Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 10:00 AM–2:00 PM — 4183 Snapfinger Woods Drive, Decatur, GA. Hosted by U.S. Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04).
This morning we pulled up to Decatur — not with a press release, just with ourselves. And what we walked into was this community at its absolute best.
If you ever want to see what a resource fair should look like, this was it. The Fourth Source put everything our neighbors usually have to chase across five different offices under one roof for the families of Georgia's Fourth District — rent and utility assistance, food distributions, housing and homelessness help, jobs, training and apprenticeships, health screenings, tax help, benefits assistance, and NACA homeownership guidance — and then wrapped all of it in genuine hospitality. Outside, Emory Winship Cancer Institute's mobile screening bus was set up in the parking lot, food was coming off a smoker, and tables of groceries were going home with families — the pantry distribution was serviced by First African Community Food Pantry, who kept the line moving and the tables full. Inside, room after room of people whose whole job is helping: PCCI, ICNA Relief, Emory Healthcare, and a banner from Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson's office by the coffee table. Every table felt staffed by somebody who actually wanted to be there — and that makes all the difference when you're the one walking in needing help.
It was an eventful morning, and we did not hesitate to serve. Wherever there was a gap — a neighbor with a question, a family looking for the right table — we stepped in. The community connections felt endless: Emory Healthcare and the Emory Winship screening team, ICNA Relief, PCCI, First African Community Food Pantry, Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson's office, NACA — and neighbors we now know by name.
For us, the morning was simple: meet people. We shook hands, traded numbers, and listened. We accompanied Congressman Hank Johnson as he greeted neighbors, posed for pictures, and worked the room table by table — a host making sure every family who walked in found the help they came for. You'll see him with me in the first photos below. Every conversation ended the same way: "Here's what we do. Here's how to reach us. Send people our way, and we'll send them yours."
That's what showing up means to Mission Aid. The help already exists in this community — what's missing is often just the connection, a face somebody recognizes, a name they can call. Today we made those connections face to face, and we carried a pocketful of them home to Southeast Atlanta.
If you were there and we met — we're glad we did. If you need a hand and don't know where to start, start with us: missionaid2020.org/#contact. A stronger tomorrow is built in rooms like this one. Fourth Source, take a bow — this is how you serve a community.
— Bobby Tommy, Founder, Mission Aid 2020
