The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is hosting a Feed NV, and the Sierra drive-through food drive collection event on Friday, May 29 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center parking lot, located at 4590 S. Virginia Street in Reno.
The organization has suspended regular food drive operations since 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 decided to also gather food for families in 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. The entrance to the food drive will be on the S. Virginia Street side of the Convention Center at the south side of the facility. For those who are not able to attend the food drive, they can Text the word FeedNV with an amount to 50155 do 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 May 29 at fbnn.org.
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada has seen more than a 50% increase of people seeking help at emergency food distributions and has served 593,609 more meals this March and April than they did during March and April in 2019.
(Food Bank of Northern Nevada)
