The Nevada National Guard is set to help distribute food to food banks on Wednesday as part of Governor Lombardo's Food Insecurity Nevada Plan.
This is in addition to the Nevada National Guard’s work at the Three Square distribution center in Las Vegas that began Monday.
In total, the Nevada National Guard will activate about 35 personnel to support food banks across the state to aid Nevada’s food and logistical distribution efforts. This request is in support of the Nevada Department of Agriculture and based on the needs of the food banks.
During its activation for the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nevada National Guard delivered 3.8 million pounds of PPE and distributed more than 2.8 million meals throughout communities across the Silver State, including tribal communities, working at seven warehouse/logistic distribution centers and five food distribution operations.
The Nevada National Guard includes 4,300 Soldiers and Airmen.
(Nevada National Guard contributed to this report.)
