Food bank on a drive to keep shelves full

The GCD Care and Share Food Bank will begin a drive to keep shelves restocked this month.

Volunteers for the food bank will be at Safeway and at Harvest Foods on two days this month - on Friday, March 3, and March 17, from 3-6 p.m. gathering donations to restock depleted shelves.

"We will also accept monetary donations," noted Shawn Neider, pastor at Zion and Bethel Lutheran Churches and president of the Care and Share board. "Checks should be made out to GCD Care & Share Food Bank. There will be a small team at each store with a vehicle. Look for our signs."

Neider said their list of needed items includes:

• canned vegetables 

• canned fruit

• pasta

• peanut butter 

• macaroni and cheese 

• canned soup

• Hamburger Helper meals

• and canned meat.

Every donation helps. You can also mail donations to PO Box 671, Grand Coulee, WA 99133.  

Also on the list of needs is a new manager.

"Our gifted manager, Carol Nordine, is also preparing to retire, and we are looking for someone to take over her duties," Neider said. "Thank you for your prayers and support."

Nordine took over as manager of the food bank in July 2017.

The manager job is not currently a paid position, Neider said.