Free student-run grocery store helps Texas families struggling in the pandemic
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This student-run grocery store inside Linda Tutt High School in Sanger, Texas is serving more than 130 families right now, and the clientele keeps growing.Dr. Anthony Love
Offering everything from free peanut butter and milk to canned goods, a student-run grocery store in Texas is giving back to its community by meeting the needs of families struggling in the pandemic.
Launched in November, this unique grocery store inside Linda Tutt High School in Sanger, Texas, is serving more than 130 families right now, and the clientele keeps growing.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a real need regarding food insecurity within the community of Sanger, according to Linda Tutt High School s principal Anthony Love. The concept of opening a student-run store was the brainchild of Paul Juarez, executive director of First Refuge Ministries and a collaboration between Texas Health Resources,