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PHOTOS: VFW, Harvest Outreach Ministry Give Back On Veterans Day

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6022 in Cottondale and Harvest Outreach Ministry partnered to give out more than 4,000 pounds of food.

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Volunteers carried boxes of food and toiletries to a long line of cars on Veterans Day at the VFW Post 6022.
Volunteers carried boxes of food and toiletries to a long line of cars on Veterans Day at the VFW Post 6022. (Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)

TUSCALOOSA, AL. — Two long lines of vehicles snaked through the parking lot of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6022 all the way to University Boulevard in Cottondale Wednesday as the VFW and Harvest Outreach Ministry came together to give back to hundreds of people in need on Veterans Day.

To commemorate a day dedicated to the men and women of the United States military, the groups — with food donated by the West Alabama Food Bank — partnered to provide more than 300 food boxes to families and others in the community.

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Here are some of the scenes from a busy holiday for local veterans and volunteers.

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Harvest Outreach Ministry Pastor Hugh L. Spencer Sr. and VFW Post 6022 Commander Donnie Nelson address volunteers as the food box giveaway begins (Photo by Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)
VFW Post 6022's ballroom was temporarily turned into a staging area for assembling hundreds of food boxes (Photo by Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)
Volunteers from both Harvest Outreach Ministry and VFW Post 6022 carried food boxes to cars even as the rain came down (Photo by Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)
Volunteers from both Harvest Outreach Ministry and VFW Post 6022 carried food boxes to cars even as the rain came down (Photo by Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)
Volunteers from both Harvest Outreach Ministry and VFW Post 6022 carried food boxes to cars even as the rain came down (Photo by Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)
Volunteers from both Harvest Outreach Ministry and VFW Post 6022 carried food boxes to cars even as the rain came down (Photo by Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)
Volunteers from both Harvest Outreach Ministry and VFW Post 6022 carried food boxes to cars even as the rain came down (Photo by Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)
VFW Post 6022 Commander Donnie Nelson carries a food box out to a vehicle during the Veterans Day event on Wednesday (Photo by Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)
Two lines of vehicles stretched out to University Boulevard at VFW Post 6022 Wednesday for a Veterans Day food box giveaway (Photo by Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch)

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