Urban League Provides Food for 1,500 Families for Third Consecutive Week

Families feeling the strain from the coronavirus pandemic began lining up outside East St. Louis High School early Friday morning hoping to be among the 1,500 to receive a care package of food and healthcare staples.

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. (St. Louis, MO held its third large food and supply giveaway for the St. Louis region. Volunteers distributed care packages containing fresh produce, milk, dried and canned goods, toiletries and fruit to St. Clair County families.

Their next event is planned for Friday, April 24 in Madison County. Logistics for the giveaway are still being planned.

“Everyone is hurting, when you look at 22 million individuals having filed for unemployment, and you look at the fact that 75 percent of the people that we talked to that have gone through the food line actually say that they have never, ever been to a food pantry in their entire lives,” said MIchael McMillan, President and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. “Three weeks ago, they had jobs, they had benefits and they had the ability to care for themselves and their families. Now they don’t have any of that.

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