Hawks, State Farm Donate Million Meals

The Atlanta Hawks and State Farm gathered 5,000 volunteers at the award-winning State Farm Arena to pack more than one million meals as part of the 2023 Million Meal Pack. Atlanta City Council president Doug Shipman, Hawks and State Farm Arena chief executive officer Steve Koonin, State Farm senior vice president Dan Krause, NBA Hall of Famer and Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins, Hawks forward Jalen Johnson and more welcomed and extended heartfelt gratitude to the volunteers who devoted their time to support the team’s largest single-day community service effort of the year.

Individuals, families, community groups, schools, churches, businesses and more congregated on the arena floor to pack the meals. Together with volunteers from U.S. Hunger and executives from both the Hawks and State Farm, they collectively achieved an impressive total of 1,020,672 meals packed.

“We extend our deep appreciation to today’s volunteers and take immense pride in seeing so many people come together to better the lives of others at today’s Million Meal Pack event with our dear partners at State Farm,” said Koonin. “Recognizing the substantial effort required to combat food insecurity across Atlanta, we are hopeful that this single-day community service initiative will serve as an inspiration across metro Atlanta of what we can achieve together.”

To learn more about the work that the Hawks are doing in the community, visit Hawks.com/community.