The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is hosting a Feed NV and the Sierra drive-through food drop-off event on Thursday, July 9 from 9 am – 12 noon at Scheels, located at 1200 Scheels Drive in Sparks.
This is the second community food drive of its kind since they suspended regular food drive operations in mid-March for safety and logistics concerns due to COVID-19. With the increased level in need for emergency food services along with supply chain delays, the Food Bank of Northern Nevada is gathering food for families throughout the 90,000 square mile service area.
There are four categories of food that are urgently needed. The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is asking for the following non-perishable, non-expired canned food categories at the drive:
- Entrées (Soups, Chili’s, etc.)
- Protein (Tuna, Chicken, Beans)
- Canned fruit
- Canned vegetables
Those attending and donating at the Feed NV and the Sierra drive-through food drive should expect to stay in their cars to encourage safe social distance guidelines. Volunteers will remove bagged and/or boxed food donations from cars and place them into bins. Food donations will be taken from cars right in the porte cochère entrance at Scheels. For those who are not able to attend the food drive, they can Text the word FeedNV with an amount to 50155 to donate online. Every $1= 3 meals.
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is also asking rural communities outside the Reno/Sparks area to donate at participating Food Bank’s partner agencies in their own communities.
A list of participating agencies in northern Nevada and the eastern slope of the Sierra in California will be posted prior to July 9 fbnn.org.
(Food Bank of Northern Nevada contributed to this report.)
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