From South Carolina-
Hundreds of Spartanburg area families in need were given assistance Tuesday afternoon, without even stepping out of their cars.
The Episcopal Church of the Advent and TOTAL Ministries collaborated on what they hope was the first of many opportunities to distribute food to the unemployed.
About 325 people picked up food bags at the church Tuesday in a sort of drive-thru assembly line. Families were selected from a pool of about 500 people during a screening earlier in the week. United Way and Second Harvest Food Bank’s mobile food pantry also assisted with the event, which organizers hope to offer quarterly.
The Rev. Ned Morris, rector of The Episcopal Church of the Advent, said he saw a need in the Spartanburg community when he moved here in 2009. The county’s unemployment rate is about 10.9 percent now, and hundreds of families are relying on unemployment benefits to get by temporarily.
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http://www.goupstate.com/article/20101201/ARTICLES/12011017/1002/sports04?Title=Food-drive-thru-helps-needy-Spartanburg-families
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