Elliot Perry, Justise Winslow join Memphis Athletic Ministries to distribute food
Former Memphis State great Elliot Perry hands out 14-day food boxes during a drive-thru 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. Perry started the campaign, while 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 14-day food boxes that were distributed at a drive-thru event on Friday, March 27. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Athletic Ministries volunteer Jeff Cage (middle) directs traffic during a drive-thru food distribution event on Friday, March 27. Cars backed up for more than a mile as they waited to receive supplies and food. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Gloria Snipes adjusts her facemask while getting a 14-day food box during the drive-thru 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-thru event on Friday, March 27. (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-thru food distribution Friday, March 27. Nearly 12,000 pounds of food and 200 14-day food boxes were distributed to people who waited in lines that sometimes stretched more than a mile. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Elliot Perry and Justise Winslow make two food distribution events possible for Memphis Athletic Ministries.
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Elliot Perry Justise Winslow Memphis Athletic Ministries Memphis GrizzliesJonah Jordan
Jonah Jordan was born and raised in Memphis, graduated from the University of Memphis and has covered the Memphis Tigers for three years. When he's not writing, he enjoys golfing and eating barbecue.
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