LONGVIEW, Texas — More than 1,000 families received free produce and milk Friday morning at the Longview Fairgrounds in a continued effort by the East Texas Food Bank to offset a hunger crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lauren Barnes, the food bank’s spokeswoman, said 1,087 families received the free provisions in the group’s first produce-specific distribution in Longview. The food bank was in Longview on April 30 for a free distribution of shelf-stable food.
Barnes said in a normal year, one in five East Texans — including one in four children — face hunger. With layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts from the coronavirus pandemic, the numbers have increased to one in four East Texans with one in three of those children.
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