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FORDYCE, Ark.- The Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce has reopened but some mothers are uncertain about returning, so a local center is helping provide essentials for their children in the meantime.
Hope Place Fordyce director Melissa Robbins said her organization has been working to help families get baby formula amid the aftermath of the deadly mass shooting that happened more than a week ago.
"We had 37 families come through getting formula, and we are able to continue reaching out, making sure they have everything they need," Robbins said.
Hope Place Fordyce is a pregnancy care center that provides help to expecting parents and individuals and also to parents of kids 12 years old and under.
Some of those services include classes and assistance with learning for parents, but they also provide resources through their baby closet. The center provides formula as well as diapers, whips, bottles and clothing.
Robbins described learning of the issue after reaching out to a client following the shooting.
"I found out later that one of our clients was there at the store when it happened," Hope Place ...
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