'We had 42 volunteers and had to spend over $2,500 to clean up that property that we could have used to feed the hungry.'
A food pantry in Virginia said it received a citation because a large piece of its land was littered with trash left behind by the very people the pantry is trying to help.
Down the road from the food pantry is a large plot of land that was donated to him in 2015. Luken said the original plan was to build a monastery and a new location for Five Loaves, but it's been taking a while to break ground.Recently, the land has been occupied by others. After many efforts of asking the people on the land to leave, Luken said the Newport News Police Department had to get involved. Once people were removed from the property, a five-hour cleanup process commenced.
" were even using electricity from the church, running a television when we got back there," said Luken.
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