ENERGY (WSIL) -- Mobile markets are seeing seeing record numbers throughout southern Illinois, as more and more people are in need of help during this difficult time.
One of those mobile markets is being put on by Southern Hospitality Ministries at the United Methodist Church on West Read and McNeil Streets.
Cars began lining up long before the event began at 7 a.m. to make sure they would receive some of the groceries being offered as around 300 families were expected.
Robin Fox, Director of Southern Hospitality Ministries says, the Coronavirus is impacting families in different ways but they all need food.
"Everybody is just really in need right now," she explains. With so many people out of work, unemployment hasn't started for a lot of people, the stimulus hasn't come in and there's just a lot of various reasons."
Those who attended were given eggs and lots of fresh produce like bananas, apples, mangoes, celery and cabbage.
Fox says the group relies on the generosity of the St. Louis Area Food Bank, and their hard-working volunteers to make these markets possible.
"We've got Cambria Fire and Rescue, we've got managers from Hardy's in Murphysboro," she explains. "We've got managers from Taco Bell in Herrin. We've got a lot of waitresses and bartenders out of work."
Southern Hospitality Ministries kept with social distancing guidelines by loading boxes of food into vehicle trunks, so there was no need for recipients to step outside their cars.
The group plans to hold mobile markets each Saturday morning at the church as the pandemic continues.
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