Helping Hands and Promote Oxford Now came together to provide 200 hygiene bags and 400 food bags to members of the Oxford Community. (Photo by Catherine Sasso)

OXFORD - Friday at the Oxford High School, volunteers from Oxford school dsistrict, Helping Hands, and the community came together to hand out food and hygiene items to community members in need.

The drive-thru opened at 10:30 a.m. for seniors, allowing them time to go through the line before the anticipated rush. The food and hygiene drive was scheduled to run from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., however by noon Helping Hands was handing out the last of their 200 hygiene bags, and the food stock was dwindling down to it’s last 20 bags out of 400.

Just up the road from the food drive, volunteers were sitting outside handing out free ice cream to those waiting in the 80 plus degree weather.

50 food and hygiene bags were also delivered to community members living in McDonough. If anything was left over, Volunteer Sarah Smith from Promote Oxford Now said they would donate the remaining items to the Oxford Food Pantry.

Food items included Milk, Cottage Cheese, Produce, Sour Cream, Block Cheese, Butter, Eggs, Honey, Pasta, and Chobani Yogurt. Hygiene bags included shampoo, razors, baby wipes, body wash, and more.