Midwest Food Bank sets goal of 200,000 meals for Giving Tuesday

Posted on November 23, 2020
For more information and to donate you can visit midwestfoodbank.org. (WJBC File Photo)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is known as Giving Tuesday and this year Midwest Food Bank is focusing donations on Tender Mercies meals.

Tender Mercies is MFB’s nutritious rice and beans meal. The goal is to provide 200,000 Tender Mercies meals to MFB’s partnering nonprofit agencies.

“Giving Tuesday offers a respite from the days of shopping following Thanksgiving,” said Tara Ingham, executive director of Midwest Food Bank Bloomington-Normal. “It’s an opportunity to refocus and think about the needs of others.”

During COVID-19 and disaster relief efforts, Tender Mercies has helped MFB package 3.49 million meals in 2020, up from 1.45 million last year.

For more information and to donate you can visit midwestfoodbank.org.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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