SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) A number of Sioux Falls churches and charitable organizations are joining forces for a comprehensive food giveaway program.
Feeding South Dakota, Faith Temple, the 211 Helpline Center, the Salvation Army, and Corona Help Sioux falls are holding the giveaways every Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 8 p.m. at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds in northwest Sioux Falls.
Recipients will get a food box.
The program starts tomorrow and will run as long as needed.
Below is a news release on the giveaways.
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Sioux Falls, SD, April 13, 2020 – Feeding South Dakota, The Helpline Center, Faith Temple Food Giveaway, Corona Help Sioux Falls and the Salvation Army are combining resources to host centralized food distributions set to begin in Sioux Falls on Tuesday April 14. This hunger relief effort will provide supplemental food to Sioux Empire area households during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The food distribution will take place at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00 – 8:00 p.m. during the pandemic. Individuals or families can pre-register by visiting Helplinecenter.org/foodsf or calling 211. Guests should enter the fairgrounds via the south entrance off Lyon Blvd. Individuals and families are eligible to receive food every other week. Guests are asked not to come early, each family will receive the same quality and quantity of food.
Corona Help Sioux Falls coordinator Pastor Rich Merkouris stated, “This is an unprecedented time in our community and state. Therefore, we need to see unprecedented unity across our city to meet the needs. This includes churches, non-profits, businesses, government and individuals. This centralized food distribution is a unified effort to care for our neighbors.”
Each week’s distribution will include a box of nonperishable items. There will also be fresh produce, frozen food and dairy when those supplies are available. Grand Prairie foods will be donating 4,000 cases of scrambled eggs to the food distribution.
“Like many segments of our economy, the hospitality industry is facing unprecedented challenges and has all but shut down. As a major supplier of food to that industry, Grand Prairie Foods has a substantial inventory backlog that will not be consumed by our regular hotel customers. Given that many Sioux Falls residents are also dealing with the loss of their jobs during the Coronavirus crisis, we want to do our part to help those in need by donating this product rather than see it go to waste. We’re all praying for a speedy recovery and life returning to some sense of normalcy,” said Kurt Loudenback, CEO and owner of Grand Prairie Foods in Sioux Falls.
