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YEAH, I WILL GET IT. WE MET CRAIG MILLER AT THE END OF THE LINE. IT WAS A BAD. DETERMINATION. YEAH HE RECEIVED THE LAST LOT OF SUPPLIES FROM THE PERCY GRIFFIN COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS WAS THE LOAN DISTRUTIBION SITE ON THE EAST SHORE OF PLAQUEMINES PARISH. NOW IT’S CLOSING MEANS MILLER AND OTHERS. WE WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE THEIR GOODS FROM ELSEWHERE. DID I DID A LITTLE STEWART ON THE ROAD. BUT EVERYBODY GOING THERE BASICAYLL IT’S GOING TO LACK OF FOOD. IT’S ABOUT DJ ” ONE STOP DOWN US 15. SO WE BUY A LOT OF THINGS HERE THAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE LOCAL HERE AND IT’S LIKE A SKIP AND HALF FROMOM IT, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE ONLY GROCERY STORE OPEN FOR MILES. THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE, BUT OWNER SHARON DOMAIN SAYS APPESLI IS RESPONDING TO THIS REMAINING DIFFICULT REQUEST. IT’S A KIND OF LIGHT IN RELATION TO WHAT WE USUALLY HAVE. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR HER. SHEND TO HER HUSBAND HAS TRADE TRIP TO ST BERNARD PARISH AND ELSEWHERE SO THAT THE TIRHE STORE CAN GET SUPPLIES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS DON’T HAVE TO THINK THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART, YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY JUST FOR THE ‘HAVE PEOPLE TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND NOT HAVE TO GO 60 MILES OF BREAD OR MILK OR NOT THE PEOPLE WE HAVE MEET SAY THAT THEY GOT BEFORE AND WILL STILL. SO WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

The parish of Plaquemines opens the POD site on the west shore on Monday, closes the site on the east shore

Updated: September 17, 2021 at 6:24 p.m. CDT

People who use the Percy Griffin Community Center to get free ice, water and meals will need to go elsewhere. The Davant center ended its operation as a distribution point on Friday at noon. The closure no longer leaves any POD sites on the eastern shore of the parish of Plaquemines. But distributions will still be available west of the Mississippi River. South Plaquemines Primary School in Port Sulfur will remain open until Sunday at noon. The YMCA de Buras will begin serving as a distribution point Monday at noon. The location changes come as government leaders in the Parish of Plaquemines lift all evacuation orders related to Hurricane Ida.

PARISH OF PLAQUEMINES, Louisiana –

People who use the Percy Griffin Community Center for free ice, water and meals will have to go elsewhere.

The Davant center finished its run as a distribution point on Friday at noon. The closure no longer leaves any POD sites on the eastern shore of the parish of Plaquemines.

But distributions will still be available west of the Mississippi River. South Plaquemines Primary School in Port Sulfur will remain open until Sunday at noon. The YMCA de Buras will begin serving as a distribution point Monday at noon.

The location changes come as government leaders in the Parish of Plaquemines lift all evacuation orders related to Hurricane Ida.