More than 500 pounds of food donated to Long Beach Community Food Pantry

This morning, more than 500 pounds of non-perishable food items was donated to the Long Beach Community Food Pantry.

- go get tested.- - this morning, more than 500 - pounds of non-perishable food - items was donated to the long - beach community food- pantry.

- thanks to the efforts of the- non-profit organization - 'school of athens', and long- beach girl scout troop 4625 for- collecting the generous - donations, the food pantry can- now continue to better serve th- more than 3-thousand- families they help each year.

- the father-son trio travels fro- oklahoma frequently to- host food drives and bring othe- fundraisers back to the - place they'll always call home,- but father michael mcgill - says this time they're even mor- grateful to have the- opportunity to give back in the- middle of a pandemic.

- - "we just finished feeding the - homeless- at loaves n fishes in biloxi an- we're seeing in influx in peopl- needing extra - food, so they're needing to be- fed.

So it's so great to be abl- - - - to get together and come out to- the community and provide this- food and those dishes and the - things that are needed right- here in our home state."- the group was also able to- provide 12-hundred pieces - of personal protection equipmen- for south mississippi -