Food Bank recognizes a disaster by any other name
Guest Columnist
Cathy Pope
Cathy Pope is president and CEO of Mid-South Food Bank. She was previously president and CEO of Feeding the Gulf Coast Food Bank in Mobile, Alabama, and, before that, was executive director of Meals on Wheels in Macon, Georgia.
Between March 12 and March 24, we distributed 1,267,630 pounds of food (154% increase), held 43 Mobile Pantry distributions (330% increase) and served 11,036 households (283% increase).
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