Grocery Outlet is launching it’s annual ‘Independence from Hunger’ food drive. This event bring attention to food insecurity in our local communities.
According to an analysis performed by the USDA, 15 million households have limited access to food sources and suffer from food insecurity (USDA, Household Food Security in the United States in 2017).
The risk of food insecurity increases during the summer months, as families can also lose access to school supported food programs, and food banks deal with limited supplies. During the month-long campaign in July, Grocery Outlet will collect cash donations in-store and sell sacks of food supplies that will be donated to Care Moses Lake in the form of store credit. In 2017 Care Moses Lake started making Care Sack lunches that are being distributed through Serve Moses Lake, the local Food Bank, the Open Doors Sleep Center and to Big Bend Community College’s Viking Food Pantry. Please consider contributing to the Care Sack program by purchasing a premade sack of lunch supplies at Grocery Outlet in Moses Lake or by making a cash donation the next time you’re shopping.
When you purchase a premade sack of lunch supplies, or if you give $5 or more, you’ll get a $5 coupon to use at your next visit at Grocery Outlet. It’s a win, win!
Your contribution can also be used to purchase and donate food supplies to New Hope/Kids Hope, the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation, Youth Dynamics, the Boys & Girls Clubs and more!
Check out our Facebook Live video from 2020 with Kris Emerson Owner Grocery Outlet Moses Lake https://www.facebook.com/MosesLakeGO/videos/585872695696106/?t=11