The mobile food pantry from the Food Bank for the Heartland will return to Broken Bow on Saturday. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Food Bank for the Heartland is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a vital focus: to provide food to children, families, seniors, and veterans facing hunger in Nebraska and western Iowa, to ultimately eliminate hunger in our communities, and to serve our neighbors with respect, integrity and urgency. The Food Bank serves 93 counties—77 in Nebraska and 16 in western Iowa.
Local organizer Christie Trumbull visited with KCNI/KBBN radio about the return of the food pantry. Trumbull said that there will be some extra questions to answer and a signature will be required for those coming to pickup the food compared to past visits but emphasized that there are still no restrictions and all are welcome to take advantage of this free opportunity.
“Still no restrictions. The questions simply get turned into the USDA so that we can still get the food and qualify for the grants. That gets turned over to the Foodbank of the Heartland so when I’m all done with the mobile food bank on Saturday I literally will send in all this info. over to the mobile Food Bank of the Heartland in Omaha, my rep, and they will keep that. They will have to now keep that for so long. It used to be based on the whole year period that I would have to prove up necessity now it’s per truck.”
The mobile food pantry will be set up at the Custer County Fairgrounds in Broken Bow with food being handed out beginning at 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. or until all food has been disbursed.
