By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net
The need was unprecedented most 2020, and while there’s light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, Doug Cowan doesn’t foresee the need slackening much going into 2021.
The president and CEO of the Community Services League estimates that his organization distributed enough boxes of food for 4 million meals for Eastern Jackson County families since the pandemic took off in the U.S. in mid-March.
While that total was greatly augmented by several distribution days with the “Farmers to Families” program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it’s still more than double what CSL would normally distribute in a year.
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net
One by one, the cars pulled into the parking lot at the Independence Uptown Market.
“Looks like we’re going to be busy again this afternoon,” said Community Services League special events assistant Sharon Wingate as volunteers lined up at the front doors to welcome patrons to the CSL’s annual Christmas Store event.
“We’re at this new site this year, and it’s wonderful! We have so much more room than we did when we had our Christmas store at our building, and when you can take your time and look at all our presents, it just puts you in the Christmas spirit.”
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It s clear to see that the Supreme Court doesn t want to be the one to ensure America has fair elections. It s a sad state of reality that a few swing states could change the rules so easily to help rig the election. Even one out of 10 Democrats say the election was rigged in Sleepy Joe s favor. Now we can watch as they savagely get Joe out of the way so Kamala can be president. The Dems will pay for their lying and cheating ways in the 2022 elections for Congress.