Before today's food giveaway to tornado victims and the needy, Madison County Commissioner Dale Strong was wondering what would be done with the food that was left.
When he left the Monrovia Community Center at 3:30 p.m., he didn't have to worry about that.
"There's not one can of anything left," he said.
Organized by area churches and other organizations, an estimated 4,500 people from across the county picked up items ranging from toilet paper to cereal to fresh chicken."I ain't never seen anything like it," Strong said. "The line never stopped."
Hundreds of people were in line 30 minutes before the giveaway began at 10 a.m.
"I've never seen this many people standing in line," Strong said.
Kroger, Halsey Foods, Woody Anderson Ford, local churches and others donated about $100,000 worth of food hauled to the center in three tractor-trailer trucks.
About 200 volunteers handed out the bags of food to families based on family size. The number of family members determined the size of the food bag the family received.Brenda Bryson of Victory World Outreach organized the volunteers, who came from colleges, churches, fire departments, businesses and other organizations.
Strong said he provided "moral support and back support" for the event, and no county money was spent on the giveaway.
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