Bidens Pack Carrots, Apples Into Boxes During Food Bank Stop

Philadelphia PA

17 January, 2022

1:31 PM

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CBS Philadelphia January 17, 2022 President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden packed carrots and apples into food boxes for the hungry and chatted with volunteers Sunday at a food bank as part of a day of service for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The couple traveled about a half-hour from their Wilmington, Delaware, residence to Philabundance, a hunger relief organization in Philadelphia which serves about 140,000 people a week in the Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey region. Before heading to the warehouse floor where conveyor belts carried cardboard boxes full of donated food, Biden said the child tax credit needed to be renewed. The traditional day of service is on the holiday, Monday, but there was a bad winter storm heading for the area and events were being rescheduled around the region. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.