BASTROP, La. (KNOE) - The Helping Hands ministry of Mt. Zion Church of God held a health drive as part of their monthly food pantry.

The health drive offered free medical services including blood pressure and glucose screenings.

“When they’re trained to prepare their food correctly, then they can have, they can check their health to see whether their blood pressure is right, whether their glucose is in line with what it should be,” the ministry’s Director Helen Smith said. “So, with the food that we give, plus we try to give healthy food along with the medical aspects of it, we’ll have a healthier community.”

Smith says the recent changes to Medicare, Medicaid and SNAP benefits make drives like these more important than ever.

“Listen, a lot of our seniors, as well as some of our other

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