ATLANTA — Media mogul Tyler Perry is helping metro Atlanta families have a happy Thanksgiving.
According to WSB-TV, thousands of residents in cars lined up Sunday outside Perry’s production company, Tyler Perry Studios, which was handing out free food boxes and gift cards to those in need.
WSB-TV reported that some arrived as early as Saturday afternoon to line up for the event, which snarled Atlanta traffic for 5 miles.
“First come, first service of 5,000 families while supplies last,” read a flyer for the drive-thru giveaway, dubbed TPS Giving. “Although we wish that we could feed everyone in need, we will close the line at the 5,000th family.”
“This is a true blessing; yes, it is,” Jeannette Walton, who waited in line for 18 hours, told the news outlet.
According to People magazine, the 51-year-old Perry funded the giveaway himself.