ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) - SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital held its largest food distribution event Thursday morning, starting about 20 minutes early due to the huge crowd that gathered.

The hospital had to limit what was given out and eventually turned people away because of high demand.

Hospital leaders said that the government reopening will help, but there will still be a need in the months to come.

SSM has two more food giveaways scheduled for next month. One will be at DePaul Hospital on December 11 and another at St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles on December 18.

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