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Organizers anticipate long lines for second drive-thru food pantry in Union County

MONROE, N.C. — Organizers expect to see long lines like they did in April when volunteers start giving away food boxes in Union County.

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The need for mobile pantries is so great because many people are unemployed or living on fixed incomes. Organizers expect to see around 350 to 400 families outside the Community Shelter of Union County Tuesday morning.

Common Heart, a local non-profit, partners with Second Harvest Food Bank to host mobile food pantries. In April, they served 300 families and they have seen a 20 percent increase in the number of families who have visited their pantries since last year.

Watch the video above as Channel 9′s Gina Esposito sat down with organizers, who explain just how vital this is.