MURPHY — Parishes did not stop their almsgiving this Lent, despite the pandemic.
Knights of Columbus Council 14087 collaborated with members of St. William Church in Murphy and Hiwassee Community Center to assist in distributing food from a Manna Food Distribution truck March 25.
Volunteers distributed food to 56 households serving 169 people.
In addition, 10 cases of clement oranges were donated to the Hiwassee Dam High School for its lunch program.
Volunteers wore face masks and protective gloves to place boxes of food and produce in clients’ vehicles as they drove up to the distribution point.
Volunteers distributed every item that Manna had loaded onto the truck – nearly 2,400 pounds of non-perishable dry goods and fresh produce.
The next distribution is scheduled for April 22.
— Mark March and Phil Roch, Catholic News Herald