Jets player to help distribute food

YOUNGSTOWN

New York Jets wide receiver Brad Smith is teaming up with Feed the Children to provide 400 Youngstown families with boxes of food and essentials.

The distribution will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at 1501 Glenwood Ave. Smith will be there to hand out the items.

Feed the Children’s partner agency, the Salvation Army, has pre-identified families receiving the boxes. Each family will receive a 25-pound box of food, a 10-pound box of personal care items and a box of Avon products. The boxes are designed to help a family for up to a week.