THE POST-SIGNAL / Desiray Seaux
Volunteers load the food boxes into waiting vehicles which formed two lines through the parking lot.
Hundreds of local and area residents turned out Friday to receive food items being distributed through a partnership between the Three O’Clock Project and the Healthy Acadia Alliance.
Traffic was backed up for more than a mile along West Mill Street westward from the International Rice Festival Building, according to reports. Lunch and breakfast for an entire week was included in the boxes distributed by the volunteers.
In all, 48,000 meals were distributed at three locations in Acadia Parish on Friday, according to Kellie Duhon, corporate giving program manager, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.
A second distribution will be held Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., again in the parking lot at the International Rice Festival Building.
Having a hand in making this possible for any child 18 years of age and younger in Acadia Parish are the Acadia Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the mayors of Crowley, Rayne and Church Point, the Louisiana Department of Education, Acadiana VOAD, Acadia Parish Schools, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.
Distributions also will be held Thursday at Our Lady of Sacred Heart, 114 Bienvenu St., Church Point, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.; and at the Civic Center Ballroom, 210 Frog Festival Drive, Rayne, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information about Three O’Clock Project, visit threeoclockproject.org.