MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — Hundreds of Tennesseans lined up for a food giveaway on Wednesday put on by nonprofit OneGenAway with volunteers from Cedar Grove Church as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is leaving about 690,000 people across the state without food assistance.
“We have heard a lot of people come in and say that their SNAP benefits are cut off, and they’ve got, you know, four to five, six children, and they’re really thankful for what we’re doing here; and this is just the first of many to come,” Michael Jones, a church elder in Murfreesboro, told News 2. “If we all band together, no man, no woman, no child, should go starving in America, if we all band together.”
Volunteers started the giveaway with six pallets of food bags and boxes, and about 45 minutes into the giveaway, nearly all of those supplies were given to families in need. At one point, the line of cars was so long it even created a mini traffic jam on East Main Street…