Real Life Center In the News
Over the years, the Real Life Center has been featured in various news outlets and publications. This page highlights those stories, celebrating our journey and the lives we've touched.
2025
Interfaith group provides over 25,000 free summer lunches in Fayette County
The Citizen-August 18, 2025
More than 621 Fayette County students received 25,820 free sack lunches this summer, all donated, packed and delivered with love by local faith groups.
The Summer Lunch Program, now in its 21st year, serves students enrolled in the district’s free and reduced meals program.
Each weekday, during June & July, volunteers from 16 different faith groups gather to prepare, pack and deliver lunches each weekday.
It began with a question: How do students on free and reduced lunch during the school year manage once summer rolls around?
Volunteers sprang into action and the rest is history.
The Summer Lunch Program, now in its 21st year, serves students enrolled in the district’s free and reduced meals program.
Each weekday, during June & July, volunteers from 16 different faith groups gather to prepare, pack and deliver lunches each weekday.
It began with a question: How do students on free and reduced lunch during the school year manage once summer rolls around?
Volunteers sprang into action and the rest is history.
Jim ‘n Nick’s Community Bar-B-Q continues growth in Georgia by opening new location in Fayetteville
The Citizen-August 7, 2025
Jim ‘N Nick’s Community Bar-B-Q (JNN), known for award-winning barbecue, Southern hospitality and supporting the communities it serves, celebrated the grand opening of its new location in Fayetteville today at 145 Walker Parkway. Fayetteville public officials, including Fayetteville’s Chamber of Commerce Director of Membership Growth and Development David Conti, Mayor Johnson and Real Life Center’s Executive Director Greg Georgianni, gathered to celebrate the new restaurant.
Real Life Center-real help… plus real hope for the future!
The Citizen-March 21, 2025
“As we travel through the various seasons of life, we all face challenges and find ourselves in need of resources to help us navigate the circumstances in which we find ourselves. The Real Life Center is just that resource for those in need.”- Greg Georgianni, Executive Director, Real Life Center
I am the Chairman of Fayette Factor, a very active social action agency here in Fayette County. One of the things that Factor does is to bring people together monthly at Grace Church to exchange ideas and meet other community leaders. That is where I met Greg Georgianni.
I am the Chairman of Fayette Factor, a very active social action agency here in Fayette County. One of the things that Factor does is to bring people together monthly at Grace Church to exchange ideas and meet other community leaders. That is where I met Greg Georgianni.
2024
Rotarians help gather produce for needy families at Real LIfe Fruit Orchard
The Citizen-July 23, 2024
Established in 2011, the Harvest for Real Life Fruit Orchard has become a vibrant haven for the community, boasting a variety of plants including blueberry bushes, blackberry vines, grape vines, peach trees, apple trees, pomegranate bushes, plum trees, fig trees, pear trees, and persimmon trees.
One of the orchard’s standout initiatives is the U-Pick 4 Others program, a fun and free activity for families and groups who want to make a difference in their community. All the produce harvested goes directly to the families served by the Real Life Center and is distributed weekly through their Market.
One of the orchard’s standout initiatives is the U-Pick 4 Others program, a fun and free activity for families and groups who want to make a difference in their community. All the produce harvested goes directly to the families served by the Real Life Center and is distributed weekly through their Market.