Leechburg food distribution organizers say need is clear as 600 boxes go in about 30 minutes

Members of the Kiski Area High School girls basketball team (left) help load boxes of food with volunteers Johnathan Hart (center) of Plum, Rae Headrick of Vanderbilt and Alan Mosovsky (far right) during the Kiski Valley Community Church’s free food giveaway on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at the Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company.

Residents wait in long lines of vehicles for the Kiski Valley Community Church’s free food giveaway on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at the Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company.

Volunteers Johnathan Hart (left) of Plum and Emma Peck (center), a volunteer from the Kiski Area High School girls basketball team, help load boxes of food into residents’ cars on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, during the Kiski Valley Community Church’s free food giveaway at the Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company.

Baby, a chocolate Labrador owned by Beatrice Burns of Leechburg, greets volunteer Mike Horneman, as residents wait in their cars for the Kiski Valley Community Church’s free food giveaway on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at the Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company.

Tyler Lucas of Leechburg is handed boxes of food by Johnathan Hart of Plum as volunteers help load pallets for the Kiski Valley Community Church’s free food giveaway on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at the Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company.