Urban League Food Giveaway Draws Thousands Throughout St. Louis

Almost 40,000 eggs. About 6,600 cans of corn and green beans. At least 13,000 light bulbs.

Those items were among an estimated $200,000 worth of food, toiletries and other supplies distributed Saturday at the old Jamestown Mall. For more than three hours, vehicles crawled through the former mall’s parking lots for the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis‘ (St. Louis, Mo) seventh large-scale food giveaway since early April.

Saturday’s was the biggest event yet as the need grows across the region amid the coronavirus pandemic, Urban League President Michael McMillan said. Thankfully, he said, so have the donations.

“It’s because of an amazing show of generosity from the whole St. Louis community,” he said.

McMillan estimated about 17,000 families have received goods valued at a total of about $800,000 since the giveaways began.

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