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VIDEO: MUST Ministries Fights Hunger

Volunteers served nearly 190,000 lunches to families in need this summer.

The Summer Lunches Program at has just ended, and volunteers handed out a total of 189,648 lunches to needy children this summerβ€”a 34 percent increase from last year.

MUST started the Summer Lunch Program in 1995 in Cobb and Cherokee Counties in an effort to fight child hunger. In 2011, MUST Volunteers delivered 103,000 lunches to hungry children in Cobb and Cherokee, and the program was expanded to Douglas, Paulding, North Fulton and Gwinnett communities this year.

Have you ever been a MUST volunteer or helped by one? Share your experience and give MUST a shout-out in the comments!

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