Christian Service Council Plans Free Food Giveaway
Christian Service Council Plans Free Food Giveaway
A regular quarterly food giveaway sponsored by the Grant County Christian Service Council will be Wednesday, May 6, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the parking lot of the Milbank High School.
The council will again be partnering with Feeding South Dakota to provide free food to families in the Milbank area in need.
Those who wish to pick up a box for their family, will enter the high school parking lot from East Seventh Avenue and will receive further traffic flow directions from there.
In order to minimize contact and comply with CDC guidelines, recipients are asked to open their trunks or back liftgates of their SUVs once they are in line and are close to the Feeding South Dakota truck. As the driver pulls up to the truck, a volunteer will place the box in the vehicle and close the door. The driver will continue to the exit and leave the parking lot.
For those driving a pickup without a bed cover, the box will be placed in the back. If the pickup box is covered and has a back liftgate that needs to be opened, the driver is asked to have that open and ready. The volunteer will close it before the vehicle exits.
For those who need the box to be placed in the back seat of their vehicle, in order to minimize contact, the driver will need to continue through the line to a row of tables south of the truck and will be responsible for picking up a box themself.
Everyone is asked to have a space ready for the box in their vehicle so the traffic flow will not be disrupted by needing additional time to make room for the box.
There will be a limit of one box per family and no more than two boxes per vehicle. There will be no exceptions. Anyone needing to pick up for more than themselves and one other family, they are more than welcome to do that, however, they will need to pick up two boxes, exit the parking lot, and then get back into the back of the line again to receive another box.
Volunteers to work the event are always needed, and anyone is welcome to assist. If interested in working, text or call Brenda Maass at 605-880-7176 or LeAnn Kuper at 605-949-0617.
