Volunteers help feed over 1,400 Lincoln County families

Volunteers with the Lincoln County Food Box Distribution group gave away over 4,000 boxes of food to feed 1,456 families on Oct. 21, according to event organizer MaryAnn Gromley. Throughout September and October, the group has distributed boxes containing meat, dairy and produce from the parking lot of the Assembly of God Church in Libby as part of the third phase of their giveaways.

The meals were provided by the Farmers to Family Food Box Program initiated by the USDA in response to the coronavirus pandemic in May. Sonny Perdue, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture announced on Sept. 29 that the agency had delivered over 100 million food boxes across the country.

The Lincoln County group will hold their last distribution on Oct. 28 at the Assembly of God Church, according to Roxanne Escudero, one of the event organizers. The distribution is set to begin around 10 a.m. according to a Facebook post made by the group but may be delayed depending on when the delivery truck arrives.

Residents may pick up boxes for family members and neighbors but must provide their names and addresses.