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Hundreds line up for free food and toy giveaway in South Boston
Read full article: Hundreds line up for free food and toy giveaway in South BostonSOUTH BOSTON, Va. – A Christmas food and toy giveaway attracted a crowd to a South Boston strip mall Sunday afternoon. The group God’s Final Call and Warning partnered with South Boston’s Seventh-Day Adventist Church to create a free market with pantry goods and holiday gifts. “With COVID-19, you’re talking about people who are in need,” said Ralph Rhyne of God’s Final Call and Warning. “Some had nearly more than they could carry.”The customers included Philyn Knight, a South Boston mother who found wrapped gifts for her daughter and new appliances such as an Instant Pot. “It’s such a delight because it speaks to the greater need,” Betts said.