Care and Share Food bank gets needed boost

The Care and Share Food Bank, located at the Nazarene Church on SR-174, filled their almost-empty shelves with food from Yakima-based nonprofit Northwest Harvest last week.

Carol Nordine, who manages the food bank, was present, and a number of volunteers helped unload the food onto the shelves Thursday.

Nordine noted that Shawn Neider, who pastors the Zion Lutheran Church, helps her a lot with food bank efforts. Neider helped clear the parking lot of snow before the food arrived.

"The food is needed right now," Nordine said. "Right now, it's pretty empty. It will be very awesome to have that good variety that kids will enjoy having served to them. We serve older people and younger people. Some in between, but mostly seniors, low income, and little kids."

Nordine said that in her eight years helping with the food bank, she had never seen the shelves this empty, and emphasized that having all this food come in will help them give out that much more food.

Nordine said that the food bank, which is open on Fridays from 2 to 4 p.m., serves between 50 and 70 people each week.