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October 2007

Food Banks Need Your Help

Frani Roberts at the Colville Volunteer Food and Resource Center recently reported that the food bank is very short on donations of food and funds coming in to the holiday season. As she explained, "[W]e're already trying to make plans for the holidays. At this time, we have zero dollars to buy holiday food items. We usually serve 400-425 families for Thanksgiving and again as many for Christmas. We're hoping the generosity of the community will again help us to be sure our families will get a nice food box."

In spite of increased demand for services from area food banks, donations are down, so the time is now to crank up the giving to help the seniors, disabled, others who supplement their nutritional needs by occasional trips to the food bank.

Frani reminds us that there are a number of ways to help, from donations of nonperishable food items and cash, to organizing food drives in your church or organization or at work, to volunteering your time at the food bank, to including the food bank in your will. Each and every donation to your local food bank makes a difference for local residents.

The Colville Volunteer Food and Resource Center is located at 210 S. Wynne St., in Colville. Call 684-2971 for information.

The Kettle Falls Food Bank is located at 560 Meyers Falls. Call 738-2326 for information.

The Northport Food Bank is located at 111 Center Ave. Call 732-6183 for information.

The Chewelah Food Banks is located at 302 Main St. Call 935-6204 for information.

For information about the Emergency Food Bank of Ione, call 684-2971. The West Bonner County Food Bank, Oldtown, is located at 103 N Washington Ave. in Oldtown, Idaho. For information, call (208) 437-0143.

The Elk Food Bank is located at 40015 N Collins Rd Elk, WA, and can be reached at 292-2530.

The Addy Rescue Mission in Addy can be reached at 935-6633.

If you know of other food banks in Northeastern Washington that aren't on this list, please let us know. We'd like to post them all on our website. Call or fax 509 684-3109 or email editor@ncmonthly.com. Thanks.

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