Augusta, GA
Augusta YMCA hosts grocery giveaway, serves 150 families in first hour
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The YMCA held a grocery drive-through giveaway Saturday at its Claussen Road location in Augusta.
The YMCA said it handed out groceries to around 150 families in the first hour of the event.
The organization also serves around 1,200 children in the area through its summer programs.
Cheryl Wirt, CFO of YMCA Augusta, said the need has increased this summer as the organization expands its reach into rural areas.
“During the summer, we will get food boxes from Golden Harvest for families with kids, and we take that out to the communities,” Wirt said. “We go as far as Washington-Wilkes and Warren and Thomson. We will get on our feeding vans and get those boxes out to the communities, get families to fill out a form, and they get a box of food.”
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