On Friday, May 22, volunteers from PORCH Chapel Hill-Carrboro worked to distribute food to hundreds of residents in the local area. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, volunteers wore face coverings, gloves and limited physical contact with drivers.
Volunteers from PORCH Chapel Hill-Carrboro gathered at the Chapel Hill Public Library to distribute meals to residents on Friday, May 22. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A volunteer checks in each car as they arrive to make sure each family is given the correct amount of meals. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Volunteers worked together to load up cars. Here, a volunteer signals down a car where to park. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Hundreds of meals were distributed at the Chapel Hill Public Library on Friday, May 22. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
To limit physical interaction, drivers opened their car trunks and volunteers loaded the food in directly. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Along with residents driving through, PORCH also loaded up vans for food distribution at other locations in the local area. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A young child watches from the car as volunteers load up meals at the Chapel Hill Public Library. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Every volunteer from PORCH was wearing face coverings and gloves to limit physical contact. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A resident wearing a face mask watches from their car as volunteers load food into other vehicles. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A volunteer holds a carton of raspberries waiting to be distributed into individual meal bags. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
In the loading zone, PORCH volunteers worked efficiently to accommodate the many vehicles passing through. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Hundreds of vehicles lined up at the Chapel Hill Public Library for food distribution from PORCH on Friday, May 22. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Along with distributing hundreds of meals, PORCH volunteers worked to break down dozens of cardboard boxes for recycling or later use. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Food was labeled and organized at one end of the parking lot and then brought to the loading zone by carts. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A volunteer waits to distribute food into individual cars in the Chapel Hill Public Library parking lot. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
To limit physical contact, drivers were told to open their car trunks so that PORCH volunteers could place items in their cars directly. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
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Most of the people who turned up didn’t need the help. They just wanted something for nothing.
Stop wasting our money. Start helping local business before they all go under.
Stop giving away things for headlines while the businesses of Chapel Hill go bust.
What an incompetent and self serving bunch we have in office in this time of crisis.