Urban League Sponsors Food Giveaway to Aid the Newly Unemployed

Friday’s jobless numbers indicated near-record unemployment in the United States. Many more families are struggling to put food on the table.

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis (St. Louis) has sponsored food giveaways where they’ve given away boxes of food to 10,000 families. 

Urban League President and CEO Michael McMillan said they’ve spent about $500,000 so far but the effort could be as much as $2 million before it’s all over. McMillan hopes to keep having the giveaways through August when kids go back to school.

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