Farm Share held a free distribution on Saturday in Jacksonville, but this time around, it wasn’t just food being handed out.

The food bank gave away hurricane supply kits at nine events across the state.

The local event started at 9 a.m. Saturday outside Celebration Church on Jacksonville’s Southside.

“The kit is kind of like a baseline to give families an idea of what they need to get started to get prepared for the hurricanes,” said Laine Adams, who is Farm Share’s community events coordinator. “They can go from there and start talking about other items for their family.”

Included in these kits were non-perishable food items like canned goods, meal, ready-to-eat packets (MREs) that may have pasta, rice, chili and macaroni and electrolytes.

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