WHEELING — On a chilly Thursday morning dozens of vehicles began to line up in the parking lot of Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack, the drivers patiently waiting for what they were about to receive.

They weren’t there to gamble, but instead to get the life-sustaining food delivered by a large truck from the Mountaineer Food Bank.

Volunteers unloaded the boxes and turned the site into an assembly line of sorts. The vehicles were directed to one of two lines and their trunks were filled with produce such as grapes and potatoes, meats, bread, cereal and other goods.

Volunteer Ashley Gummer said they anticipated seeing about 220 families come through the line by the end of the hour.

Gummer, a volunteer from The Health Plan, said the number was expected to be higher because people who

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