An emergency food distribution will take place at Springfield Partners for Community Action Friday at 2:30 PM.
The newsroom received the following press release from the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. It is republished below in its entirety.
An emergency food distribution will take place at Springfield Partners for Community Action Friday at 2:30 PM
June 3, 2011, Hatfield, Mass.-In its continued effort to ensure food gets to households affected by the June 1st tornadoes, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts will be distributing food directly to families on Friday. The distribution will take place at Springfield Partners for Community Action on State Street.
WHAT: Emergency Food Distribution for Tornado Victims
WHEN: 2:30 PM, Friday June 3, 2011
WHERE: Springfield Partners for Community Action, 721 State Street (distribution will take place in lot behind the building, which is on Monroe Street)
The Food Bank will be bringing a few thousand ready-to-eat meals, fruit, bread, peanut butter, snacks, nuts, and other nutritious foods. Food will be distributed by Food Bank staff to families.
Today's mass food distribution effort will supplement the work The Food Bank has already been doing to get food to emergency feeding agencies across Springfield. On Friday morning, Food Bank trucks delivered pallets of food to nine agencies in Springfield which were in most need of food and water to serve to families seeking help. The agencies receiving food deliveries today include: Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, Freedom House of God, Gandara CSA, Springfield Rescue Mission, Worthington Street Shelter, Christine's Cupboard, Springfield VACA, Alpha y Omega, Springfield Housing Authority, and MCDI.
On Thursday, The Food Bank delivered immediate food relief to Springfield Salvation Army, Springfield Housing Authority, and HAP.
Food Bank staff are currently working with these and other agencies across Hampden County to determine what the agencies' food needs are to support families throughout the weekend. Additional food and water deliveries will be made by The Food Bank as necessary.
The Food Bank is receiving disaster relief food donations from other New England food banks as well as local and regional food distributors, in addition to food that it already has in its warehouse.