It took a team of volunteers, sheriff's deputies and local police to herd a line of vehicles that stretched for two miles off New Castle Road into Alameda Park, where food was distributed Tuesday.The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank set up its first distribution site of this kind in Butler County, with 1,000 boxes of food given to people adversely affected economically by the coronavirus."I was laid off because of COVID-19," says Brandon Vaughan, of Butler. "That's why I'm here. I work down at the Shell cracker plant. It's been rough. Unemployment has been denied."A line of vehicles formed long before volunteers started serving the public at 10 a.m., and it took anywhere from 30 minutes to one hour to snake through the park before landing at the distribution site."The people who are coming up for service are so appreciative," says Scharlese McKinney, network development director for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. "The community has rallied around us. We have a great deal of volunteers. We never have a problem of getting volunteers to help their neighbors."A spokesperson for the project says all 1,000 boxes of food were given away in less than three hours.

It took a team of volunteers, sheriff's deputies and local police to herd a line of vehicles that stretched for two miles off New Castle Road into Alameda Park, where food was distributed Tuesday.

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank set up its first distribution site of this kind in Butler County, with 1,000 boxes of food given to people adversely affected economically by the coronavirus.


"I was laid off because of COVID-19," says Brandon Vaughan, of Butler. "That's why I'm here. I work down at the Shell cracker plant. It's been rough. Unemployment has been denied."

A line of vehicles formed long before volunteers started serving the public at 10 a.m., and it took anywhere from 30 minutes to one hour to snake through the park before landing at the distribution site.

"The people who are coming up for service are so appreciative," says Scharlese McKinney, network development director for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. "The community has rallied around us. We have a great deal of volunteers. We never have a problem of getting volunteers to help their neighbors."

A spokesperson for the project says all 1,000 boxes of food were given away in less than three hours.