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Group feeding COVID-19 frontline workers coming to Dawson County
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Photo courtesy of Georgia Cares
Jason Johnson wanted to give back to the people fighting on the front lines against COVID-19. He started out with the idea to buy meals for hospital staff and other medical personnel with funds from his own pocket, but in the weeks that followed his idea grew into an organization that had since raised money to provide meals for hundreds of medical and emergency workers in North Georgia. Johnson said he just wanted to show those working on the frontline against the virus that he had their backs.“It started off with I just wanted to do it myself to give back, and I didn’t want any credit for it,” Johnson said. “So I just put up a post asking who’s in the medical field and wants lunch.