Church's Food Trailer Stolen, Community Steps Up

0:00It's April 8th. You're listening to Birmingham News today, AI-powered local news. Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church in Fairfield, Alabama got hit hard when thieves sliced through their gate and swiped a trailer they used to hand out. Nearly 300 bags of food every month to folks in need. Back in March, the pastor rolled back the security footage and spotted the crooks pulling up in a U-Haul to haul it off, leaving the church scrambling. For their community outreach, Pastor Daniel Craig says, it threw a wrench in their mission, forcing them to rent a truck just to pick up and deliver the food that time around. Now a local camper dealer is seeing a wave of customers replacing stolen trailers and dropping solid advice, slap locks on the wheels, and hitched to. Scare off thieves looking for easy scores. He also pushes chaining trailers tight with doubles and adding a GPS tracker so you can track it down if it vanishes, while the church urges anyone. With tips to hit up Fairfield police. Stay vigilant out there, communities like this keep us all fed.