They came in sedans and SUVs, pickup trucks and economy cars, most with trunks already open.

The city of Kyle, in conjunction with Central Texas Food Bank, handed out boxes of food to 1,450 families on May 30 in the vast parking lot of Smile Direct.

An army of volunteers stood by to put in those open trunks boxes of assorted produce, cereals and dried foods, packages of fruit, protein items like meat and dairy products.

“We had a great turnout,” Hays County Chief of Staff and Emergency ...