How Shreveport Residents Can Get Free Food on Saturday

SHREVEPORT, LA - Residents of Shreveport and Caddo Parish can get some help with food this weekend.

The Caddo Parish Commission has announced a food distribution event is being held this Saturday. This is an effort to help those families who lost food during the massive power outages in our community last month.

Boxes of food will be handed out at several locations around the community.

Food Bank of NW Louisiana

Where Can You Pick Up Food?

9:00 AM

• Galilee Missionary Baptist Church – 1500 Pierre Avenue
• Southern University at Shreveport – 3050 MLK Drive
• Southern Hills Park and Community Center – 1002 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
• Oak Park / Bethune Middle School – 4331 Henry Street
• Caddo Fire District 2 – 8240 Colquitt Road

10:30 AM

• A.C. Steere Elementary – 4009 Youree Drive
• A.B. Palmer Recreation Center – 547 E. 79th Street
• Greenwood Acres Full Gospel Baptist Church – 7840 Greenwood Road,

Caddo Commission President Roy Burrell says “the recent storms and outages in our community posed many challenges that have made it difficult for many of our citizens to stay afloat. We believe that it is important to offer this distribution opportunity to provide some temporary relief to those in the community who may need help with food insecurity and access to food."

This food will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. The food provided is from a partnership with the local food bank.

This food will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. The food provided is from a partnership with the local food bank.

During the height of the storm, more than 250,000 area residents lost power. Many were without power for several days and had to throw out food from refrigerators.