Mount Zion Restoration Church has been handing out free meals for 22 years, Pastor Rodney Freeman said.
Freeman now runs the church’s program, which is the largest food pantry in Gaston County.
He told Channel 9’s Ken Lemon that after federal cuts in May, the church is trying to feed more people with half the food. And 24 days into a federal government shutdown, those involved in food pantries across the county are starting to worry…