As State-Run Water Program Ends, Flint Churches Look to Fill Void

by Julie Compton

On Tuesday evening, all four of the city’s remaining water distribution centers shuttered — just days after Gov. Rick Snyder announced he would discontinue the state’s water distribution program.

Since Friday, thousands of families — many with young children who depend on bottled water to drink, bathe and wash their food — flocked to the centers to get what remained.

Now, nothing is left.

“There’s been 40 or 50 cars that have been lined up,” said Rob Butler, a head pastor for West Court Street Church of God, where one of the distribution centers had set up in the parking lot on Tuesday. “At least that many. Who knows how many turned away once they saw that huge line?”

Pastor Butler told NBC News his church will work with First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church on the south side of the city to collect private donations of water for Flint. He said one New York-based non-profit has already pledged to deliver a generous supply. 

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Source: NBC News