Thousands of cars form lines to collect food in Texas

from the ground. You could see cars lined up everywhere it fair park when you take a wider view from the air. The length of the line was a Sfar, as the eye could see backed up onto the freeway. But for those in the line, they saw something else. I see blessings coming to us because we all struggling and and I appreciate North Texas helping us out. Very, very loaded up. Samantha Woods was one of the estimated 25,000 people who benefited from the giveaway. It really is amazing, and I thank God that I was able to get in the line this morning. Many of rhyme, each of them thankful, grateful and very candid about how tough this past year has been. I haven't been working since December. March. Can't find a job they cut about. My unemployment is it's a big deal. It's a really big deal. This is a big blessing for us to be able to get this. The food drive brought out several organizations, including the North Texas Food Bank, to distribute more than a half million pounds of food. It was a whole lot of people that pushed in on this. Like I said Me partnered up with the North Texas Food Bank and tearing County Food Bank Pastor Brown bringing in those volunteers in the Baptist ministers union. Do you? For those who showed up, there was really just one thing required of them way Theobald iti to wait a bit, as so many others found themselves with the same meat. It's a grim reminder of how much cove it has ripped people's livelihood. But it's also proof that together as humans, we can get through this. Thank you. Take this happy holidays with little kindness.

Thousands of people lined up for groceries at a food bank distribution event in Dallas, Texas, this weekend, with organizers saying the COVID-19 pandemic has increased need in the city.North Texas Food Bank distributed more than 600,000 pounds of food for about 25,000 people on Saturday, according to spokeswoman Anna Kurian. There were 7,280 turkeys distributed to families, Kurian told CNN.Photos provided by NTFB show thousands of cars lined up for NTFB's Drive-Thru Mobile Pantry at Fair Park. Kurian said the need for food "has certainly increased" with the pandemic, with Texas last week becoming the first U.S. state to report 1 million cases of coronavirus."Forty percent of the folks coming through our partners doors are doing so for the first time," she said."I see blessings coming to us cause we all struggling. And I appreciate North Texas helping us out," Dallas resident Samantha Woods told KTVT as she waited in her vehicle."It really is amazing and I thank God that I was able to get in the line this morning."In another car, one woman told the station she had been struggling: "I haven't been working since December. I can't find a job, they cut off my unemployment — it's a big deal. It's a real big deal."NTFB President Trisha Cunningham said she is proud of her team and the community "for providing some hope and care during these extraordinary times.""It was quite a humbling scene to see so many in need," she told CNN.NTFB has several mobile pantry events scheduled throughout the week.

DALLAS (video from KTVT via CNN) —

Thousands of people lined up for groceries at a food bank distribution event in Dallas, Texas, this weekend, with organizers saying the COVID-19 pandemic has increased need in the city.

distributed more than 600,000 pounds of food for about 25,000 people on Saturday, according to spokeswoman Anna Kurian. There were 7,280 turkeys distributed to families, Kurian told CNN.

Photos provided by NTFB show thousands of cars lined up for NTFB's Drive-Thru Mobile Pantry at Fair Park. Kurian said the need for food "has certainly increased" with the pandemic, with Texas last week becoming the first U.S. state to report 1 million cases of coronavirus.

"Forty percent of the folks coming through our partners doors are doing so for the first time," she said.

"I see blessings coming to us cause we all struggling. And I appreciate North Texas helping us out," Dallas resident Samantha Woods told KTVT as she waited in her vehicle.

"It really is amazing and I thank God that I was able to get in the line this morning."

In another car, one woman told the station she had been struggling: "I haven't been working since December. I can't find a job, they cut off my unemployment — it's a big deal. It's a real big deal."

NTFB President Trisha Cunningham said she is proud of her team and the community "for providing some hope and care during these extraordinary times."

"It was quite a humbling scene to see so many in need," she told CNN.

NTFB has several mobile pantry events scheduled throughout the week.

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