PITTSBURGH —

A Pittsburgh-area dad and his young sons’ mission to feed the community is touching millions in a now viral video on social media.

"People want to help; if you give them an opportunity to help, they will help,” said AJ Owen.

Last Sunday, Owen and his sons, ages seven and nine, decided they wanted to help people losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by making free food available in the front yard of their Whitehall home.

“By the next morning, we had everything out, about 70% of it was gone,” Owen told sister station WTAE. “That told us immediately there’s a need for this in our area, which is one, we’re so grateful to be able to help, two, so sad that so many people do need this assistance.”

Owen posted about the front yard food pantry in local Facebook

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