One week.

That’s how long it’s taking for inspiration to become a plan to become a reality for a community food drive.

Dustin Santos said his wife started a conversation last Sunday about possibly doing something to help people who are struggling with food needs.

That conversation quickly turned into a decision to take action and now they are asking people to join them at a community block party/food drive at the gymnasium of First United Methodist Church in Morristown, on Nov. 9 from 2 to 5 p.m.

“There’s 67,000 people in Morristown… there’s just under 10,000 people that receive SNAP benefits ranging from two to $700, maybe more. These people aren’t going to have their benefits (funded due to the Federal government shutdown),” he said. “Ordinarily, I wouldn’t get motivated, I guess, to

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