'From Truck to Trunk' Event to be Held Oct. 17

Action Church is sponsoring a food distribution event to those in need on Saturday October 17 at East Ridge Elementary School on John Ross Road.

Action Church Pastor Daniel Beard is calling the event “From Truck to Trunk.” It will begin at 10 a.m. Beard said he is receiving more than 2,000 pre-packaged 30-pound food boxes that consists of meat, produce and dairy. The boxes will be delivered via refrigerated truck and unloaded from the truck to a person’s trunk by staff members.

“Our heart is to help people in our community and we are thankful that we can help in this season of great need,” Beard said in a press release. “We will be there giving out boxes until the supplies run out.”

Beard said individuals receiving the food boxes will not have to leave their car.

For those participating, pull into the parking lot of the school at 1014 John Ross Rd. and follow the signs and cones and volunteers will direct the motorist to a lane to receive a box of free food.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.