#JSUCares - An estimated 2,000 families benefited from last week’s Crop Drop, a biannual event that provides free sweet potatoes to the community from JSU and its partners. Aside from the nearly 20,000 pounds of potatoes, free heads of lettuce were also distributed Tuesday in the parking lot of Blackburn Middle School near the university campus. Dr. Kimberly Hilliard, executive director of JSU’s Office of Community Engagement, said, “This event has gained tremendous community support. We’ve had people walking up asking for the free food as well as long lines of cars that have been here since 7 a.m. We are happy to do this and show the community that the university cares.” To read more about the Crop Drop, visit the JSU Newsroom. jsumsnews.com