The temperature was nearing 90 degrees in Woodland, California, on Monday afternoon, but in the parking lot of the Home Church, the mission continued. Undeterred by the high sun and cloudless sky, area residents queued up dozens deep, waiting for the food distribution to begin.
“Sometimes people start lining up at noon, and we don’t distribute until 3:30,” said Jason Hammond, a church member, as he hurriedly bagged up fruit and vegetables to go with the other groceries — on this day, four bags of food and water for each person in line. “When it’s hot like this, they’ll try to find a shady spot. But they don’t leave.”
