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First city-funded free food distribution drew 836 cars

More Feed the Boro drops Feb. 20, March 27

Volunteer Angela Marshall, left, stacks boxes of raisins during a City of Statesboro/Feed the Boro sponsored food drop at Statesboro High School on Jan. 30. It was the first of three scheduled drops this year using $13,000 in federal Coronavirus Relief Fund money. The next food drops are scheduled for Feb. 20 and March 27. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

food drop — Volunteer Angela Marshall, left, stacks boxes of raisins during a City of Statesboro/Feed the Boro sponsored food drop at Statesboro High School on Jan. 30. It was the first of three scheduled drops this year using $13,000 in federal Coronavirus Relief Fund money. The next food drops are scheduled for Feb. 20 and March 27. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

Saturday before last, 836 vehicles drove through a line on the Statesboro High School campus and received 999 family-size boxes of nonperishable food items, plus some fresh produce, in a Feed the Boro free distribution funded by the city.

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