Michael Divittorio
Joyce Hanz | Tribune-Review
Volunteers loaded 288 food boxes at a distribution event at the Leechburg Fire Hall along Canal Street on Saturday afternoon.
Joyce Hanz | Tribune-Review
Jason Haigh of Gilpin and Brandon Lucas of Leechburg load two food boxes into a vehicle Saturday during the USDA Farmers to Families free food giveaway at Leechburg Fire Hall on Canal Street. They gave away 288 boxes.
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A Leechburg church has partnered with a Lower Burrell- area nonprofit to ensure food supply is not a problem in future free distributions.
More than 50 people who lined up Saturday to receive free food in Leechburg went home empty-handed. A drive-thru food distribution, sponsored by Kiski Valley Community Church in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box program and the nonprofit Convoy of Hope, was canceled this