By BERRY CRAIG
AFT Local 1360
Almost 100 volunteers trucked 1,500 Christmas dinners--turkey and the trimmings--from Louisville to tornado victims in Mayfield and Bowling Green.
Dubbed "Boxes of Love," the holiday meals were distributed to non-profit organizations and churches in the two communities, both heavily damaged by the deadly twister that ravaged western Kentucky on Dec. 10. In Bowling Green, the meals were unloaded at the UAW 2164 hall.
Sponsors included Metro United Way, Fourth Street Live! Entertainment DistrictTeamsters Local 89 and 783; JCAESP AFSCME Local 4011, USW Local 1693; CWA Local 3310, ATU Local 1447; UFCW Local 227, Meijer, Kentucky State AFL-CIO; UAW 862 OnLine; IBEW Local 369; and the Jefferson County Teachers Association (JCTA), according to Tim Morris of the Greater Louisville Central Labor Council.
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