MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – In a city famous for its food, tens of thousands of Memphians can’t get a fresh vegetable without a two-mile walk or a bus ride they can’t afford.
Food deserts impact one in three people in Memphis. Volunteers are working to feed the need through a school pantry and mobile grocery store.
Weekly food distribution at Winchester Elementary
Every week at Winchester Elementary, volunteers pack 60 to 70 boxes of food for students and their families free of charge in the Whitehaven neighborhood.
The pantry is the brainchild of Denise Wilson, a fourth-grade math teacher who has been at Winchester for two years…