The 2022 Senior Hunger Summit brought together a diverse group of experts, policymakers and community stakeholders to heighten awareness of senior hunger in Georgia and nationally, unearth issues accompanying the problem, highlight best practices, and seed opportunities to combat senior hunger.

At the 2022 Hunger Summit, Lutheran Towers received the Senior Hunger Rising Star Award from the Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services

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Our 50th Anniversary Donor Event held on October 8,2022

By mgabasesite • 21 Nov, 2022
On October 8, 2022, major donors gathered at the Ansley Park home of Gail and Barry Spurlock to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Lutheran Towers and to learn of the Live Well*Be Well campaign to raise $100,000 in support of the residents. The Reverend David Donges, former bishop of the South Carolina Synod and Associate […]
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Celebrating Fifty Years of Providing Affordable Housing for Seniors in Midtown Atlanta

By mgabasesite • 09 Sep, 2022
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Lutheran Towers and The Midtown Alliance

By Nichelle Mitchem • 03 Jun, 2022
In late March of this year, Midtown Alliance decided to recognize Lutheran Towers as one of three member organizations to highlight at its 2022 Annual Business Meeting. Since its creation in 1978, Midtown Alliance has been one of the driving forces behind the revitalization of Midtown. It is a non-profit membership organization and a coalition […]
Two Bags Filled With Fruits And Vegetables — Atlanta, GA — Lutheran Towers

Lutheran Towers Opens No-Charge On-Site Grocery Store in Partnership with Goodr

By Nichelle Mitchem • 03 Mar, 2022
Goodr is a hunger relief and food waste management company. They offer services to remove barriers to food access. Lutheran Towers has partnered with Goodr for the benefit of our residents. The new Lutheran Towers Goodr Grocery store is a free, easy-access solution for you to shop for groceries. View our video of the new […]
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Lutheran Towers to Open No-Charge On-Site Grocery Store in Partnership with Goodr

By Nichelle Mitchem • 14 Jan, 2022
WHAT: Lutheran Towers, a HUD subsidized senior independent living community in Atlanta, Georgia, will celebrate the grand opening of its no charge onsite grocery store with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, January 17, 2022. The first of its kind in the nation, Lutheran Towers no charge grocery store will help to meet the basic […]
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