Harvest Church of Crookston will be hosting food distribution events at the Crookston High School parking lot on Saturday, October 31. The events will be held from 10 a.m. – noon with church members along with their partners from the Farmers to Families USDA program handing out boxes of food.
Jason Tangquist from Harvest Church said boxes will contain a variety of products. “What we’ve been told is it’s mostly fruit, vegetables, meat, and some dairy products,” said Tangquist. “So, probably like cheese and milk, and then a couple of meat/protein products as well. I think it changes depending on what the Farmer to Families group has available at the time in your area, so we don’t know specifically but that’s what we’ve been told. They say that a box feeds a family of four for a number of days but if people show up and they need more than a box, we’re going to have plenty of food. And we don’t want the food to go to waste, so we’re going to be diligent getting what people need, so it can be used.”
The delivery will have plenty of food so Tangquist encouraged everyone to stop by. “We thought we were getting around 2,000 boxes last Saturday and we actually got around 2,400 boxes,” said Tangquist. “I was a little nervous there for a little while about if we were going to give all the food out. We don’t want it to go to waste or anything. But people kept trickling in and some people came back to get it for their friends and family who couldn’t make it in themselves. It went really well. If it’s similar to last time we’ll have 2,000 boxes or so. Just remember too, it is for anyone and everyone.”
