Wafer Food Pantry finds unique way to safely distribute food through the winter months

Wafer Food Pantry finds unique way to safely distribute food through the winter months

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – Wafer Food Pantry is making sure community members can continue getting food without standing in the cold.

Thanks to a partnership with Feeding Wisconsin (Feeding America) and Channel One Food Bank in Rochester, along with funding from the COVID-19 Food Security Network Support Grant, Wafer has the resources needed to continue its curbside registration and pickup through the winter.

The funding was used to build a small enclosed structure for volunteers,  a conveyor for food, a mobile registration program, and other equipment.

Here’s how it works:

You pull into the parking lot and drive around to the back of the building.

Then stop at the small structure to check in with a volunteer.

Once registered, you just pull ahead and your food box will make its way down the conveyor, making it easy to load it directly into your vehicle.

For more information visit waferlacrosse.org/covid-19.

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Published at Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:34:26 +0000