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The Olympian logoThurston County Food Bank offers drive-through groceries at Saint Martin's
Thurston County Food Bank has been finding new ways to get food to the increasing number of people who need it during the new coronavirus pandemic. The latest: A special drive-through event at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey on Thursday.
A similar event is planned there later this month.
The food bank has been doing some limited home delivery and partnering with North Thurston Public Schools and Olympia School District, which are operating several food distribution sites for students and their families. Bags of groceries are handed out alongside sack lunches, Executive Director Robert Coit told The Olympian. The bank has been providing roughly 1,400 bags per week at NTPS sites alone, according to Coit.
The food bank had been struggling for volunteers, and has recently gotten some help with that: The United Way of Thurston County and Community Foundation of South Puget Sound hired four displaced restaurant employees who were placed at the Food Bank. Plus, some community members have stepped up, and he just learned a few National Guardsmen requested from the state will eventually be able lend a hand here.
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