Urban League Weekly Food, Toiletries Giveaway Feeds 10,000 Families

On Saturday May 2, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. (St. Louis, MO) hosted the area’s largest food distribution to 2,500 families in need throughout North St. Louis County. It is the 5th weekly distribution that the Urban League has held to help residents ravaged with unemployment, poverty, and uncertainty during the COVID-19 Crisis, feeding 10,000 families total.  

“The Urban League is committed to helping our neighbors to navigate the COVID-19 crisis by providing free food, toiletries, personal protective equipment and testing to help them achieve their best possible outcomes. It is our goal to provide Free Food & Toiletries Giveaways on a weekly basis throughout the Summer of 2020 in the St. Louis Metropolitan Bi-State Region. We are also incredibly grateful to our partners, sponsors and volunteers for helping us to execute these worthy events,” said Michael P. McMillan, President & CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc.

At this event, more than $100,000 in items were distributed to the community courtesy of Enterprise Holdings, COVID-19 Regional Response Fund, Emerson, Regional Business Council, Sysco, McDonald’s, Congressman Lacy Clay, St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page, County Councilwoman Rochelle Walton Gray, Bank of America, Ameren, Craftsmen, Dot Foods, McCarthy, Keely Cares, CSI Leasing, Commerce Bank, Simmons Bank, Penske, MTM, Schnucks, Regions Bank, United Way of Greater St. Louis, St. Louis Area Food Bank, Spire, Fred Weber, Esco Technologies, Fabick Cat, Holland, Teamsters, PNC Bank and Operation Food Search.

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