A line of one dozen shopping carts, filled with donated food, tripled over the course of an hour outside Chuck’s Produce in Salmon Creek on Saturday morning during the annual Walk & Knock food drive.
Rain soaked hundreds of bags filled with shelf-stable foods — cereal, pasta, instant mashed potatoes, canned vegetables and other items overflowed the carts.
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