It’s not exactly how she planned to spend her Tuesday afternoon. But Chevelle Siewerc of Savage knew wait would be worth it.

“I’m having a real hard time. I have two kids and they’re both teenagers and they eat a lot,” she said.

Chevelle was one of thousands of people lining up for a food give away at Macedonia Baptist Church at 38th Street and 1st Avenue in Minneapolis. People lined up beginning at 1 p.m. for the event, that was scheduled to start at 5 p.m.. Organizers started serving people at 4:30.

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