Employees of Fresh Healthy Cafe in Cape Girardeau packed meals through Kids Against Hunger on Friday, April 24, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. Rick Hetzel, Southeast Missouri satellite director for Kids Against Hunger, said cafe employees are packing meals on a regular basis. “We anticipated there would be people that probably because of the layoffs and the economy would need food. And so about a month ago we ordered in enough for 100,000 meals with our Kids Against Hunger satellite,” Hetzel said.
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