Cars filled the Onslow County Fairgrounds Saturday. Families waited with trunks and hatchbacks open as they neared a conveyor belt filled with food boxes and supplies, which were loaded into their vehicles as they passed.
Alissa Morgan, of Jacksonville, who arrived around 8:15 a.m., was nearing the front of the line around noon. It wasn’t the wait that she was concerned about.
Morgan said she is disabled and lives on a fixed income with her 16-year-old daughter, Alicia Murray. COVID-19, she said, has affected her family as it has many others.
Bills are a little higher as they spend more time at home during the pandemic, and there are out-of-pocket expenses for necessary prescriptions and all the additional expenses that come with school sports and internet costs for remote learning.