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'A godsend': Greensboro food giveaway helps 10,000 in need because of COVID-19 crisis

• Carl Wilson
• Mar 25, 2020
• Mar 25, 2020
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Jason Kampwerth carries boxes of eggs as people lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Alexus Monsanto-Harrison, Jeff Phillips and Tyler Wadford sort vegetables and fruit Tuesday to give to people who lined up for hours at a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro to receive boxes of produce donated by food supply company Foster-Caviness — 50,000 pounds in total, or four trucks worth.

• Photos by H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Chic-Fil-A donated 1,400 sandwiches from the six Greensboro branches to people who lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Melissa Carper and her son, Austin, help load boxes of produce.

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Greensboro Police's Ben Altizer carries tray of eggs as people lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Greensboro Police's T.H. Fetzer directs traffic as people lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Alexus Monsanto-Harrison, LaKisha Farrah, Jeff Phillips and Tyler Wadford load boxes of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Daystar Church associate pastor T.J. Foster directs traffic as people lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Daystar Church staff member Chris Heeter entertained people who lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Greensboro police Officer T.H. Fetzer directs traffic as people lined up for hours for the free food distribution. donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann

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Deborah Preston wears a mask as she joined a crowd of people who lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

People lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

(L-R) Rinda Estes, Shelly Rutherford, Brooke Rutherford and Kristen Rutherford load produce into back of a truck in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Deborah Preston joined a crowd of people who lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Austin Carper and Maddy Carey move boxes of produce to distribute to people who lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Maddy Carey puts apples into donation box as people lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Linna Mudanyi and Alexus Monsanto-Harrison load boxes of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

• H. Scott Hoffmann /News & Record

Cars wove back and forth across parking lots in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Carl Wilson

GREENSBORO — About 10,000 people descended on a produce giveaway Wednesday, soberly reinforcing how much area families are struggling to make ends meet as the coronavirus crisis drags on.

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Jason Kampwerth carries boxes of eggs as people lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Alexus Monsanto-Harrison, Jeff Phillips and Tyler Wadford sort vegetables and fruit Tuesday to give to people who lined up for hours at a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro to receive boxes of produce donated by food supply company Foster-Caviness — 50,000 pounds in total, or four trucks worth.

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Chic-Fil-A donated 1,400 sandwiches from the six Greensboro branches to people who lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Melissa Carper and her son, Austin, help load boxes of produce.

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Greensboro Police's Ben Altizer carries tray of eggs as people lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Greensboro Police's T.H. Fetzer directs traffic as people lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Alexus Monsanto-Harrison, LaKisha Farrah, Jeff Phillips and Tyler Wadford load boxes of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Daystar Church associate pastor T.J. Foster directs traffic as people lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Daystar Church staff member Chris Heeter entertained people who lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Greensboro police Officer T.H. Fetzer directs traffic as people lined up for hours for the free food distribution. donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Deborah Preston wears a mask as she joined a crowd of people who lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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People lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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(L-R) Rinda Estes, Shelly Rutherford, Brooke Rutherford and Kristen Rutherford load produce into back of a truck in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Deborah Preston joined a crowd of people who lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Austin Carper and Maddy Carey move boxes of produce to distribute to people who lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Maddy Carey puts apples into donation box as people lined up for hours to receive boxes of produce donated by Foster-Caviness, who donated 4 trucks filled with 50,000 pounds of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Linna Mudanyi and Alexus Monsanto-Harrison load boxes of produce in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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Cars wove back and forth across parking lots in a food distribution at Daystar Church on Merritt Drive in Greensboro, NC on March 25, 2020. Chick-fil-A also donated 1,400 sandwiches. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News & Record)

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