Meridian-area food drive collected over 26K lbs.

  • Junior High National Honor Society students from Meridian Independent School District worked through mountains of boxes and bags full of food and got them all shelved during the annual Food for Families Food Drive in Meridian on Friday, November 18. Courtesy Photo by North Bosque Helping Hands
    Junior High National Honor Society students from Meridian Independent School District worked through mountains of boxes and bags full of food and got them all shelved during the annual Food for Families Food Drive in Meridian on Friday, November 18. Courtesy Photo by North Bosque Helping Hands
The food drive in Meridian collected over 26,000 pounds of food items during its annual one-day event this year. The North Bosque Helping Hands food pantry was one of several organizations across nine counties that participated in the 33rd annual Food for Families food drive on Friday, November 18. This year, the FFF drive itself collected a recordamount of food across Central Texas – over 3.87…

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