Normal, IL, USA / www.cities929.com
Feb 22, 2021 3:53 PM
Normal, IL – Over 8 million people in Texas are still experiencing water disruptions, and thousands are still without power. Midwest Food Bank has received a request for six additional loads of family food boxes to be sent to Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas. On Friday, February 19, two loads left MFB’s Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, facility. At least one load will be leaving every day this week.
The Midwest Food Bank Texas division, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, was without power from Monday through Thursday. Fortunately, no food was lost. Two loads of water and one load of USDA food boxes have been shipped from MFB Texas to Fairfield and Mexia, TX. MFB Texas will continue to distribute food to its more than 50 nonprofit partners in this time of increased need.
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Pallets of drinking water await loading for ship to texas from the Midwest Food Bank warehouse in Peachtree City. Photo/Midwest Food Bank.
Over 8 million people in Texas are still experiencing water disruptions, and thousands are still without power. Midwest Food Bank has received a request from the Salvation Army for six additional loads of family food boxes and at least three loads of bottled water to be sent to Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas.
On Friday, February 19, two loads left MFB’s Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, facility. At least one load will be leaving every day this week. Three loads of bottled water are being prepared for shipment from Midwest Food Bank Georgia in Peachtree City.