Former Tigers star helps hand out food to families in need
Former Memphis State great Elliot Perry hands out 14-day food boxes during a drive-through event at Memphis Athletic Ministries’ Grizzlies Center on Friday, March 27. The Mid-South Food Bank’s mobile pantry helped to supplement the food boxes for larger families. New Grizzlies player Justise Winslow and his mother, Robin Davis, were instrumental in their support of the event. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Athletic Ministries volunteers Anne Chambers (left) and McKenzie Akins assemble 200 14-day food boxes that were distributed at a drive-through event on Friday, March 27. The Mid-South Food Bank’s mobile pantry helped to supplement the food boxes for larger families. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Athletic Ministries volunteer Jeff Cage (middle) directs traffic during a drive-through food distribution event on Friday, March 27. Cars backed up for more than a mile as they waited to get supplies and food. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Gloria Snipes adjusts her face mask while getting a 14-day food box during a drive-through event at Memphis Athletic Ministries’ Grizzlies Center on Friday, March 27. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Cousins Zachary Lesueur, 14, (left) and LeDerion Upshaw, 15, grab cartons of milk as they assemble 14-day food boxes that were distributed at a drive-through event on Friday, March 27. The Mid-South Food Bank’s mobile pantry helped to supplement the food boxes for larger families. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Athletic Ministries volunteer Kennyatta Morris directs traffic during a drive-through food distribution event on Friday, March 27. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Athletic Ministries volunteer Lindell Bonner places fresh vegetables and fruit in a car trunk during a drive-through food distribution on Friday, March 27. Nearly 12,000 pounds of food and 200 14-day food boxes were handed out to families that waited in lines reaching more than a mile long. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)