Elizabeth City, NC
With food from Operation Blessing, Eastern Star Church has been meeting people’s needs in Elizabeth City for more than 15 years. Now there’s an even greater need due to COVID-19.
“A lot of people have lost their job due to Coronavirus,” says Pastor Brackett. “People who wake-up in the morning wondering, What am I going to eat today? Or go to sleep at night wondering, What s going to happen tomorrow? ”
LaToya Armstrong works two jobs to provide for her daughter, Zakeya, who’s an honor roll student.
“Well, being a single mom, it’s very hard,” says LaToya. “At State University, I used to work like four days out of the week. Now I only work two. When it got cut, I did cry because I didn’t know what to do.”