Tom Brannon, chief meteorologist for Little Rock CBS affiliate KTHV (THV11), led the annual Summer Cereal Drive at the Pine Bluff Walmart on South Olive Street on Tuesday, doing live shots for “The Vine” morning show. Ebony Mitchell with the Arkansas Food Bank said the goal was to raise more than 13,000 boxes of cereal, with all the donations to be shared among Pine Bluff’s food pantries.
Among the contributors to the drive, the Jefferson County Young Professionals Network purchased almost $500 worth of cereal.
From top: Members of the Pine Bluff Regional Chamber of Commerce Redcoats talk with Brannon about their donation of 110 cereal boxes.
Deborah Allen of First Ward Living Grace Pantry on Commerce Road shares her excitement for the drive as Brannon applauds.
Independent reporting for Pine Bluff & Jefferson County since 1879.
Arkansas Food Bank CEO Brian Burton chats with Pat Tate (right) of Neighbor to Neighbor on Pine Street and another woman at the cereal drive. Wearing a crown in the background is reigning Miss Arkansas Cori Keller of Stuttgart.
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Arkansas Food Bank CEO Brian Burton chats with Pat Tate, right, of Neighbor to Neighbor on Pine Street, and another woman at the Summer Cereal Drive in Pine Bluff. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)
Members of the Pine Bluff Regional Chamber of Commerce Redcoats talk with Tom Brannon of THV11 about their donation of 110 cereal boxes. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)