05/07/2020
Thank you to those who are offering help to our community!
Thirty-thousand pounds of free food will be handed out in Fayetteville Thursday for residents of Cumberland County.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina, a program of Action Pathways, is heading up the effort.
The event will be in a drive-through setting starting at 10 a.m. at the Crown Complex at 1960 Coliseum Drive.
Drivers should come to the Owen Drive entrance of the complex.
Food distribution will be on a first-come, first-served basis and will be given to a maximum of two households per vehicle.
Each portion of food handed out at the event is about enough for a family for a week.
The free food includes:
*A 5-pound bag of chicken breasts
*A produce box with cabbage, sweet potatoes, bananas, and other greens
*A box from the Emergency Food Assistance Program with various items
*5-pounds bags of apples and oranges