As this week comes to an end I have to pause for a moment to give thanks to each and every one of you. The outpouring of support has humbled us as we work through this uncharted territory. Your gifts of money, food and time are allowing us to continue to provide hope to hungry people in our community.
As I said in the last email, we will do everything in our power to continue to provide food to hungry people throughout our region but in order to do that we have implemented the following:
Beginning March 23rd, the Food Shelf at Second Harvest will be open Monday-Thursday 11:00am – 3:30pm and CLOSED ON FRIDAY.
We have started to distribute the Emergency Food Packs to food shelves.
We're continuing to work closely with Feeding America, other national food banks, public health, state departments, school districts, lawmakers, and others to determine our best response to this ever-changing public health impact.
We're continuing to source additional food and non-food items, ahead of what's likely to be an increase in demand.
We have had conference calls with our network of regional agency partners (food shelves, soup kitchens, shelter, and others) to share with them the latest ways to best serve their clients during this time.
We continue to practice social distancing.
We're ensuring the highest standard of hygiene for our facility, our employees, and our volunteers by continually wiping down all surfaces.
What have you done to help:
You have given us gifts. Monetary gifts are much needed during this time. These gifts will be used to purchase food and keep our operation running so we can continue to assist those in need. Please continue to support us when you can by making a gift.
Many of you have reached out to us to volunteer. As of today, we are limiting the number of volunteers in our building. If you are on our volunteer list we will contact you if our need increases.
Our work is essential so, if you can stay home and do business with us by mail, phone, email or text, please do. This will help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and help us continue to assist those in need.
Thank you so much for your support.
Susan Estee, Executive Director Second Harvest North Central Food Bank
