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Cit yV iewN C.com | 19 one of those buses," Johnson said. "ose children saw the bus and came running." While Maynard and her staff were working to perfect their operation, people like James Whitaker, owner of Sammio's Restaurant on Raeford Road, were wondering how they could help. He knew he would never be able to serve thousands of lunches. "But I saw what Jason was doing, so I got in contact with the school system too," he said. He and Louis Frangos, who owns Sammio's of Hope Mills, each arranged to serve 550 plates of spaghetti for dinner. Whitaker set up operation at Douglas Byrd High School and Frangos did the same thing at C. Wayne Collier in Hope Mills. All the plates at both locations were gone in less than an hour. Whitaker again served spaghetti plates in April, this time for lunch at E.E. Smith High School in partnership with the Greater Fayetteville Area Chapter of the National Panhellenic Council and the North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Group. "I love to help people, especially kids, and food is an easy way to do it," Whitaker said. "I can't imagine a kid going hungry." Beth Maynard said many organizations have partnered with Cumberland County Schools to provide or sponsor food during the emergency school closure: • Southern Coals Restaurant • Sammio's Italian Restaurant (Raeford Road and Hope Mills locations) • Second Harvest Food Bank of the Sandhills • Bubba's 33 • Manna Church • The Greater Fayetteville Area Chapter of the National Panhellenic Council • The North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Group • The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity TGG Chapter • Domino's Pizza Other organizations donated supplies: • Cape Fear Valley Health • Harris Teeter • Publix • Zaxby's • Applebee's • Sam's Club • Food Lion • Macedonia Baptist Church • Piedmont Natural Gas/Duke Energy • Fayetteville Public Works Commission Tom Lloyd, Peter Stewart, Franklin Johnson, Michael Paschal, Malinda Craven, Michael Pennink and Crawford MacKethan Co m m e rc i a l R e a l E s t a t e 910.864.2626 2401 Robeson Street (NEW ADDRESS) Fayetteville, NC 28305 www.franklinjohnsoncommercial.com Integrity, Knowledge, Experience. Linda Johnson a child nutrition supervisor with Cumberland County Schools

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