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Demand is high for Philadelphia food distribution

Demand is so high for food distribution offered to Philadelphia residents this week that some sites ran out of meal boxes to distribute — even after the city quadrupled the number of meals it is handing out. At Hank Gathers Recreation Center, 400 boxes of food ran out in 30 minutes on Thursday, April 2, 2020.

Pennsylvania State Representative Donna Bullock, left, places a box of canned goods into the lap of Marvin Smith, right, who came to collect his case of food, in his motorized wheel chair, on Thursday morning, April 2, 2020. Because of the spread of the coronavirus, 400 hundred cases of food were distributed to area residents at the at the Hank Gathers Memorial Recreation Center at 2501 Diamond Street for April 2, 2020. 100 cases of fresh produce and 300 cases of canned goods. Only one case per family. The cases were gone in 30 minutes.
Pennsylvania State Representative Donna Bullock, left, places a box of canned goods into the lap of Marvin Smith, right, who came to collect his case of food, in his motorized wheel chair, on Thursday morning, April 2, 2020. Because of the spread of the coronavirus, 400 hundred cases of food were distributed to area residents at the at the Hank Gathers Memorial Recreation Center at 2501 Diamond Street for April 2, 2020. 100 cases of fresh produce and 300 cases of canned goods. Only one case per family. The cases were gone in 30 minutes.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer
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