On a rainy Wednesday morning in October, Mary Baker battled traffic to get to St. Marks United Methodist Church in downtown Charleston, where she would spend about an hour making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

“Did you see the people that came this morning?” Baker asked. “That’s why [I come]. Because they’re hungry.” Kanawha Valley

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Baker was referring to about 40 people who have been receiving breakfast bags and sandwiches at St. Marks every weekday from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Starting Thursday, people will be able to eat breakfast inside St. Marks, 900 Washington St. E., two times a week.

Breakfast bags

The Rev. Cindy Briggs-Biondi said her chur

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