National, local groups pitch in to help Jackson water customers Food, water available Updated: 6:36 PM CDT Mar 15, 2021 Food, water available Updated: 6:36 PM CDT Mar 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HOW THEY’RE TAKING ACTION. WHILE THE MOST JACKSONIANS HAVE HAD THEIR WATER RESTORED THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY IS STILL UNDER A BOIL WATER NOTICE. SO LOCAL AND NATIONAL GROUPS WITH THE HELP OF MEMBERS OF THE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL ARE STILL HOLDING WATER AND FOOD DRIVES PEOPLE CAME BRUSH THEIR TEETH. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO WASH DISHES PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COOK WITH THIS WATER. AND SO THIS BRINGS OUR ALTERNATIVE INTO WE RESTORE ABSOLUTE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR WATER SYSTEM WORLD OF SIN. THE KITCHEN HAS PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL OF JACKSON RESTAURANTS TO PROVIDE WATER AND HOT MEALS THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT ONLY HELPING THOSE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE WATER CRISIS LOCAL RESTAURANTS ARE GETTING A MUCH NEEDED FINANCIAL BOOST A LOT OF OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS WERE HIT REAL HARD DURING COVID AND SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PART OF SUCH AS WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN TO COME IN AND TO GIVE THEM BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, AND TO BUY PLATES SO THAT TH PROVIDE IS A BIG BLESSING. COUNCILMAN, DARREN BANKS. IT SAYS THIS NATIONAL HELP. THIS WEEK COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME BECAUSE THE JPS STUDENTS ARE OUT FOR SPRING BREAK RIGHT NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THAT KIDS AT HOME AND BUY THEM HELPING OUT. I THINK IT’S A WONDERFUL THING FRIDAY. SOME OF THE KIDS WERE OUT EARLY SOME OF THE SCHOLARS ARE EARLY. WE HAD TWO OR THREE SEVEN KIDS TO WALK TO THIS SITE WHO PASSED AWAY OF WORK TO GET A LUNCH PLATE AND WALK BACK HOME AND SAY I’M GETTING IT FOR M BROTHER AND MY SISTER SO THAT’S THE TYPE OF HELP THAT WE’RE DOING MONDAY THE DRIVES IT TOOK PLACE AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THE NUMBER OF SITES WHERE WATER AND FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED WILL INCREASE AS THE WEEK GOES ON. SO EVERYONE IN JACKSON W