Lunch in the Park program expands in its eighth year

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 | 5:38 p.m. CDT; updated 8:59 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 28, 2009

COLUMBIA — During the week, Kirk Branham spends most of his noon hours at Douglass Park, handing out cartons of milk or helping fill white paper sacks with the makings of lunch. He's part of a team of volunteers that serves free meals to Columbia's youth through the Lunch in the Park program.

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