COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — More than 100 cars lined up at the Cocke County Fairgrounds Tuesday morning to receive food donations. Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee held a mobile food pantry with 32,000 pounds of food, enough to distribute to around 600 families.
“It will help immensely. I’m a disabled vet and he can’t work and we struggle,” said another.
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“It’s really going to help us out a lot. We are real low-income people,” one recipient said.
Many of the families receiving food were personally impacted by the floods. Several told 6 News they were stuck in their homes for days without water.
Karen Franklin and Tim Height said in addition to the storm, the rising prices of some products have added to their financial struggle.
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“Expenses have been going up so bad, and I saw they had eggs, so that’s a big expense right there. Expenses are going up tremendously and it’s just been one heck of a ride,” they said…