Over 200 cars made their way through the drive-through distribution event.
NEW ORLEANS — Some families beat the sunrise and lined up in the dark at the Christian Fellowship Family Worship Center in Violet. Second Harvest Food Bank partnered up with the church, Winn Dixie, and Southeastern Grocers for the 5th annual National Hunger Action Day food giveaway.
Jay Vise, the Director of Communications for the Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, said, “People from across the 23 parishes we serve say they have found themselves really stretched.”
Vise said with inflation rising and the cost of just about everything, they are seeing families who say they never thought they would need to turn to a food pantry. With the growing need in the community, like Second Harvest, the Christian Fellowship Church also operates a food pantry regularly to ensure everyone has food to serve their families.
“This is absolutely important …