Red Cross Serves 10K Meals & Snacks to Wildfire Evacuees; 1K Meals to Firefighters

So far, more than 10,000 meals and snacks have been served to wildfire evacuees at Red Cross shelters in the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area of East Tennessee in the past couple of days. Additionally, nearly 1,000 meals have been served to firefighters battling the devastating wildfires. This Washington Post story below highlights what has been happening during the past couple of days.

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