Mobile food bank coming to Post Falls
CAROLYN BOSTICK | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 4 months AGO
Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers. | November 28, 2024 1:07 AM
POST FALLS — The Post Falls Ambassadors are hoping to tide over families in need between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with a mobile food bank.
Scot Haug said the nonprofit likes to bring in events like this through 2nd Harvest to stave off food insecurity issues to help the community in Post Falls in a more anonymous way.
“We know in this economy there’s a lot of people struggling though some people don’t realize it,” Haug said.
Those going through the drive-through market will receive mostly nonperishable with some dairy and baking elements.
The no-questions-asked mobile market takes place from 11 to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. The drive-through event has enough materials for about 250 families.
“There will be tables set up so as people drive through and we can just hand them a box,” Haug said.
The ambassadors reached out to Greene Idaho Foundation to help cover the cost of the event and were able to secure the parking lot at Yoke’s at 1501 E. Seltice Way, Post Falls.
Haug said the community group began in 2015 just to bring about positive things to Post Falls and tries to slot in events like the food bank from time to time due to rising costs and financial pressures.
2nd Harvest will provide a semi-truck's worth of food, but there is one resource the group is still searching for ahead of the event: volunteers.
Participants are asked to access the parking lot from the east side of Schneidmiller Way to pick up a box of food.
If you’re interested in assisting with the mobile market, email Haug at [email protected].
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