Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many families are struggling to make ends meet and feed their families.   Jackson County Cooperative Extension partnered with Save the Children to obtain USDA Food boxes to help feed families in need throughout the community.  Each week during the months of March and April, a truck load of food costing $44,000 and containing 1,300 boxes of food is brought into the county.   The boxes include two meats, cabbage, cheese, milk, potatoes, apples, and cottage or ricotta cheese-enough to feed a family of four for up to a week.  The Jackson County High School Junior ROTC helped with the distribution as well.  The total number of individuals that have been directly impacted by the food box distributions are 5,200 per week for a total of 52,000 meals.