Community donates a ton of food

Efforts from local scouts to collect food donations from the community last week brought in over 2,000 pounds of food to the Care and Share Food Bank. 

Carole Nordine, who manages the food bank, said they received lots of mac and cheese, soups, and fruits and vegetables. She felt that this year’s haul from the annual event seemed better than in previous years. 

“It was awesome!” she said.

Combined with the foods already there, the donations brought in from the girls and boys in local Scouts BSA troops will last through about March, Nordine said.

The food bank, located at the Nazarene Church along SR-174 past Grand Coulee, is open to receive donations from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Fridays, and is open for distributing the food to clients from 1-4 p.m. on Fridays.

Nordine said last month that the food bank has been serving around 75 families on a weekly basis, actually down slightly from a year ago when the number was about 80-90.