CHESAPEAKE, Va. - A Hampton Roads organization stepped up to make sure Coast Guard families don't go hungry.
On Saturday, a food drive in Chesapeake provided these families with donations and hot meals. The organization asked for help from the community to provide food for our furloughed federal workers.
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"I am not originally from here, but to see this kind of response makes me love Hampton Roads so much more than I already did," said Cyndi Houser, owner of Vertical Real Estate, "because we really are about our military and our community."
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Donations that were not given away will be donated to local food banks.