Burke County Schools delivers 7,000 meals to families in need

January 13, 2021 at 12:18 pm EST

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — Burke County School officials hand-delivered about 7,000 meals Wednesday to families who are struggling to put food on the table.

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They loaded the boxed meals onto school busses to distribute throughout the county.

Morganton- riding the bus as Burke County schools deliver thousands of meals to students across the area. They are taking them right to student’s homes as the district is on remote learning. The story today on eyewitness news at noon and 6pm. Good stuff! pic.twitter.com/bOiu6G80BY
— Dave Faherty (@FahertyWSOC9) January 13, 2021

>> In the video at the top of this page, reporter Dave Faherty explains why the district delivered the meals to students and their families.

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