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First Responders Invited to Register for feed the Frontline Chicken Giveaway

The following is a May 1 release from Worcester County:

Thanks to a generous donation from Mountaire Farms, Worcester County Recreation and Parks (WCRP), in partnership with Worcester Goes Purple, is giving away 500 free bags of boneless chicken thighs to local first responders. This giveaway will take place at the Worcester County Recreation Center in Snow Hill on Friday, May 8 from 3 – 7 p.m.

First responders, including medical personnel, fire, EMS, and police, are asked to register for a pick-up time through an online form found on the WCRP website at www.worcesterrecandparks.org. Time options are separated by hour windows of either 3-4 p.m., 4-5 p.m., 5-6 p.m., or 6-7 p.m. Chicken is not guaranteed to those who do not register.

“Many of those in the Recovery Community owe their lives to a first responder,” Worcester Goes Purple Events Coordinator Debbie Smullen said. “We appreciate all of our first responders, and we are happy to give back."

WCRP staff, along with Worcester Goes Purple and other community volunteers, are coming together to say, ‘thank you’ and to give each first responder who registers a 10-pound bag of chicken that includes approximately 22 boneless thighs.

After the giveaway, a donation of sixty bags of chicken and other potential leftovers will be distributed to the Stevenson United Methodist Church Spirit Kitchen in Berlin, The Samaritan Shelter in Pocomoke, and the Snow Hill Food Pantry.

For more information on Feed the Frontline, contact Allen Swiger at 410-632-2144, ext. 2520 or aswiger@co.worcester.md.us. Visit WCRP online for up to date WCRP news and program updates.